a->b what it means

[irshadhm]

a-> b
what it means in embedded c programming,u please xplain me the function of -> symbol

 

[alexxx]

a is a pointer to a struct and b is struct's member. It is like saying (*a).b

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[emma2409]

pointer a which is pointer to a structure is pointing to structure member b by using operator ->

 

[PolashM]

suppose we have a structure as follows;

struct st {
int b;
char c;
float f;
};
struct *a;
a=&st;//assigning the addres of the structure to a
//Now if we want to access a member of the structure, then we can do it as follows
a->b;//(accessing an integer variable b which is a member of the structure st