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How to Declare Union in C ?

1. Union is similar to that of Structure. Syntax of both are same but major dierence between structure and union is memory storage.
2. In structures, each member has its own storage location, whereas all the members of union use the same location. Union contains many
members of dierent types,
3. Union can handle only one member at a time.

Syntax :
uniontag
{
union_member1;
union_member2;
union_member3;
..
..
..
union_memberN;
}instance;

Note :
Unions are Declared in the same way as a Structure.Only struct Keyword is replaced with union

Sample Declaration of Union :

unionstud
{
introll;
charname[4];
intmarks;
}s1;<

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How Memory is Allocated ?

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So From the Above g. We can Conclude
1. Union Members that compose a union, all share the same storage area within the computers memory
2. Each member within a structure is assigned its own unique storage area
3. Thus unions are used to observe memory.
4. Unions are useful for application involving multiple members , where values need not be assigned to all the members at any one time.

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