What Is The Difference Between Structures And Unions?

1.	What Is The Difference Between Structures And Unions?
Answer» Conceptually structures and unions are same, the DIFFERNCE between them lies in their 'Memory MANAGEMENT' or in simple words the memory required by them. Elements in structures are stored in CONTIGUOUS blocks, where as in unions the memory is allocated in such a way that the same memory allocated for one variable SERVES as its memory at one occassion and as memory for another varioable at some other occassion. Therefore, the basic difference lies in the way mrmory is allocated to both structures and unions.

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Conceptually structures and unions are same, the DIFFERNCE between them lies in their 'Memory MANAGEMENT' or in simple words the memory required by them.
Elements in structures are stored in CONTIGUOUS blocks, where as in unions the memory is allocated in such a way that the same memory allocated for one variable SERVES as its memory at one occassion and as memory for another varioable at some other occassion.
Therefore, the basic difference lies in the way mrmory is allocated to both structures and unions.

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