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Handling Data Using Arrays

Explore how to manage data using multiple arrays in C and understand the disadvantages such as difficulty in handling many arrays and losing the natural relationship between data fields. This lesson helps you recognize why arrays may be impractical for complex data and prepares you for more efficient data structures.

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Storing data using multiple arrays

The program given below shows how the following data can be stored using multiple arrays.

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C
# include <stdio.h> 



int main( ) 

{

	// Create char array to store name of employees

	char names[ ] = { 'A', 'X', 'Y', 'Z', '\0' } ;

	// Create int array to store age of employees

	int ages[ ] = { 23, 27, 28, 22 } ; 

	// Create float array to store salary of employees

	float salaries[ ] = { 4000.50, 5000.00, 6000.75, 5600.55 } ; 

	int i ;

	// Traverse arrays and print its elements to the console

	for ( i = 0 ; i <= 3 ; i++ ) 

		printf ( "%c   %d   %f\n", names[ i ], ages[ i ], salaries[ i ] ) ; 

		

}

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