Access the Same Data in Different Ways Using a Union
Explore how unions enable accessing the same memory in different ways, including accessing bytes individually or collectively. Understand how to handle varying data sizes within unions and their role in hardware interaction. This lesson helps you use unions effectively for memory and data management in C.
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A union is required when we have to interact with hardware. For example, when interacting with the hardware, sometimes we have to access 4 bytes in one go and sometimes each byte individually. A union allows us to access the same data in several different ways. ...