D# 0x0E. C – Structures, typedef

## Learning Objectives

At the end of this project, you are expected to be able to explain to anyone, without the help of Google:

### General

– What are structures, when, why and how to use them
– How to use typedef

## Requirements

### General

– Allowed editors: vi, vim, emacs
– All your files will be compiled on Ubuntu 20.04 LTS using gcc, using the options -Wall -Werror -Wextra -pedantic -std=gnu89
– All your files should end with a new line
– A README.md file, at the root of the folder of the project is mandatory
– Your code should use the Betty style. It will be checked using betty-style.pl and betty-doc.pl
– You are not allowed to use global variables
– No more than 5 functions per file
– The only C standard library functions allowed are malloc, free and exit. Any use of functions like printf, puts, calloc, realloc etc… is forbidden
– You are allowed to use _putchar
– You don’t have to push _putchar.c, we will use our file
– In the following examples, the main.c files are shown as examples. You can use them to test your functions, but you don’t have to push them to your repo (if you do we won’t take them into account). We will use our own main.c files at compilation.
– Our prototypes are included in your header file called main.h. Don’t forget to push your header file
– Don’t forget to push your main.h file

## Tasks

### 0. Poppy

Define a new type struct dog with the following elements:

– name, type = char *
– age, type = float
– owner, type = char *

File: dog.h

### 1. A dog is the only thing on earth that loves you more than you love yourself

Write a function that initialize a variable of type struct dog

Prototype: void init_dog(struct dog *d, char *name, float age, char *owner);

File: 1-init_dog.c

### 2. A dog will teach you unconditional love. If you can have that in your life, things won’t be too bad

Write a function that prints a struct dog

Prototype: void print_dog(struct dog *d);
Format: see example bellow
You are allowed to use the standard library
If an element of d is NULL, print (nil) instead of this element. (if name is NULL, print Name: (nil))
If d is NULL print nothing.

File: 2-print_dog.c

### 3. Outside of a dog, a book is a man’s best friend. Inside of a dog it’s too dark to read

Define a new type dog_t as a new name for the type struct dog.

File: dog.h

### 4. A door is what a dog is perpetually on the wrong side of

Write a function that creates a new dog.

Prototype: dog_t *new_dog(char *name, float age, char *owner);
You have to store a copy of name and owner
Return NULL if the function fails

File: 4-new_dog.c

### 5. How many legs does a dog have if you call his tail a leg? Four. Saying that a tail is a leg doesn’t make it a leg

Write a function that frees dogs.

Prototype: void free_dog(dog_t *d);

File: 5-free_dog.c

## Author

This project was completed by **John Doe**. For more information, please contact [email protected].