/*
   structs_3.c
   create a struct definition
   declare, initialize and print an AUTOMATIC ARRAY of struct variables
   use of the [] and . operators

   Tim Hoffman F03-15113
*/
#include <stdio.h>
#include <stdlib.h>
#include <string.h>

#define NUM_PERSONS 5

typedef struct
{
  char  *name;
  int   year; /* 1=frosh, 2=soph etc */
} Person; /* Person is now a data type */

int years[] = { 3, 2, 4, 3, 3 };
char *names[] = { "Ian", "Ed", "Deepa", "Chris", "E(vil)J" };

int main( int argc, char *argv[])
{
	Person array[NUM_PERSONS];
	int i;

  	/* Populate each Person in the array from the global data above main */

	for (i=0 ; i < NUM_PERSONS ; ++i)
	{
		array[i].name = malloc( strlen(names[i]) +1  );
		strcpy( array[i].name, names[i] );
		array[i].year = years[i];
	}

	/* print the list */

	for (i=0 ; i<NUM_PERSONS ; ++i )
		printf("name: %s, year: %d\n", array[i].name, array[i].year);
	printf("\n");

	/* free the strings in the array */

	for (i=0 ; i<NUM_PERSONS ; ++i )
		free( array[i].name );

	return 0;

} /* EOF */