How do you create a pointer from a structure? I am trying to create a program th

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How do you create a pointer from a structure?

I am trying to create a program that receives student information then later displays it in like a table format..... I do not know how to create a pointer for the structure to receive the info or to display the info in a table format.... Please help and EXPLAIN.... I am a beginer on c++ so please try to keep it simple.

The progam functions that my teacher has provided is :

//Reads the student name, ID, and Answers from an input file
void getInformation(StudentRecord *student, int& num_std);

//Allows user to enter the Answer Key
void enterKey(char key[]);

//Calculates average grade for each student
void calculateAveAndLetter(StudentRecord *student, int number_of_students, char []);

void displayHeading();

//Displays all information for each student
void displayResults(StudentRecord * student, int number_ of_students);

//displays all reports and asks user for particular student search. If answer is yes returns //true
bool displayReport(StudentRecord * student, int number_of_students);

//if displayReport returns true searchID is called.
void searchID(StudentRecord * student, int number_ of_students);

struct Answers
{
char answer1;
char answer2;
char answer3;
char answer4;
char answer5;
};
struct StudentRecord
{
int ID;
char student_name[MAX_SIZE];//or sting name
//string name;
Answers answer;
double score;
double average;
char letter_grade;
};

Explanation / Answer

you can create a pointer for structure as

struct StudentRecord *b;

and you can access each data elemrnt of structure using b->score, b->average etc.

-> operator is used for it.

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