Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

struct

Word Rarity Rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 2.52 in modern English

Syllables: struct
IPA

8

Scrabble Score

6

Letters

1

Syllables

5

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

A data structure, especially one that serves to group a number of fields (in contrast to an object-oriented class with methods) or one that is passed by value rather than by reference.

Example Sentences

"Note that because structs are value types, the new operator does not work in the same way as it does for classes and other reference types."
"Like most object-oriented languages, including Objective-C, Swift supports two basic object-oriented data structures: classes and structs."

Etymology

Abbreviation of structure, used as a keyword in the C programming language and its descendants.

Inflected Forms

structs (plural)

Synonyms

structure record

Questions

What does struct mean?: A data structure, especially one that serves to group a number of fields (in contrast to an object-oriented class with methods) or one that is passed by value rather than by reference.
Where does struct come from?: Abbreviation of structure, used as a keyword in the C programming language and its descendants.

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