Structure in c#.net

A structure is a value type data type. when you want a single variable to hold related data of various data types , you can create a structure. "struct" is a keyword used to create a structure.

Like classes, structures contain data members which are defined with in the declaration of the structure.
However structures differ from classes and the differences are :

• structures are value types and get stored in a stack memory where as classes are reference types and stored in heap memory.
• structures do not support inheritance where as classes support inheritance.
• structures do not have default constructors.

 For example if you want to maintain  the employee details, such as employee id, employee name, joining date, designation, in a single variable, you can declare a structure.

The following code shows the syntax of a structure data type:

public struct employee_details

{

public string emp_id;

public string  emp_name;

public string join_date;

public string designation;

};