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Structures group related items whose type may differ
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Information stored within a structure are called members
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A structure defines a template for future variable definitions
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After you define a structure, you can use the
structure name (tag) to declare variables of the structure type
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To assign a value to or access the value of a structure member,
your programs use the C++ dot operator, such as variable.member
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If a function changes the value of a structure member, the structure
variable must be passed to the function by address
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When a function uses a pointer to a structure, the function should
use the format variable->member to access a structure member
