Data Type

Composite Data Type

A composite data type is a data type which can be constructed using the programming language’s Primitive Data Type and other composite types.

Resources

• https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Composite_data_type
• https://www.ibm.com/docs/en/tivoli-netcoolimpact/6.1.1?topic=SSSHYH_6.1.1/com.ibm.netcoolimpact.doc6.1.1/user/imug_data_types_composite_overview.htm

A string is a composite data type.

Composite type taken from wikipedia

typedef struct {
    int x;
    int y;
} Point;
 
typedef double (*Metric) (Point p1, Point p2);
 
typedef struct {
    Point centre;
    double radius;
    Metric metric;
} Circle;