Editing Mutator method (section)

===C===

In file student.h:
<syntaxhighlight lang="C">
#ifndef _STUDENT_H
#define _STUDENT_H

struct student; /* opaque structure */
typedef struct student student;

student *student_new(int age, char *name);
void student_delete(student *s);

void student_set_age(student *s, int age);
int student_get_age(student *s);
char *student_get_name(student *s);

#endif
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In file student.c:
<syntaxhighlight lang="C">
#include <stdlib.h>
#include <string.h>
#include "student.h"

struct student {
  int age;
  char *name;
};

student *student_new(int age, char *name) {
  student *s = malloc(sizeof(student));
  s->name = strdup(name);
  s->age = age;
  return s;
}

void student_delete(student *s) {
  free(s->name);
  free(s);
}

void student_set_age(student *s, int age) {
  s->age = age;
}

int student_get_age(student *s) {
  return s->age;
}

char *student_get_name(student *s) {
  return s->name;
}
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In file main.c:
<syntaxhighlight lang="C">
#include <stdio.h>
#include "student.h"

int main(void) {
  student *s = student_new(19, "Maurice");
  char *name = student_get_name(s);
  int old_age = student_get_age(s);
  printf("%s's old age = %i\n", name, old_age);
  student_set_age(s, 21);
  int new_age = student_get_age(s);
  printf("%s's new age = %i\n", name, new_age);
  student_delete(s);
  return 0;
}
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In file Makefile:
<syntaxhighlight lang="makefile">
all: out.txt; cat $<
out.txt: main; ./$< > $@
main: main.o student.o
main.o student.o: student.h
clean: ;$(RM) *.o out.txt main
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