/*/
this is an example of how to pass a array of
pointers of a struct datatype as a parameter to a function
/*/
#include <iostream>
#include <string>

using namespace std;

struct P
{
	string fname;
	string lname;
	string email;
	double grade;
};

void My_Func(P * array_of_pointers[] );

int main()
{	

	// 10 pointers of P datatype
	P * my_array_of_pointer[10];

	//creates the first element
	my_array_of_pointer[0] = new P;

	my_array_of_pointer[0]->fname = "Ricardo";
	my_array_of_pointer[0]->lname = "Suzuki";
	my_array_of_pointer[0]->email = "rs@ada.com";
	my_array_of_pointer[0]->grade = 123.4;

	//creates the second element
	my_array_of_pointer[1] = new P;

	my_array_of_pointer[1]->fname = "Vinicius";
	my_array_of_pointer[1]->lname = "Hisao";
	my_array_of_pointer[1]->email = "vh@yahoo.com";
	my_array_of_pointer[1]->grade = 2323.3;

	// you can have the lines above in a loop
	// ex: to read all the data from a file

	My_Func(my_array_of_pointer);
	
	
	return 0;
} 

// here the parameter is an array of pointers
// of struct P datatype
void My_Func(P * array_of_pointers[] )
{
	cout<<array_of_pointers[0]->fname<<endl;
	cout<<array_of_pointers[0]->lname<<endl;
	cout<<array_of_pointers[0]->email<<endl;
	cout<<array_of_pointers[0]->grade<<endl;	
}