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struct Fr_t<br />
{<br />
	/*! \brief The name of this fruit. */<br />
	char *	name;<br />
	/*! \brief The colour. */<br />
	char * colour;<br />
	<br />
};<br />
static struct Fr_t g_fr[] =<br />
{<br />
<br />
	{<br />
		"Apple",<br />
		"pink",<br />
		<br />
	},<br />
	{<br />
		"Mango",<br />
		---<br />
		<br />
	},<br />
<br />
	{<br />
		<br />
	},<br />
<br />
	{<br />
		<br />
	},<br />
	{<br />
		0,<br />
		0,<br />
		0<br />
	}<br />
};<br />
<br />
struct FrList_t<br />
{<br />
char * name;<br />
} FrList_s[4];<br />
<br />
all the above structs are declared globally.<br />
<br />
<br />
<br />
static struct Fr_t* pickFr( struct Fr_t *Frtcollection, const char * name ) <br />
{<br />
	struct Fr_t * what = 0;<br />
	if ( Frtcollection )<br />
	{<br />
		<br />
		for ( what = Frtcollection; what->name; ++what )<br />
		{<br />
			if ( strcmp( what->name, name ) == 0 )<br />
			{<br />
				break;<br />
			}<br />
		}<br />
		<br />
	}<br />
	<br />
	return ( what );<br />
}<br />
<br />
<br />
<br />
<br />
int fruitexec(int farm, struct FrList_t * Fr_List)<br />
{<br />
int next_fr = 0;<br />
struct Fr_t* fruit = 0;<br />
--------<br />
------<br />
Fr_List = & (FrList_s[next_fr])<br />
if( FrList_s[next_fr].name )<br />
	{<br />
	 fruit = pickFr( g_fr, Fr_List->name );<br />
	}<br />
	<br />
	printf( "The name is %s.\n", FrList_s[next_fr].name );<br />
<br />
<br />
-------<br />
---------<br />
}<br />
in main, we assign <br />
{<br />
FrList_s[0] = "Mango";<br />
FrList_s[1] = "Apple";<br />
...<br />
....fruitexec(..., Fr_List_s);<br />
}