Passing two different structs into same function

Question

I have 2 different sized structs and I would like to have one function in which I can pass them into. However, I do not know how to define the parameter of the function to

Answer 1

It's not really possible. You could create a union that holds the two structs plus some kind of identifier. You then pass the union in and use the identifier to work out which struct is contained in it.

typedef struct sp1 {
    int a;             // 2 byte
    int b;             // 2 byte
    int c;             // 2 byte
    int d;             // 2 byte
}  person1_t;          // 8 bytes


typedef struct sp2 {
    int a;            // 2 byte
    DeviceAddress b;  // 8 bytes
    int c             // 2 bytes
    float d;          // 4 bytes
}  person2_t;         // 16 bytes

typedef union {
    person1_t person1;
    person2_t person2;
} people;

function print_struct(people *p, int id) // e.g. id == 1, struct is person1
{
    switch (id)
    {
         case 1: // Do person 1 things
         break;

         case 2: // Do person 2 things
         break;

         default: // Error
         break;
    }
}