C Program Structure: Employee Management with Highest Salary

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5. Employee Structure Processing

Create a structure named "Employee" to store employee details such as employee ID, name, and salary. Write a program to input data for three employees, find the highest salary employee, and display their information.

Sample Solution:

C Code:

#include <stdio.h>

// Define the structure "Employee"
struct Employee {
    int employeeID;
    char name[50];
    float salary;
};

int main() {
    // Declare variables to store details for three employees
    struct Employee employee1, employee2, employee3;

    // Input details for the first employee
    printf("Input details for Employee 1:\n");
    printf("Employee ID: ");
    scanf("%d", &employee1.employeeID);
    printf("Name: ");
    scanf("%s", employee1.name); // Assuming names do not contain spaces
    printf("Salary: ");
    scanf("%f", &employee1.salary);

    // Input details for the second employee
    printf("\nInput details for Employee 2:\n");
    printf("Employee ID: ");
    scanf("%d", &employee2.employeeID);
    printf("Name: ");
    scanf("%s", employee2.name);
    printf("Salary: ");
    scanf("%f", &employee2.salary);

    // Input details for the third employee
    printf("\nInput details for Employee 3:\n");
    printf("Employee ID: ");
    scanf("%d", &employee3.employeeID);
    printf("Name: ");
    scanf("%s", employee3.name);
    printf("Salary: ");
    scanf("%f", &employee3.salary);

    // Find the employee with the highest salary
    struct Employee highestSalaryEmployee;
    if (employee1.salary >= employee2.salary && employee1.salary >= employee3.salary) {
        highestSalaryEmployee = employee1;
    } else if (employee2.salary >= employee1.salary && employee2.salary >= employee3.salary) {
        highestSalaryEmployee = employee2;
    } else {
        highestSalaryEmployee = employee3;
    }

    // Display information for the employee with the highest salary
    printf("\nEmployee with the Highest Salary:\n");
    printf("Employee ID: %d\n", highestSalaryEmployee.employeeID);
    printf("Name: %s\n", highestSalaryEmployee.name);
    printf("Salary: %.2f\n", highestSalaryEmployee.salary);

    return 0;
}

Output:

Input details for Employee 1:
Employee ID: 123
Name: Fabiano
Salary: 2000

Input details for Employee 2:
Employee ID: 124
Name: Larisa
Salary: 2050

Input details for Employee 3:
Employee ID: 125
Name: Mneme
Salary: 1990

Employee with the Highest Salary:
Employee ID: 124
Name: Larisa
Salary: 2050.00

Explanation:

In the exercise above,

The "Employee" structure is defined by members 'employeeID', 'name', and 'salary'.
Three variables ('employee1', 'employee2', and 'employee3') are declared to store details for three employees.
The program prompts the user to input details for each employee.
It then finds the employee with the highest salary.
Finally, it displays information for the highest-paid employee.

Flowchart:

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