[cimon]

I dont understand what is the effect of writing "vector v" with the function . As below

print_vector( v ) vector v;

or

float sum( x ) vector x;

For a function defination , I have only seen and used the normal procedure

like
return_type function_name(input parameters_type input_parameter)

what is the purpose of this extra thing given after this normal syntax.
And sometimes 2 things are given not just one " vector x, y"

float scalar_mult( x, y ) vector x, y;
{
  int i;
  float s = 0.0;
  for ( i = 0 ; i < NUM ; i++ )  s += ( x.p[i] * y.p[i] );
  return s;
}

The actual code is below

#include <stdio.h>

#define NUM 2         /* Number of input nodes */
#define LIMIT 100     /* Maximum number of inputs the system can handle */
#define SESSIONS 3000 /* Number of training sessions that we'll put the system through */

typedef struct
{
  float p[NUM];  //Input vector
} vector;

vector w, test[LIMIT];
int hits[LIMIT], total;

float bias = 0.5;


print_vector( v ) vector v;
{
  int i;
  for ( i = 0 ; i < NUM ; i++ ) printf("  %.4f ", v.p[i] );
  printf("\n");
}


float sum( x ) vector x;
{
  int i;
  float s = 0.0;
  for ( i = 0 ; i < NUM ; i++ )  s += x.p[i];
  return s;
}