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how to use pointers in structures?

I used pointer while printing structure elements but its working without using pointer in the print statement but shouldn't we use pointers to gather the element from the variable address why is it different in the structure case and its different in string also . Can anyone tell me why is that ?

#include <stdio.h>

int main(){
    struct books{
        char name[10];
        int page;
    };
    struct books b1={"book1",1};
    struct books *ptr;
    ptr=&b1;
    printf("%s %d",ptr->name,ptr->page);

}
Solution 
  •     printf("%s %d",*ptr->name,*ptr->page);

    is wrong. A->B means (*A).B. You should do either

        printf("%s %d",ptr->name,ptr->page);

    or

        printf("%s %d",(*ptr).name,(*ptr).page);