sizeof single struct member in C

Question

I am trying to declare a struct that is dependent upon another struct. I want to use sizeof to be safe/pedantic.

typedef struct _parent
{
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Answer 1

c++ solution:

sizeof(Type::member) seems to be working as well:

struct Parent
{
    float calc;
    char text[255];
    int used;
};

struct Child
{
    char flag;
    char text[sizeof(Parent::text)];
    int used;
};