invalid conversion from 'void*' to 'node*' [-fpermissive]

Question

I have a C program that produces an error:

invalid conversion from \'void*\' to \'node*\' [-fpermissive]

Here\'s my code:

Answer 1

Use:

head = (struct node*) malloc(sizeof(struct node));

C++ does not support implicit conversion of void* returned by malloc(), which C does. You'll need to typecast the return value.