Dynamically allocate memory for Array of Structs

Question

Here\'s what I\'m trying to do:

#include 
#include 

struct myStruct {
    int myVar;
}

struct myStruct myBigList = null;

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Answer 1

This is because struct name is not automatically converted into a type name. In C (not C++) you have to explicitly typedef a type name.

Either use

struct myStruct instance;

when using the type name OR typedef it like this

typedef struct {
    int myVar;
} myStruct;

now myStruct can simply be used as a type name similar to int or any other type.

Note that this is only needed in C. C++ automatically typedefs each struct / class name.

A good convention when extending this to structs containing pointers to the same type is here