Using -> to access property of struct but getting compiler error telling me to use ->?

Question

This is my first time using C, it\'s not gentle. I\'m trying to do something familiar to me in other languages, but this pointer issue is hitting me hard.

I\'m given the

Answer 1

firstRecord->name is equivalent to (*firstRecord).name. It dereferences a pointer and then looks for a member.

But firstRecord is a pointer to pointer to struct, not a pointer to struct, so you need to dereference twice. Use either of (**firstRecord).name or (*firstRecord)->name.