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C: How to accessing structure member through pointer using dynamic memory allocation?

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printf ("%s %d %f\n", (*ptr+i).a, (*ptr+i).b, (*ptr+i).c);
[Error] invalid operands to binary + (have 'struct name' and 'int')

where ptr is a pointer to the structure and allocated dynamic memory using malloc. Any suggestion would be helpful.

Thanks in advance.

posted Sep 22, 2015 by anonymous

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1 Answer

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#include<stdlib.h>

struct name {
   int a;
   float b;
   char c[30];
};

int main() {
   struct name *ptr;
   int i,n;

   printf("Enter n: ");
   scanf("%d",&n);

   ptr=(struct name*)malloc(n*sizeof(struct name));

  /* Above statement allocates the memory for n structures with pointer ptr pointing to base address */
   for(i=0;i<n;++i){
       printf("Enter string, integer and floating number  respectively:\n");
       scanf("%s%d%f",&(ptr+i)->c,&(ptr+i)->a,&(ptr+i)->b);
   }

   printf("Displaying Information:\n");
   for(i=0;i<n;++i)
       printf("%s\t%d\t%.2f\n",(ptr+i)->c,(ptr+i)->a,(ptr+i)->b);

   return 0;
}
answer Nov 4, 2015 by Shivaranjini
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