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MihaiG
MihaiG

Reputation: 153

error while trying to declare a struct that was defined with typedef in C

I am trying to declare a struct, in myHeader.h I have defined the following struct type

typedef Books
{
    int field1;
    int field2;
}book;

When I am trying to declare a struct of type Books like this.

book b1; //in src.c that includes myHeader.h`

I am geting an error that says:

'book' : illegal use of this type as an expression.

Upvotes: 0

Views: 86

Answers (1)

Sourav Ghosh
Sourav Ghosh

Reputation: 134396

During definition, using typedef does not allow you to leave out the struct keyword . You can use the new type without the struct keyword.

Your

typedef Books
{

should be

 typedef struct Books
 {

and later, you can use

 book b1;

as you like.

Upvotes: 2

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