Thread: Malloc for an Array of Structs

Hey all,

I was trying to malloc an array of structs and i always gets an error for incompatible types
Here's part of my code:

Code:

#define MAX_COMMANDS 50

typedef struct {
	SpecType Type;
	RangeSpec Range;
	char Command;
	String Text;
} EditCommandType;

EditCommandType CArray[MAX_COMMANDS];

CArray = (EditCommandType *)Malloc(50 * sizeof(EditCommandType));

What am i doing wrong??
Thanks

If you have defined it as an array, you already have the memory allocated. You can do arrays or malloc, never both. And malloc starts with a lowercase m.

i have it with an uppercase M because I have my own function.
The problem is that when I try to access an array location i.e. CArray[1] it gives me an error that it cannot access the memory location

malloc or Malloc -- if you define EditCommandType CArray[50], you have the memory and must not try to allocate more.

Also, CArray[1] is a struct, so you should deal with CArray[1].Type, CArray[1].Range, etc.