Thread: C Parse errors

Hi..

I am having a problem with a struct datatype. Even after including the header file, my program keeps giving me the following parse messages for each of the functions. The following are the errors for the function create.

prototype in the lp.h file is

struct {
int x;
int y;
}lp;

lp create(int, int);

Errors:::::
lp.h:9: parse error before `create'
lp.h:9: warning: data definition has no type or storage class
lp.h:10: warning: parameter names (without types) in function declaration
lp.h:11: warning: parameter names (without types) in function declaration

Am I making a mistake in the declaration of lp??

Any hints/leads would be appreciated.

Thanks.
Aimal

struct {
int x;
int y;
}lp;

lp create(int, int);

the fucntion only returns one variable;
try using pointers

void create(int a,int b)
{ lp *new;
new->x=a;
new->y=b;
}

thanks for the hint but my functions have to return an lp type struct object..

Do I have to return a struct datatype as a pointer ??

Thanks

In your code lp is a variable. You want lp to be a type, so you should do:

typedef struct {
int x;
int y;
}lp;

or ...

Code:

struct lp {
int x;
int y;
}