Thread: problem about structures..

hello, everyone! i have a problem about my code. it automatically crashes after a user typed an info, ie, name, into the program. is there something wrong with the way i get information from the user?

here's my code:

Code:

	printf("Name...");
	gets(dB[top]->name);
	printf("Age...");
	scanf("%d", &(dB[top]->age));
	printf("Sex...");
	scanf("%c", &(dB[top]->sex));
	printf("Height...");
	scanf("%f", &(dB[top]->height));
	printf("Weight...");
	scanf("%f", &(dB[top]->weight));	
}

thanks for those who'll help!

hi! how will i allocate memory?
is this the right way?

Code:

	(struct person *)malloc(sizeof(dB));	 //is this right?

Originally Posted by nyekknyakk

hi! how will i allocate memory?
is this the right way?

Code:

	(struct person *)malloc(sizeof(dB));	 //is this right?

No, this would be better:

Code:

dB[0] = malloc(sizeof(*dB[0]));
dB[1] = malloc(sizeof(*dB[0]));
dB[2] = malloc(sizeof(*dB[0]));
etc...

You don't need to cast the return value of malloc, and you need the size of your structure, not the size of your array.