Thread: Need some help initializing a pointer.

I'm need some help initializing a pointer. Below is a segment of my code that I'm working on. The pointer that I need help with is subjectPtr.

Code:

#include <stdio.h>
#include <stdlib.h>
#include <string.h>


struct SUBJECT
{
	int fam;
	int id;

};

typedef struct SUBJECT DATA;
DATA *HT;
DATA *subject_array;
int num_elements = 0;
int num_allocated = 0;

void readInputFile(FILE *input)
{
	DATA *subjectPtr;
	
	void *temp;

	while(fscanf(input,"%d\t%d", subjectPtr->fam, subjectPtr->id) != EOF)
	{
		.
		.
		.	 	
	}
}
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Do you want to declare an instance of DATA, and then assign the ptr to that address? Your DATA pointer logically needs an instance of a DATA struct to point to, does it not?

Originally Posted by Adak

Do you want to declare an instance of DATA, and then assign the ptr to that address? Your DATA pointer logically needs an instance of a DATA struct to point to, does it not?

What do you mean?

nevermind, I got it working.