Thread: accesing pointer structures

You actually only allocated memory for the 101st element in the array, which actually doesn't exist, atleast its not part of the array. If you declare an array of structs, you dont need to allocate memory for them, the declaration holds memory for them. If you need to assign them something, just do it like this:

Code:

int main()
	int i;
	struct fac data[100];

	for (i = 0; i < 100; i++)
		data[i] = someting;
	return 0;
}

If you wanted to search through them looking at a, just do something like this:

Code:

int main()
	int i;
	struct fac data[100];

	for (i = 0; i < 100; i++)
		data[1] = someting;

	//search through the array for string a
	for (i = 0; i < 100; i++)
		if (data[i].a == something)
			//do something here for true

	return 0;
}

if its in an array like yours is. Just use the name of the array and the element number. Say the 34th member in the array has the correct string. you would just use the array name and element number like this

Code:

*something = data[33];

//or if you are still in the for loop and  you have an if determains is this is the right string, just say
*something = data[i];

If you wanted those members also seperate, just say

Code:

char blah = something->a;
char blah2 = something->b;
int blah3 = something->c;

***By the way, you declared all the members in the struct to int, so if you meant (by your first question) for those to be char arrays, or strings, change them in the struct to char data type.