question about structure?

Anyone know why we can't use scanf to initialize strucutre?

Code:

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

int main()
{
        struct automobile
        {
                char make[10];
                char* model;
                int number_of_doors;
                float price;
        }car;
       
        scanf( "%s", car.model); /* can we do this? */
        printf("%s", car.model);
       
        return 0;
}

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Well model is a pointer, you need to make it point somewhere.
car.model = malloc( 10 );

Then you can do as you suggest.

Ideally, you should use fgets() for reading all input to prevent buffer overflows.