creating a struct based on user input

ive never done many structs ,if my program asks the user to enter a name for a new "member", how would i make
a member with the string they entered?

Code:

struct rec
{
int stuff[6];
char blah;
float water;
};
char newm[20];
printf("enter name for a new member to add to struct: ");
fgets(newm, 20,stdin);
struct rec newm;   /* i know this wont work for sure, it will create a member named "newm",but how would i make it make a member with the input the user entered? */

theres a idea of what i want to do, but OF COURSE doesnt work

You cant create a variable name from input.

But you can make a feild named 'newm' in struct rec. and put the name of the new member there. You can use an array to add a list of members.

Code:

struct rec
{
 char newm[20];   // New Member's Name
int stuff[6];
char blah;
float water;
};
struct rec newm[100];
char newm[20];
printf("enter name for a new member to add to struct: ");
fgets(newm, 20,stdin);
 strcpy( newm[indexhere].newm, newm)  // copy newm to new member

And you can use a list which requires memory allocation. http://www.cprogramming.com/tutorial/lesson15.html