Thread: Help...typedef struct...confusing...

is'nt it the same?:

Code:

struct list
{
int data; 
struct list *link;
};

typedef struct list NODE;
typedef NODE *theNode;

with

Code:

typedef struct list
{
int data; 
struct list *link;
}NODE;

NODE *theNode;

isn't it the same? i'm getting lots of errors when i implement the second (typedef) into my Linked List below:



heres what my lecturer did which i want to change:

Code:

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

/* the NODE structure */
struct list
{
int data; //for each data enterd
struct list *link;
};

typedef struct list theNode;
typedef theNode *NODE; 
void insertNode(NODE *, int );
void printer(NODE);

i just want to change it to:

Code:

typedef struct list
{
int data; 
struct list *link;
}NODE;

NODE *theNode;

i got lots of errors if i chage it, whats wrong??
i hope u guys help me