Thread: linked list errors

i am running this program

Code:

#include<stdio.h>
struct node
{
  int data;
  struct node *ptr;
}
int a,i=0;
main()
{
   int o;
  struct node *tmp,*lob,*pnt;
  tmp=(struct node *)malloc(sizeof(struct node));
  lob=(struct node *)malloc(sizeof(struct node));
  pnt=(struct node *)malloc(sizeof(struct node));

 while(1)
{
 printf("Whether you want to add data\n" 
        "1.yes\n"
        "2.print\n"
        "3.exit                :");
scanf("%d",&o);
switch(o)
{
case(1):
{   
add();
break;
}
case(2):
{   
print();
break; 
}
case(3)
exit(1);
}
}
}
add()
  {
scanf("%d",&a);
lob->data=a;
lob->ptr=NULL;
tmp->ptr=lob;
tmp=lob;
if(i<1)
{
pnt=tmp;
i++;
}
}
print()
  {
while(pnt->data==NULL)
{
printf("%d\n",pnt->data);
pnt=pnt->ptr;
}

i am getting these errors

Code:

linkedlist.c:7: error: two or more data types in declaration specifiers
linkedlist.c:7: error: invalid initializer
linkedlist.c: In function ‘main’:
linkedlist.c:12: warning: incompatible implicit declaration of built-in function ‘malloc’
linkedlist.c:36: error: expected ‘:’ or ‘...’ before ‘exit’
linkedlist.c:36: warning: incompatible implicit declaration of built-in function ‘exit’
linkedlist.c: In function ‘add’:
linkedlist.c:42: warning: format ‘%d’ expects type ‘int *’, but argument 2 has type ‘struct node *’
linkedlist.c:43: error: ‘lob’ undeclared (first use in this function)
linkedlist.c:43: error: (Each undeclared identifier is reported only once
linkedlist.c:43: error: for each function it appears in.)
linkedlist.c:45: error: ‘tmp’ undeclared (first use in this function)
linkedlist.c:47: error: invalid operands to binary < (have ‘struct node’ and ‘int’)
linkedlist.c:49: error: ‘pnt’ undeclared (first use in this function)
linkedlist.c:50: error: wrong type argument to increment
linkedlist.c: In function ‘print’:
linkedlist.c:55: error: ‘pnt’ undeclared (first use in this function)

could anyone please help me what is the error

You can declare variables globally. But you can only run code inside a function, and malloc is a function call and therefore code.

Functions take parameters for a reason, and "this function needs to know about these variables" is that reason.

ok fine. now my doubt is if i run that "malloc" code inside main(),whether is it necessary to allocate memory again in display()?