how to access pointer to member in nested structure on non class type in c++?

[leo2008]

typedef struct Node {
	value_t valueof;
} Node;



typedef struct BranchNode {
        
       	struct BranchNode *left_node;
	struct BranchNode *mid_node;
	struct BranchNode *right_node;
	struct Node *left_val;
	struct Node *right_val;
     } BranchNode;

While I try to access data member in the below NodeAll function, it gives error
error: error: request for member 'Node' in 'newBranchNode->TreeNode::left_val', which is of non-class type 'DataNode*'

Can someone tell me how to access this nested pointer to member structure for non class type?

BranchNode* NodeAll(BranchNode *root, int val) 
{ 
    BranchNode* newBranchNode;
    BranchNode *BranchNodeptr;
    newBranchNode = newBranchNode;
    newBranchNode->left_node = NULL;
    newBranchNode->right_node = NULL;
    newBranchNode->mid_node = NULL;
    newBranchNode->left_val.Node->valueof;  // error here 
    newBranchNode->right_val.Node->valueof;  
    return newBranchNode; 
}

[jimblumberg]

Since left_val is a pointer you probably need to use pointer notation to access Node. You also don't need that "Node".

Something like:

newBranchNode->left_val->valueof;

[leo2008]

Since left_val is a pointer you probably need to use pointer notation to access Node. You also don't need that "Node".

Something like:

newBranchNode->left_val->valueof;

typedef struct Node {
	value_t valueof;
} Node;



typedef struct BranchNode {
        
       	struct BranchNode *left_node;
	struct BranchNode *mid_node;
	struct BranchNode *right_node;
	struct Node *left_val;
	struct Node *right_val;
     } BranchNode;

after modifying code, it  throws below error
error: no matching function for call to 'BranchNode::BranchNode()'
compilation terminated due to -Wfatal-errors.



BranchNode* NodeAll(BranchNode *root, int val) 
{ 
    BranchNode* newBranchNode;
    BranchNode *BranchNodeptr;
    newBranchNode = new BranchNode; // error here 
    newBranchNode->left_node = NULL;
    newBranchNode->right_node = NULL;
    newBranchNode->mid_node = NULL;
    newBranchNode->left_val->valueof;  
    newBranchNode->right_val->valueof;  
    return newBranchNode; 
}

[jimblumberg]

In future please post the question outside of code blocks.

That error is telling you that you need a constructor/destructor for your class. The constructor should take care of all of those assignments making NodeAll much simpler.

By the way lines 30 and 31 are actually not doing anything, perhaps you meant to assign some value to those valueof variables?

Also since this is C++ you should be using nullptr instead of NULL.