Simple problem but dont know the reason..

Hi all,
i'm new to c and while compiling small snippet of code on gcc its showing "expected specifier-qualifier-list before private" error.I'm not able to find out whats the reason causing this problem.if anyone's suggestions to solve this would be a great help.
here is my code,

Code:

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typedef struct
{
  private:  // in this line i'm getting error as expected specifier-qualifier-list   
                  //before private
  int choice;

  public:
  void (*fun_ptr[2])();
  int add();
  int pause();

  void checkState(int nChoice)
  {
    if(nChoice == CONTINUE)
    {
      fun_ptr[0] = add ;
    }

    else if (nChoice == STOP)
    {
      fun_ptr[1] = pause ;
    }

    else
    {
    printf("u entered a wrong choice...exiting... ");
    exit(1);
    }
  }
} exeState;


int main()
{
  //exeState s;
  printf("enter ur choice 1 to start the process of addtion...2 for pausing...");
  //scanf("%d", &s.choice);
  //s.checkState(s.choice);
  getchar();
  return 0;
}

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Try compiling with g++ (the C++ compiler in the gnu collection), rather than gcc (which compiles C by default).

I get legitimate errors with g++ from your code, but not the one you are reporting.