pointers to structures

Hi all.

Can someone please explain why the compiler is giving this error? Why does the compiler think that there is no structure? Thanks in advance.

Code:

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main.c||In function ‘main’:|
main.c|15|error: request for member ‘word’ in something not a structure or union|
||=== Build finished: 1 errors, 0 warnings ===|

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Code:

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#include <stdio.h>

struct word {
    char word[40];
    int x;
};

int main(void)
{
    struct word word;
    struct word *p_word;

    p_word = &word;

    p_word.word = 40 * mallaoc(sizeof(char));

    return 0;
}

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Same error for this.

Code:

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#include <stdio.h>

struct word {
    char word[40];
    int x;
};

int main(void)
{
    struct word *word;

    word.word = mallaoc(sizeof(char));

    return 0;
}

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Code:

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p_word.word = 40 * mallaoc(sizeof(char));

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"p_word" is a pointer. Either dereference it before accessing the struct member

Code:

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(*p_word).word

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or use the "->" operator

Code:

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p_word->word

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Bye, Andreas

Ok, thanks. :D