typedef char[25] mystring; //?

ok, I'm working on this list class, and I'm supposed to convert it to run cstrings instead of ints, but I've hit trouble at the very beginning. I was using this: (so that I could change the datatype easily, har har)

Code:

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typedef int ItemType;

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so I changed it to this:

Code:

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typedef char[25] StringType;

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but when I try that I get weird errors:

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c:\program files\microsoft visual studio\myprojects\lab\datadefn.h(1) : warning C4091: 'typedef ' : ignored on left of 'char' when no variable is declared
c:\program files\microsoft visual studio\myprojects\lab\datadefn.h(1) : error C2143: syntax error : missing ';' before '['
c:\program files\microsoft visual studio\myprojects\lab\datadefn.h(1) : error C2143: syntax error : missing ';' before '['

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It worked fine the other way, does anybody know what's going on?

Yeah,

'typedef ' : ignored on left of 'char' when no variable is declared

Apparently, you can't typdef an anonymous char array.

typedef char StringType[25];

In golfinguy4's example, StringType becomes the synonym for a char[25] array.