Struct containing instances of itself?

Hello, I'm writing a struct "node" like this:

Code:

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struct node{
  int x;
  int y;


};

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Can I make it containing an array of nodes? If I write:

Code:

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struct node {
  int x;
  int y;
  node nodes[8];

};

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...it doesnt compile, saying Undefined structure 'node'
I believe that is because struct node it is not "born" yet when it tries to do that.

How can I do something similar? Maybe with pointers, but I'm no good with them yet! Thanks a lot

> node nodes[8];
Maybe something like

Code:

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struct simple_node{
  int x;
  int y;
};

struct node {
  struct simple_node base;
  struct simple_node nodes[8];
};

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Yeah, I realized something similar. Thanks a lot!