Question

I seem to be having a problem setting the values of an array inside a structure with a meaningless error spat out of the compiler:

expected primary-expression before ‘{‘ token

I understand that a structure must “exist” to accept values, and it exists as a pointer to one. I would like you to explain to me what i am doing wrong and how to achieve my objective.

struct EventCheckData {
  unsigned long refresh_time;
  unsigned long last_execution_ms; //Can also serve to delay at startup
  byte signal_type;
};

struct ClockData {
    struct EventCheckData event_array[4];
    byte event_count;
    unsigned long last_absolute_time;
    UISignal *warning_signals;
}; 



 void ResetClock(UISignal *warning_signal, struct ClockData *clock_data, unsigned long absolute_time) { 
    if(SignalCheckValue(warning_signal, RESET_CLOCK, 1)) {
        extern volatile unsigned long timer0_overflow_count;
        timer0_overflow_count = 0;
        clock_data->last_absolute_time = absolute_time;
        clock_data->event_count = 3;
        (clock_data->event_array)[0] = { .refresh_time = 3000UL, .last_execution_ms = 0UL, .signal_type = WATER_PUMP_ON};
//      clock_data->event_array[1] = {10000UL, 0UL, EXPORT_LOG};
//      clock_data->event_array[2] = {100000UL, 0UL, EXTERNAL_CONNECTION};
        SignalSet(warning_signal, RESET_CLOCK, 0);
    }
}

Thank you
Paulo Neves

Answer 1

(clock_data->event_array)[0] = { .refresh_time = 3000UL, .last_execution_ms = 0UL, .signal_type = WATER_PUMP_ON}; is not initialization. It is assignment.

And you cannot use initializer syntax in assignment.

With C99, you should be able to use a compound literal, like

(clock_data->event_array)[0] = (struct EventCheckData){ .refresh_time = 3000UL, .last_execution_ms = 0UL, .signal_type = WATER_PUMP_ON};