Question

I’m a beginner in C and am having some trouble with structures in C. Here is my code;

#include <stdlib.h>
#include <stdio.h>
#include <conio.h>

struct rec
{
    char i;
    char b;
    char j;
} ;

int main()
{

 struct rec *p;
 p=(struct rec *) malloc (sizeof(struct rec));
 (*p).i='hello';
 (*p).b='world';
 (*p).j ='there';
 printf("%c %c %c\n",(*p).i,(*p).b,(*p).j);

 free(p);
 getch();
 return 0;
}

The out of this is;
o d e

How can I pass in the whole word, rather than just one letter.

Answer 1

Define the structure members as char *:

struct rec
{
    char *i;
    char *b;
    char *j;
} ;

and use printf with %s:

printf("%s %s %s\n",(*p).i,(*p).b,(*p).j);

Also, you need to replace ' with ": (*p).j ="there"; and if you assign string literals (which may not be modified), change the struct members to const:

struct rec
{
    const char *i;
    const char *b;
    const char *j;
} ;