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From: [e-mail] (Ja Uhm)
Newsgroups: comp.lang.c
Subject: Re: How to dynamically allocate first element of linked list.
Date: 11 Jan 1996 23:59:54 GMT
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In article <[e-mail]>, [e-mail] (Staugher) says:
>
>Im trying (without any luck )to write a function to allocate the first element
>of a doubly linked list in C++. Unfortunately I learned data structures in
>Pascal and have to port my knowledge (or lack of ) to C.
>
>Here is my arrangement:
>
>
>struct elmnt
>        { char name[20];
>          char number[17];
>          struct elmnt *forward_pointer;
>          struct elmnt *reverse_pointer;
>        }
>
>newptr = malloc(sizeof(struct elmnt));


You must cast the return from malloc to the type (elmnt *) .

Therefore use:

newptr = (elmnt *) malloc(sizeof(struct elmnt));


                       Ja Uhm