Re: define a struct that has its own type as a field somehow?

In article <ehqenb$29rc$1@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>, Papastefanos Serafeim
<serafeim@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:

"Ben" <x@xxxxx> wrote in message news:261020061450069968%x@xxxxxxxx
Hello,

Is it possible to define a struct that has a type of itself in it?
Thanks, Ben.

Try this
typedef struct _mystruct {
int a;
struct _mystruct *b;
} mystruct;

Serafeim

Yup, thanks. 'struct' infront does it.
Thanks, Ben.
.

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