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From: jair@ficc.uu.net (jair bobys)
Newsgroups: comp.lang.c
Subject: Re: pointer & struct
Summary: Need to actually allocate a structure
Message-ID: <2990@ficc.uu.net>
Date: 3 Feb 89 17:15:49 GMT
References: <7208@pyr.gatech.EDU>
Distribution: usa
Organization: Ferranti International Controls
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In article <7208@pyr.gatech.EDU>, dvu@pyr.gatech.EDU (Dinh Vu) writes:
> I am learning C, and having difficulty with pointers, and structures
> [some text deleted]
> 	main()
> 	{
> 		struct abc *var;
> 
> 		var->x = 5;
> 		var->y = 10;
> 	}

The problem is that you never allocated a structure for your pointer to
point to.  Try:

    main()
    {
        struct abc
            *var,
            place;

        var = place;
        var->x = 5;
        var->y = 10;
    }

You were trying to assign values to nonexistent locations, hence the core
dump.     
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