Initializing unions

[Dave Hanna]

I hope this is not a stupid question, and, since I don't read this group,
I hope it is not inappropriate to post it here.

How (syntactically) do you declare an initial value for a union?
E.g., in the following code fragment, the structure "struct_examp"
is initialized successfully, but I can find no parallel construct
to initialize the union "union_examp":

    typedef struct {
	long val1;
	char *val2;
    } DEF;

    static DEF struct_examp = { 
    (long) 1, 
    (char *) 1 };

    typedef union {
	long val1;
	char *val2;
    } ABC;

    static ABC union_examp =  {
    (long) 1} ; 


(Actually, I am trying to initialize an array of structures,
in which one of the fields is a union.)

Please e-mail replies.  I will not see them if they are posted, as
I don't receive this group.

    Dave Hanna
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