pointer & struct

[jair bobys]

In article <7208 at pyr.gatech.EDU>, dvu at 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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