Question

How to allocate memory for a string inside the struct in C

Answer 1

#include <stdio.h>
#include <stdlib.h>
#include <string.h>
 
struct worker {
    char *name;
    int age;
};
 
int main()
{ 
    struct worker w;
     
    w.name = (char *)malloc(30 * sizeof(char));
    strcpy(w.name, "Tom");
    w.age = 45;
 
    printf("name: %s : age: %d\n", w.name, w.age);
     
    free(w.name);
     
    return 0;
}

 
/*
run:
 
name: Tom : age: 45
 
*/

 

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