Array of structures

Question

Here's the struct:

typedef struct state_machine{
char name;
struct state_machine *next0;
struct state_machine *next1;
}state;

and here's me trying to create an array of them

state[] states = {
      {'A', state+3, state+4},
      {'B', state,   state+5}, 
      {'C', state+4, state  }, 
      {'D', state+5, state+6}, 
      {'E', state+1, state+7}, 
      {'F', state+7, state+3}, 
      {'G', state+2, state+6}, 
      {'F', state+6, state+1}}; 

compiler catches the error on the first line, " state[] states = { "

expected identifier or '(' before '[' token

Answer 1

Change to:

state states[] = {
      {'A', states+3, states+4}, //You probably meant states, since state is a type
      {'B', states,   states+5}, 
      {'C', states+4, states  }, 
      {'D', states+5, states+6}, 
      {'E', states+1, states+7}, 
      {'F', states+7, states+3}, 
      {'G', states+2, states+6}, 
      {'F', states+6, states+1}}; 

In C , the [] should be after the variable name, not after the type.