How To Initialize a C Struct using a Struct Pointer and Designated Initialization

Question

How can I use struct pointers with designated initialization? For example, I know how to init the struct using the dot operator and designated initialization like:

person per = { .x = 10,.y = 10 };

But If I want to do it with struct pointer?

I made this but it didn't work:

    pper = (pperson*){10,5};

Answer 1

You can use a pointer to a compound literal:

struct NODE{
   int x;
   int y;
}


struct NODE *nodePtr = &(struct NODE) {
    .x = 20,
    .y = 10
};

• Notice that compund literals were introduced in C99.