I don't understand the syntax of structs

[granite oar]

Intuitively they don't make sense

Such as

typedef struct{
  int thing;
}name;

struct name{
  int thing;
}

struct{
  int thing;
}name;

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[granite oar]

some1 explain why this is

why does

typedef struct name{
  int thing
}
``` not work

and what the differences between the 3 are

[little kiln]

casue thats not the syntax that C uses. syntax doesn't need a reason. syntax just is.

[granite oar]

its so sucky tho D:

It does not make alot of sense

[stuck dragon]

struct name {
    int thing;
};

this is the actual struct syntax

and you have to do struct name variable_name; to create a variable with the struct type

but because people are lazy, they dont like typing struct everywhere

so you can use typedef to create an alternate name for the struct

like typedef the_type name;

so you can do typedef struct name name; and then you only need name variable_name; to use the struct

and then```c
typedef struct {
int thing;
} name;

is making name to mean the unnamed struct that you just declared

does that make sense?

[granite oar]

sorta

why do we have to say the name twice

I dont get that part for

[granite oar]

this

[stuck dragon]

struct name is the struct type, and then the second name is the new name for the type

[granite oar]

oh wait what

so what if I did stuct cheese pizza

I doubt anyone would ever do that

but for learning purposes

how would I reference this?

[stuck dragon]

pizza

[granite oar]

then what is the purpose of cheese

its the type but like

wut

[stuck dragon]

if you had

struct cheese {
};

then struct cheese is how you refer to the cheese struct

[granite oar]

I see

Thank you!

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