I am trying to make a typedef struct like this typedef struct { NODE* child; NODE* parent; NODE* next; int nParents; BOOL visible; }NODE; but obviously i cant refer to NODE before it is declared. is there anything i can put before the struct so it will know i am going to declare NODE eventually. I am used to c++ where i can just do struct NODE { NODE* child; NODE* parent; NODE* next; int nParents; BOOL visible; }; and it works fine. but i have to use c for what i am doing, so please help. thanks in advance.

i need the NODE type to be used within the NODE struct. That code doesnt work for it.

just put an int and cast it to (NODE *) when you need it.

I am no C programmer, but how about

typedef struct NODETYPE{  struct NODETYPE* next;} NODE; 

what do you mean by ''cast'' it as a (NODE *)?

quote: Original post by robirt
what do you mean by ''cast'' it as a (NODE *)?

I suggest don''t do it this way. Follows Miserable''s way.

maybe this

struct NODE
{
int somehting;
NODE *next;
}

Thanks all. i got it now.