Initializing a Global Struct in C
- by Scott
What is the best way to accomplish the following in C?
#include <stdio.h>
struct A
{
int x;
};
struct A createA(int x)
{
struct A a;
a.x = x;
return a;
}
struct A a = createA(42);
int main(int argc, char** argv)
{
printf("%d\n", a.x);
return 0;
}
When I try to compile the above code, the compiler reports the following error:
"initializer element is not constant"
The bad line is this one:
struct A a = createA(42);
Can someone explain what is wrong? I'm not very experienced in C. Thanks!
