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I'm new to Data Structure, and tried to make a program that reads data from a .txt to a struct pessoa, transfer it to a list, and then gets the desired struct back, but I keep getting this error: "error: dereferencing pointer to incomplete type".

#include <stdio.h>
#include <stdlib.h>

typedef struct pessoa{
int matr;
char *nome;
char *curso;
int semestre;
struct pessoa *prox;
}aluno;

int insere(aluno *i, int m, char *n, char *c, int s){
aluno *h = (aluno*)malloc(sizeof(aluno));
h->matr=m;
h->nome=n;
h->curso=c;
h->semestre=s;
h->prox=i;
i=h;
return 0;
}

int buscamatricula(aluno *i, int m){
    char n;
    char c;
    int s;
    while (i->prox != NULL){
        if (m == i->matr)
        {
            printf("Nome: %s\nMatricula: %i\nCurso: %s Semestre: %i\n", n, m, c, s);
            break;
        }
    }
    puts("Erro: nao foi possivel encontrar o aluno");
return 0;
}

main()
{
int x=0, a, b;
char e[50], f[50];
struct aluno *inic;
FILE *arq;
arq = fopen("turma.txt", "r");
if (arq == NULL)
    puts("Deu ruim");
else
{
        while (fscanf(arq, "%i %s %s %i", &a, e[50], f[50], &b) != EOF)
    {
        insere(*inic, a, e, f, b); //error here
    }
    fclose(arq);
}
while (x != -255)
{
    printf("Que matricula vc deseja pesquisar? Para sair, digite \"-255\"\n");
    scanf("%i", &x);
    if (x == -255)
        break;
    buscamatricula(*inic, a);  //also an error here
}
free(inic);
return 0;
}

I'm using Code::Blocks. What is wrong with my code?

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inic in main should be of type anuro or struct pessoa, not struct anuro. struct anuro doesn't exist in your code. Declaring inic like

aluno *inic;

should fix the problem.

Notes:

  • you pass arguments of type anuros to the functions. Remove the * when calling the functions to actually pass anuro*s, i.e. pointers

  • lack of an explicit declaration of main with return type int works only for pre-C99 code (return type defaults to int when none is specified)

  • you call fscanf with the format specifier "%s" twice but pass a char (e[50]/f[50]). It's undefined behavior. Furthermore, both subscripts are out of bounds (the last element in both is [49]); undefined behavior again. You probably meant to pass just the addresses of the arrays, what you can accomplish by passing e and fto fscanf instead

  • don't cast the return value of malloc

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@ameyCU No, in her/his code it's struct anuro *inic;. Is that what you mean?
@ameyCU, no it isn't. inic is declared struct aluno *. That references an otherwise undeclared struct with tag aluno. aluno is the typedef-ed name of struct pessoa.
@cad Ohh , didn't notice that . Sorry for that .
@cad Thanks, there are no more error when I build it. But I still cannot understand one thing: it seems that my code never reaches the end of file. Can you please explain me why?
@LeandroOliveiraRezende I added a point in the "Notes" section of my answer. Does this fix your problem?
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buscamatricula(*inic, a);  //also an error here

Function int buscamatricula(aluno *i, int m) requires an pointer to struct . So call like this -

buscamatricula(inic, a);

Similarly , this call is incorrect -

insere(*inic, a, e, f, b); //error here

Do it like this -

insere(inic, a, e, f, b);

The answer given by cad here address your error.

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When you call this function insere, do you want the data to get into inic that you just created ? Because that's not what the insere() function is doing, please confirm.

   insere(inic, a, e, f, b); //error here
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Yes, that's what I want to do. How can I fix that?
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Your problem seems to be a confusion with structures, how to pass and modify. Here is your program modified BUT it is not finished, I left some work for you. I you want to modify the struct remember to send struct address & to receiving function star *

 #include <usual.h>


  struct pessoa

 {

 int matr;
 char *nome;
 char *curso;
 int semestre;
 struct pessoa *prox;
 };

 typedef struct pessoa aluno;

 int insere( aluno * h, int m, char *n, char *c, int s )
 {
 //aluno *h = (aluno*)malloc(sizeof(aluno));
  h->matr = m;
  h->nome = n;
  h->curso = c;
  h->semestre = s;
 //h->prox=i;
 //i=h;
 return 0;
  }

  int buscamatricula( aluno i, int m )
 {
  char n;
  char c;
  int s;
  while ( i.prox != NULL )
  {
   if ( m == i.matr )
   {
    printf( "Nome: %s\nMatricula: %i\nCurso: %s Semestre: %i\n", n, m, c,
      s );
   break;
   }
  }
    puts( "Erro: nao foi possivel encontrar o aluno" );
    return 0;
 }

 int main(  )
{
 int x = 0, a, b;
 char e[50], f[50];
 //struct aluno *inic;
  aluno inic;

  FILE *arq;
  arq = fopen( "turma.txt", "r" );
  if ( arq == NULL )
  puts( "Deu ruim" );
  else
  {
   while ( fscanf( arq, "%i %s %s %i", &a, e[50], f[50], &b ) != EOF )
   {
    insere( &inic, a, e, f, b );    //error was here
   }
   fclose( arq );
  }
 while ( x != -255 )
 {
  printf
   ( "Que matricula vc deseja pesquisar? Para sair, digite \"-255\"\n" );
  scanf( "%i", &x );
 if ( x == -255 )
   break;
 buscamatricula( inic, a ); //also an error here
}
//free(inic);  I didn't malloc so cannot free it
  return 0;

}

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