Problem with defining a linked list in C

[rose_mary]

hi room,

I can't seem to define a linked list successfully. I tried

typedef struct {
char *item;
NODEPTR next;
} *NODEPTR;

but the compiler gave me error messages. Can't a structure in C contain a pointer to itself?
pls someone answer me soon.

 

[artem]

C question?

rewrite like this

typedef struct tnode{
char *item;
struct tnode *next;
} *NODEPTR;

 

[echo47]

C question?

By the way, that's question 1.14 of the comp.lang.c FAQ:
https://www.eskimo.com/~scs/C-faq/q1.14.html