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copied!<pre><code>#include <stdio.h> typedef struct { int length; char items[]; /* 1 */ } chararray_t; typedef struct { long hash; chararray_t chars; /* 2 */ } string_t; /*static string_t s1 = { 617862378, { 5, { 'H', 'e', 'l', 'l', 'o' } } // 3 };*/ static string_t s1 = { 617862378, {6,"Hello"} /* 3 */ }; int main() { printf("%d %d %s\n",s1.hash,s1.chars.length,s1.chars.items); return 0; } </code></pre> <p>Add 1 for the null character, et voila! :)</p> <p>Edit, Also works for 2 levels of nesting (GCC 4.8.0)</p> <pre><code>#include <stdio.h> typedef struct { int length; char items[]; /* 1 */ } chararray_t; typedef struct { long hash; chararray_t chars; /* 2 */ } string_t; typedef struct { long number; string_t arr; }experiment_t; static experiment_t s1 = { 617862378, {786,{6,"Hello"}} /* 3 */ }; int main() { printf("%d %d %d %s\n",s1.number,s1.arr.hash,s1.arr.chars.length,s1.arr.chars.items); return 0; } </code></pre> <p>----------EDIT 2------------------ Found a way around the limitation <a href="https://stackoverflow.com/questions/1558025/c-initialize-array-within-structure">C initialize array within structure</a></p> <p>Final code::</p> <pre><code>#include <stdio.h> typedef struct { int length; int *items; /* 1 */ } intarray_t; typedef struct { long hash; intarray_t chars; /* 2 */ int dummy[2]; } string_t; /*string_t s1 = { 617862378, { 6, {1,2,3,4,5,6} }, { 0,0 } };*/ string_t s1 = {617862378,{},{0,0}}; int main() { int i=0; intarray_t t1 = {.length = 6, .items = (int[6]){1,2,3,4,5,6}}; s1.chars = t1; printf("%d %d\n",s1.hash,s1.chars.length); while(i<s1.chars.length) { printf("%d",s1.chars.items[i]); i++; } putchar('\n'); return 0; } </code></pre>

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