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copied!<p>This syntax is incorrect (I misread the question at first because they look like function declarations, not structure definitions):</p> <pre><code>struct custRec(char[20] name, char[50] address, char[20] city, char[2] stateAbbreviation, int zipCode, float balance); struct linkedRec(custRec storedRec, custRec* nextRec, custRec* prevRec); </code></pre> <p>You probably meant:</p> <pre><code>typedef struct custRec { char name[20]; char address[50]; char city[20]; char stateAbbreviation[2]; int zipCode; float balance; } custRec; // Necessary because question is about C, not C++ typedef struct linkedRec { custRec storedRec; custRec *nextRec; custRec *prevRec; } linkedRec; </code></pre> <p>I note that in the US, state abbreviations are 2 characters, so you probably need to use <code>char state[3]</code> to allow for the terminating null.</p> <p>This is now syntactically valid. When you copy data into the fields of the <code>custRec</code>, you will need to be careful to ensure that your copying does not overflow the bounds. The compiler does not enforce the lengths.</p> <p>You will need to check, therefore, inside the function that the strings passed to you do not exceed the limits you expect.</p> <p>If you prefer not to impose limits on the lengths, all the string structure members can be made into <code>char *</code> and you can dynamically allocate the memory for arbitrary length strings. But that is probably not a good idea for US state abbreviations; there you do want to enforce the '2 characters plus <code>'\0'</code>' limit.</p>

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