C initialising both an array and a pointer in struct to the same value

Question

As the title, is it possible to initialize a pointer in a struct to point to the first element of an array that is also in the same struct?

struct foo
{
    int barr[12];
    int* barr_itt;
};

struct foo f = {{0}, /*.?.*/}

I'm curious about the application behind that question; syntactically, you now have a struct{int*,int*};. — Marcus Müller
– Marcus Müller, Commented Jan 13, 2015 at 16:55
yes, I have one pointer to itterate ofer the array, the other holds the location of the first element so it can be reset when it reaches the end. — jayjay
– jayjay, Commented Jan 13, 2015 at 16:56

2501 · Accepted Answer · 2015-01-13 16:53:00Z

5

Yes, use the name of the variable

struct foo f = {{0}, f.barr} ;

answered Jan 13, 2015 at 16:53

2501

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Well that should be easy, Thanks!