I am having doubt in one question in C quiz.

How is a structure variable named as test declared for a structure named as struct exforsys?

My answer was struct exforsys test; and system's answer was exforsys test;

in gcc (GCC) 3.4.3 20041212 (Red Hat 3.4.3-9.EL4) , if you do not used #typedef then u need to write struct before any structure.

Can anyone can clearify it.

As per my views,
as the structure type variable exforsys has been already defined as a structure variable so it doesnt needs to define it again for creating its own variable...

it can only be done if exforsys is already defined as a structure thn no need to define it as struct again.

With the details you have given, you are absolutely right in that without a typedef, there is no way that we can skip the struct in most C compilers. Infact, even if the fancy compiler allowed you to do that, the compiler has to be backward compatible with standard C programming conventions and thus your answer cannot be wrong.

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