How can I create a dynamic structure in C?

Question

Lets say I have a system which can have any number of states which the user will specify and I need to store these states in a structure.

struct states {
char state1;
char state2;
:
:
};

How can I do that?

Answer 1

Such a thing isn't possible but maybe you're overthinking it.

If all your states are of type `char`, then you can save all of them in a big string (`char*`)!

Answer 2

Schindlabua Actually yes, I am overthinking it 😅

But then, I have figured out that I should create just one structure and allocate it memory multiple times using malloc (This doesn't directly do what I want but I can manage)