Can't store values on a struct defined in a library - c

Question

In main:
#include stdio.h
#include stdlib.h
#include string.h
#include dictionary.h
int main( int argc, char ** argv ){
dictionary_t dictionary = NULL;
dictionary->entries = 1;
return 0;
}
//In header
#ifndef DICTIONARY_H
#define DICTIONARY_H
struct dictionary_s{
char * name;
llist_t content;
int entries;
};
typedef struct dictionary_s* dictionary_t;
#endif
//It compiles but shows Segmentation Fault (Core dump) in the console screen.
I have tried almost everything I can think of and checked several posts, but I've been unable to solve this problem.

Answer 1

In main:
#include stdio.h
#include stdlib.h
#include string.h
#include dictionary.h
int main( int argc, char ** argv ){
//dictionary_t dictionary = NULL;//This was your old line that leads to a null pointer voilation..
dictionary_t dictionary = (dictionary_t *) malloc(sizeof(dictionary_t));
if( NULL == dictionary){
//malloc failed, what do you wanna do now?
printf("Malloc failed\n");
//exit(-1);
while(1){} //just spin forever so you can see the error i suppose?
}
dictionary->entries = 1;
return 0;
}
Here is a malloc example, the stack example is similar but different.
https://en.wikibooks.org/wiki/C_Programming/stdlib.h/malloc