struct member is not found - c

Question

I have the following struct:
typedef struct vertex_tag{
int visited = 0;
int weight = FLT_MAX;
int prev;
}vertex_t;
It has the three members as indicated above.
I malloc the vertex like this:
vertex_t * vertex[G->vertices];
for(i=0; i < G->vertices; i++)
{
vertex[i] = (vertex_t*)malloc(sizeof(vertex_t));
}
So I create a matrix from the struct. I then call them throughout the function I created like this:
vertex[i]->visited
vertex[i]->weight
vertex[i]->prev
I keep getting the following error:
error: ‘vertex_t’ has no member named ‘visited’
error: ‘vertex_t’ has no member named ‘weight’
error: ‘vertex_t’ has no member named ‘prev’
Can anyone help me understand why I cant do this?

Answer 1

Okay so I can do it after the for loop in which I malloced it?
You'd do it better in the loop.
vertex_t *vertex[G->vertices];
for (i = 0; i < G->vertices; i++)
{
vertex[i] = malloc(sizeof(vertex_t));
vertex[i]->visited = 0;
vertex[i]->weight = FLT_MAX;
}
or according to Zeta's suggestion:
vertex_t vertex[G->vertices];
for (i = 0; i < G->vertices; i++)
{
vertex[i].visited = 0;
vertex[i].weight = FLT_MAX;
}