example.c

#include <stdio.h>
#include \<stdlib.h\>
#include \<string.h\>

typedef struct thing
{
   float height;
   char * body;
} Thing;

int main(void)
{
int *ptr_pJ2;
int pJ2 = 42;

Thing *ptr_thing = malloc(10*sizeof(Thing));

// assign new pointer to point to value for var pJ
ptr_pJ2 = &pJ2;

// Referencing pointer to memory address of thing
Thing thing1 = *ptr_thing;

// assign pointer thing1 to reference struct Thing
thing1.height = 75.8;

thing1.body = strdup("fifth appendage");

if ( thing1.body == 0 )
{
  perror("Oops.");
}

printf("PJ2: %i\nbody: %s\nheight: %g\n", *ptr_pJ2, thing1.body, thing1.height);

return 0;
}