Pointer to Structure Within the same Structure : Self Referential

Pointer to Structure Within the same Structure : Self Referential

1. In this Type , Structure has pointer to itself.
2. Pointer stores the address of the Structure of same type.

Syntax :

struct node
{
int data;
struct node *ptr;  //Pointer to Struct node
};

• Here ptr stores address of Structure node.
• This is useful in Dynamic Memory Allocation and Creating Linked Lists.