This is c language and I have a file which I want to read it tothis array of poi

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This is c language and I have a file which I want to read it tothis array of pointers to structure. I have 2 doctors and 3patients, and the clinic I want to read and store it to thestructure objects, so this is how it is:
#include<stdio.h>
struct doctors
{
       char firstname[20];
        char lastname[20];
        int operationid;
};
struct patients
{
        char firstname[20];
        char lastname[20];
    int chosendocid;
};
struct clinic
{
char clinicname[25];
      struct doctors *ptr[2];  //an array of pointers to objects of the doctor structure
      struct patients *pat[3]   //an array of pointers to objects of the patient structure
                                          //I can only use this array of pointers.
};
void recursivealloc_mem(FILE *notefile, struct patients, intrec);
int main(void)
{
        FILE *notefile;
        struct clinichosp;   //I can only declare this two localvaluables,
      

        int rec=2;

         notefile =fopen("file1.dat", "r");
        if(notefile == NULL)
        {
               printf("file1.dat file does not exist ");
               return(-1);
        }
            recursivealloc_mem( notefile, &hosp, rec);
        fclose(notefile);
}

void recursiveallocdoc_mem(FILE *notefile, struct clinic *xhosp,int rec)
{
        int index, xindex =1;
        if(xindex <= rec)
               recursiveallocdoc_mem(rec - 1);
               xhosp->doc[rec] = malloc(3 * sizeof( struct doctor));
      for(index=0;index<2;index++)
       {
          fscanf(notefile, "%s %s %d ",xhosp->doc[i]->firstname,xhosp->doc[i]->lastname,    xhosp->doc[i]->id);

      printf("%s, %s,%d ",xhosp->doc[i]->firstname,xhosp->doc[i]->lastname, xhosp->doc[i]->id);
}
}



}
And the file I have written so far is:
James
Warren
3542
Maud
Spearman
2267
Ike
Williams
2267
Caleb
Walker
3542

I am trying to let the program read and store it by allocatingmemory recursively, that's the one it's giving me problems becauseI don't understand array of pointers to structures very well.Please I can only declare the structure objects like it is. Soplease how can I recursively allocate memory for it?

Explanation / Answer

when accesing the data through variables of structure we use dotoperator but in case of pointer variables of structure we use thearrowhead operator like here first u need to allocate memory to the pointer variablewhich can be done by::: hosp.ptr[0] = new struct clinic hosp.pat[0]= new struct patients then acces the data members by using the arrow operator like hosp.ptr[0]->firstname hosp.pat[0]->firstname

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