How to assign a C struct inline?

Question

typedef struct {     int hour;     int min;     int sec; } counter_t; 

And in the code, I'd like to initialize instances of this struct without explicitly initializing each member variable. That is, I'd like to do something like:

counter_t counter; counter = {10,30,47}; //doesn't work 

for 10:30:47

rather than

counter.hour = 10; counter.min = 30; counter.sec = 47; 

Don't recall syntax for this, and didn't immediately find a way to do this from Googling.

Thanks!

Answer 1

Initialization:

counter_t c = {10, 30, 47}; 

Assignment:

c = (counter_t){10, 30, 48}; 

The latter is called a "compound literal".