When I declare a struct in C, does it automatically allocate memory for me using malloc()?

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when we declace header that is struct xyz {..... } ; its not going to allocate any memory . memory is only allocated when we declare a variable of structure type . so if we declare the variable ex: struct xyz v1; then the memory will be allocated for v1 during compile time . simlary if we...
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when we declace header that is struct xyz {..... } ; its not going to allocate any memory . memory is only allocated when we declare a variable of structure type . so if we declare the variable ex: struct xyz v1; then the memory will be allocated for v1 during compile time . simlary if we use malloc it allocate the memory required for structure and store the address of first byte in a structure variable In this case the memory is allocated runtime ( dynamic) so it is must to declare a variable or use malloc in program to allocate memory . read less
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