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struct flexArrayStruct {
  int num;
  int data[1];
};

/* ... */
/* Space is allocated for the struct */
struct flexArrayStruct *structP 
  = (struct flexArrayStruct *) 
     malloc(sizeof(struct flexArrayStruct) 
          + sizeof(int) * (ARRAY_SIZE - 1));
if (structP == NULL) {
  /* handle malloc failure */
}
structP->num = SOME_NUMBER;

/* Access data[] as if it had been allocated
 * as data[ARRAY_SIZE] */
for (i = 0; i < ARRAY_SIZE; i++) {
  structP->data[i] = i;
}

struct flexArrayStruct{
  int num;
  int data[];
};

/* ... */
/* Space is allocated for the struct */
struct flexArrayStruct *structP 
  = (struct flexArrayStruct *)
     malloc(sizeof(struct flexArrayStruct) 
          + sizeof(int) * ARRAY_SIZE);
if (structP == NULL) {
  /* handle malloc failure */
}

structP->num = SOME_NUMBER;

/* Access data[] as if it had been allocated 
 * as data[ARRAY_SIZE] */
for (i = 0; i < ARRAY_SIZE; i++) {
  structP->data[i] = i;
}