how do I malloc nodes for use in a trie data structure

Question

How do I use malloc to allocate memory for use in a trie data structure given:

typedef struct node
{
    bool in_word;
    struct node* children[27];
}
LETTERNODE;

What is the syntax for malloc in this case?

LETTERNODE letterptr = (node*) malloc(size_T node); 

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Answer 1

For the structure given by node above, memory can be allocated using the following syntax:

LETTERNODE * lettterptr = malloc(sizeof(LETTERNODE)); 

or more universally:

struct node * letterptr = malloc(sizeof(struct node));