Dynamically allocate memory for struct

Question

I am taking a C++ class and have a assignment which requires me to dynamically allocate memory for a struct. I don\'t recall ever going over this in class and we only brief

Answer 1

new returns a pointer to an object... so you'd want

struct Student* student1 = new Student;

Answer 2

Why are you using new? Just declare an instance of the variable:

Student student1;

Given the definition of Student, it doesn't look like it has identity, and it is certainly copyable, so you should probably never new it.

(I'd also provide it with a constructor, so that it can be initialized correctly from the moment it is defined.)