Declaring a 2D array in a struct without knowing the size in a struct?

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Can I do this in C?

I have this code that gives me the error

ERROR
minesweeper.c:19:19: error: expected ‘:’, ‘,’, ‘;’, ‘}’ or ‘__attribute__’ before ‘=’ token
      int *boardSpaces = (int *)malloc(newBoard.rows * newBoard.columns * sizeof(int));

typedef struct boards
{
    int rows, columns;
    int *boardSpaces = malloc(rows * columns * sizeof(int));
} Board;

But when I put it in my main it works just fine.

Can I declare this in a struct, or is it just I am missing something?

asked 52 secs ago

Carson

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Declaring a 2D array in a struct without knowing the size in a struct?