expected primary-expression before '.' token

struct patient
{
char Lastname;
char Firstname;
char symptoms;
int cardnumber;
int patientnumber;
} ;
int choice;

static FILE uart00 = {0};

void USART0_init(void) {
UCSR0A = 0; //single transmission speed, multiprocessor disabled
UCSR0B = (1<<RXEN0) | (1<<TXEN0); //enable Rx & Tx
UCSR0C = (1<<UCSZ00) | (1<<UCSZ01); //asynchronous, no parity, 1 stop, 8 bits
UBRR0 = 103; //load the value for 9600 bps baud rate into whole UBRR register

fdev_setup_stream (&uart00, TX, RX, _FDEV_SETUP_RW); //Associate RX and TX functions with stdin/stdout
stdin= stdout = &uart00 ; //the uart is defined as the standard inputa/output device
}
static int RX(FILE *stream) {
//do nothing until data is received and is ready to be read from UDR0; wait for USART RX Complete flag
while ((UCSR0A & (1 << RXC0)) == 0) {};
//when flag is set read data from USART UDR0 register and return it
return(UDR0);
}
static int TX(char TXData , FILE *stream) {
//do nothing until UDR0 is ready for more data to be written to it; wait for USART UDRE flag
while ((UCSR0A & (1 << UDRE0)) == 0) {};
//when flag is set send data by placing the byte into UDR0
UDR0 = TXData;
return 0 ;
}
void setup(void)
{

USART0_init();
fdev_setup_stream (&uart00, TX, RX, _FDEV_SETUP_RW); //Associate RX and TX functions with stdin/stdou
stdin= stdout = &uart00 ; //the uart is defined as the standard inputa/output device

//No need to make PH5, PH6 or PB4 as inputs, by default it is input at powerup
PORTB |= (1<<PB4); //Enable internal resistor on PB4 input
PORTH |= (1<<PH5)| (1<<PH6); //Enable internal resistor on PH5 and PH6 input

}

void loop(void)
{
typedef struct patient patientname;
printf ("\nSER202, Programming for emebbeded systems");
printf("\nThomas Smith");
printf("\n217068347");
printf("\n----------------");

while(1)
{
printf("\nSelect one of the following numbers and press enter");
printf("\n1.Patient Details"); //Assume we will have maximum 8 patients
printf("\n2.Allocate Patient to Doctor"); //Jerome Mcclain, Teresita Lieu, Rocky Michael (Doctors names)
printf("\n3.Call Patient"); //Call the nextpatient and send them to see their Doctor
printf("\n4.Report"); //Generate a clinic financial report
printf("\n----------------");

scanf("%d",&choice);

switch (choice)
{
case 1:

{

printf ("\nEnter the following and press enter");
printf ("\nFirst Name and last name"); //First Name Last Name, max 25characters, show full name to user

scanf ("%s %s",patientname.Firstname,patientname.Lastname); // First name stored and last name stored
printf ("\nFull name:%s %s", patientname.Firstname,patientname.Lastname); //Full name to be shown

printf ("\nMedicare Card Number:"); //5digits entered, show digits to user, Receive the digits as a string of 5characters
scanf("%s",patientname.cardnumber); // Medicare card number stored
printf("%s\n",patientname.cardnumber); // Medicare number shown
printf ("Symptoms:"); //Comma separated list of symptoms, max 25 characters, show symptoms to user
scanf ("%s", patientname.symptoms); // Symtoms for pateient stored
printf ("%s\n", patientname.symptoms); // Symtoms shown on screen
printf ("Patient Number:"); //Generate patient number and display it this number should be an integer equal to the number of patients currently in the system + 1
scanf ("%s",patientname.patientnumber); // Patient number stored
printf ("%s\n",patientname.patientnumber); // Patient number shown
}
break;

Your code is incomplete.

Please remember to use code tags when posting code

The whole code is incomplete?
Why am i getting the error?

The code you posted (badly) is incomplete.
Therefore it is not "whole"

Hi,
Welcome to the forum.

Please read the first post in any forum entitled how to use this forum.
http://forum.arduino.cc/index.php/topic,148850.0.html .
Then look down to item #7 about how to post your code.
It will be formatted in a scrolling window that makes it easier to read.

Thanks.. Tom.... :slight_smile:

That type of error is usually caused by improper syntax in a preceding line, such as forgetting a closing bracket, parentheses, quote mark, etc.

You are using a struct variable named 'patientname' but you did not declare that variable properly. The 'typedef' keyword just sets up a synonym for for a type. In this case the synonym for 'struct patient' is 'patientname'. That makes it a type, not a variable.

 typedef struct patient patientname;

What you need is to declare a variable of type 'struct patient':

  struct patient patientname;

This would also work:

 patient patientname;
struct patient
{
  char Lastname; 
  char Firstname;
  char symptoms;

Using a single character for each of those is going to be confusing in the long run.