How do you create a new struct?

Question

noob solidity question… if I have a struct that looks like this:

struct Special {
    string name;
    address[] deals;
    mapping (address => string[5]) dealNames;
}

how can I initialize a new "Special" with an empty deals array and empty dealNames mapping, having only a string for name.

I've tried this and it errors out (obviously?)

Special special = Special({
    name: "bingo",
    deals: [],
    dealNames: {}
});

Answer 1

You can initialise the Struct like this:

address[] memory addresses;
Special memory s = Special("Test", addresses);

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