Assistance with pointers in functions to a dynamically allocated array of structs?

Question

Im making a game about gathering elements from exoplanets. I would have no problem if i could do this all in one function but Im passing the pointer of an array of structs to multiple functions. So I keep getting errors because i dont know how many pointers to put the parameter and argument of each function. especially the function within a function (called missionMenu()) is a real headache to work with. Im also probably messing up the pointers in the function earth() too.. Any help would be greatly appreciated!

EDIT: I need help fixing the scanf in the missionMenu() function and i think misuse of pointers i mentioned above have something to do with it

#include <stdio.h>
#include <stdlib.h>
#define pause system("pause")
#define cls system("cls")
#define flush fflush(stdin)
#define SIZE 1000


main(){

    int count=0;

    ELEMENT* element[SIZE];
    earth(&count,element);

}//End main 

void earth(int *c,ELEMENT **element){

    int userMenuChoice = 0; 
    int i;
    int number;
    displayMenu(); 

    element[*c] = malloc(sizeof(ELEMENT));

    scanf("%i", &userMenuChoice); 

    switch (userMenuChoice) { 
            case 1: 

                missionMenu(element[*c],*c);

                break; 
            case 2: 
                for(i=0;i<*c;i++)
                    printf("\t%i\t%i\n", element[i]->hydrogen);
                break; 
            case 3: 

                break;
    }while(userMenuChoice != 4); 

}//end end

void missionMenu(ELEMENT *element, int c ){
    int missionChoice;
    cls;

    printf("Which planet would you like to escapade/exploit? \n\n"); 
    printf("1. Gliese 436 b \n");
    printf("2. Oxygen Planet\n"); 
    printf("3. 55 Cancri E\n"); 
    printf("4. Nitrogen \n"); 
    printf("Please input your choice (1-3): \n\n"); 

    missionChoice = 0; 
    scanf("%i", &missionChoice); 
    switch (missionChoice) { 
            case 1: 

                cls;
                printf("\n\n\nWelcome to Planet Gliece 436 b, a planet made of burning ice.\n");
                printf("The extreme gravity of this planet forces the water to stay in solid form,\neven though the temperature is over 570° fahrenheit.\n\n");
                pause;




                printf("\n\n\tHow much Hydrogen would you like to collect?");
                //scanf("%i",&collect);
                scanf("%[^\n]s", element->hydrogen); flush;
                printf("\n\ntHow much Oxygen would you like to collect?");
               // scanf("%i",&collect);
                scanf("%[^\n]s", element->oxygen); flush;
                c=c+1;
                break; 
            case 2: 

                break; 
            case 3: 

                break;
            case 4:

                break;
    }while(missionChoice != 5); 
}//end mission menu



ELEMENT** newElement() {
    ELEMENT** element;
    element = malloc(sizeof(ELEMENT));
    return element;
} //end newTeam

Answer 1

In your main you try to call the earth function with a pointer to an ELEMENT, your array. If you check the definition of earth(...), you see that it accepts a pointer to a pointer to an ELEMENT, which is not what you're passing it.