Defining an abstract type in C

Question

Is it possible to have the array subscript before the variable name in declaration?

For example, is it possible to have

char [10]data;

where the intended declaration is:

char data[10];

I know that this might be stretching it a bit too much, but I have the variable type defined using #define, which I need to change from int to char[10] type.

So, could I just use #define TYPE char[10] instead of #define TYPE int? Or is there a better way to achieve this?

Edit:

Must I use 2 different #define statements like this?

#define TYPE char
#define SIZE [10]

and then use:

TYPE data SIZE;

Answer 1

You might want to consider using a typedef for this:

typedef char TYPE[10];

Answer 2

Try:

typedef char TYPE[10];