C Program ( Source Code and Explanation) for a Single Linked List


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#include<stdio.h>
#include<stdlib.h>

typedef struct Node
{
       
int data;
       
struct Node *next;
}node;


void
insert(node *pointer, int data)
{
        node
*start = pointer;
       
/* Iterate through the list till we encounter the last node.*/
       
while(pointer->next!=start)
       
{
                pointer
= pointer -> next;
       
}
       
/* Allocate memory for the new node and put data in it.*/
        pointer
->next = (node *)malloc(sizeof(node));
        pointer
= pointer->next;
        pointer
->data = data;
        pointer
->next = start;
}
int find(node *pointer, int key)
{
        node
*start = pointer;
        pointer
=  pointer -> next; //First node is dummy node.
       
/* Iterate through the entire linked list and search for the key. */
       
while(pointer!=start)
       
{
               
if(pointer->data == key) //key is found.
               
{
                       
return 1;
               
}
                pointer
= pointer -> next; //Search in the next node.
       
}
       
/*Key is not found */
       
return 0;
}

void delete(node *pointer, int data)
{
        node
*start = pointer;
       
/* Go to the node for which the node next to it has to be deleted */
       
while(pointer->next!=start && (pointer->next)->data != data)
       
{
                pointer
= pointer -> next;
       
}
       
if(pointer->next==start)
       
{
                printf
("Element %d is not present in the list\n",data);
               
return;
       
}
       
/* Now pointer points to a node and the node next to it has to be removed */
        node
*temp;
        temp
= pointer -> next;
       
/*temp points to the node which has to be removed*/
        pointer
->next = temp->next;
       
/*We removed the node which is next to the pointer (which is also temp) */
        free
(temp);
       
/* Beacuse we deleted the node, we no longer require the memory used for it .
           free() will deallocate the memory.
         */

       
return;
}

void print(node *start,node *pointer)
{
       
if(pointer==start)
       
{
               
return;
       
}
        printf
("%d ",pointer->data);
        print
(start,pointer->next);
}
int main()
{
       
/* start always points to the first node of the linked list.
           temp is used to point to the last node of the linked list.*/

        node
*start,*temp;
        start
= (node *)malloc(sizeof(node));
        temp
= start;
        temp
-> next = start;
       
/* Here in this code, we take the first node as a dummy node.
           The first node does not contain data, but it used because to avoid handling special cases
           in insert and delete functions.
         */

        printf
("1. Insert\n");
        printf
("2. Delete\n");
        printf
("3. Print\n");
        printf
("4. Find\n");
       
while(1)
       
{
               
int query;
                scanf
("%d",&query);
               
if(query==1)
               
{
                       
int data;
                        scanf
("%d",&data);
                        insert
(start,data);
               
}
               
else if(query==2)
               
{
                       
int data;
                        scanf
("%d",&data);
                       
delete(start,data);
               
}
               
else if(query==3)
               
{
                        printf
("The list is ");
                        print
(start,start->next);
                        printf
("\n");
               
}
               
else if(query==4)
               
{
                       
int data;
                        scanf
("%d",&data);
                       
int status = find(start,data);
                       
if(status)
                       
{
                                printf
("Element Found\n");
                       
}
                       
else
                       
{
                                printf
("Element Not Found\n");

                       
}
               
}
       
}


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