Singly Linked List : Delete from End

Singly Linked List : Delete from End

#include<stdio.h>

#include<stdlib.h>

struct node

{

            int data;

            struct node *link;

};

typedef struct node * NODE;

NODE getnode();

NODE insert_at_end(NODE first, int item);

NODE delete_at_end(NODE first);

void display(NODE first);

NODE getnode()

{

            NODE x;

            x = (NODE)malloc(sizeof(struct node));

            x->link = NULL;

            return x;

}

NODE insert_at_end(NODE first, int item)

{

            NODE temp, cur;

            temp = getnode();

            temp->data = item;

            /*Case 1: List is empty*/

            if(first == NULL)

                        return temp;

             /*Case 2: List has nodes: Traverse till the end of the list*/

            cur = first;

            while(cur->link!=NULL)

            {

                        cur = cur->link;

            }

            /*Set the link field of last node to point to temp node*/

            cur->link = temp;

            return first;

}

NODE delete_at_end(NODE first)

{

            NODE cur, prev;

            /*Case 1: List is empty. */

            if(first == NULL)

            {

                        printf("\nList is empty. Cannot delete.");

                        return NULL;

            }

             /*Case 2: List has only one node. Deleting that node makes list empty. */

            if(first->link ==NULL)

            {

                        printf("\nItem that got deleted is %d", first->data);

                        free(first);

                        return NULL;

            }

           

            /*Case 3: List having more than one node.

                        Delete the last node. Update the link of last but one node. */

            prev =NULL;

            cur = first;

            while(cur->link!=NULL)

            {

                        prev = cur;

                        cur = cur->link;

            }

            prev->link =NULL;

            printf("\nItem that got deleted is %d", cur->data);

            free(cur);

            return first;

}

void display(NODE first)

{

            NODE cur;

            cur = first;

            printf("\nContents are:");

            if(cur == NULL)

                        printf("\nList is empty. Nothing to display.");

            else

            {

                        while(cur!=NULL)

                        {

                                    printf("%d  ", cur->data);

                                    cur = cur->link;

                        }

            }

}

void main()

{

            int ch, item;

            NODE first = NULL;

            while(1)

            {

                        printf("\n\n~~MENU~~");

                        printf("\n1.Insert at end");

                        printf("\n2.Delete from end");

                        printf("\n3.Display");

                        printf("\n4.exit");

                        printf("\nEnter your choice: ");

                        scanf("%d",&ch);

                        switch(ch)

                        {

                                    case 1:            printf("\nEnter the value: ");

                                                            scanf("%d", &item);

                                                            first = insert_at_end(first, item);

                                                            break;

                                    case 2:            first = delete_at_end(first);

                                                            break;

                                    case 3:            display(first);

                                                            break;

                                    case 4:            exit(0);

                        }

            }

}

Output:

~~MENU~~

1.Insert at end

2.Delete from end

3.Display

4.exit

Enter your choice: 1

Enter the value: 11

~~MENU~~

1.Insert at end

2.Delete from end

3.Display

4.exit

Enter your choice: 1

Enter the value: 12

~~MENU~~

1.Insert at end

2.Delete from end

3.Display

4.exit

Enter your choice: 3

Contents are:11  12

~~MENU~~

1.Insert at end

2.Delete from end

3.Display

4.exit

Enter your choice: 2

Item that got deleted is 12

~~MENU~~

1.Insert at end

2.Delete from end

3.Display

4.exit

Enter your choice: 2

Item that got deleted is 11

~~MENU~~

1.Insert at end

2.Delete from end

3.Display

4.exit

Enter your choice: 2

List is empty. Cannot delete.

~~MENU~~

1.Insert at end

2.Delete from end

3.Display

4.exit

Enter your choice: 3

Contents are:

List is empty. Nothing to display.

~~MENU~~

1.Insert at end

2.Delete from end

3.Display

4.exit

Enter your choice: 4



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