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: 4Also Check,
- Singly Linked List