how to check if string exists in a struct linked list?

can someone provide an example of a struct linked list, where it has strings as its values, and then how do I check if a specific string (say called buffer) exists in the list of structs?

i dont understand how to make a copy of it to check with
this is what i have

Code:

                        
                        // CHECK IF ITEM EXISTS IN THE ITEM LIST
                        check=0; tmp_item_list=item_list;
                        while(tmp_item_list) {
                            if (strcmp(tmp_item_list->number,buffer)==0) {
                                tmp_buffer0[0]='\0';
                                strcat(tmp_buffer0,tmp_item_list->number);
                                strcat(tmp_buffer0," ");
                                strcat(tmp_buffer0,tmp_item_list->name);
                                strcat(tmp_buffer0," ");
                                strcat(tmp_buffer0,tmp_item_list->current_price);
                                strcat(tmp_buffer0,"\n");
                                send_message(i, tmp_buffer0); check=1; break;
                            }
                            tmp_item_list=tmp_item_list->next;
                        }

i want to make a copy because if i dont then
tmp_item_list=tmp_item_list->next;
will screw it up

also this wont work, because somehow when i iterate through the list, it seems the list repeats again...

this compiles fine with no errors/warnings

Sounds like your list is circular, which of course would mean that if everything else were working right, that it would compile without warnings or errors, because having a circular list isn't a compile time error.


Quzah.

can someone provide an example of a struct linked list, where it has strings as its values, and then how do I check if a specific string (say called buffer) exists in the list of structs?

You can discover the word "buffer" in one of your string variables by cycling through your list and using strcmp() or stricmp() to search.

If you posted the struct definition it would help us enormously....


You cannot however discover, in run time, if a variable named buffer exists in the struct... you have to have a copy of the struct to know that and the compiler needs to know it at compile time...

Code:

typedef struct item_list {
	char *name;
	char *number;
	char *current_price;
	char *high_bid;
	struct item_list *next;
} item;

Code:

check=0;
item *ptr = NULL;
for(ptr = item_list; ptr != NULL; ptr = ptr->next) {
	if (strcmp(tmp_buffer1, ptr->number)==0) { 
		if (atoi(buffer)>atoi(ptr->current_price)) { 
			char *tmp_buffer = malloc(strlen(buffer) * sizeof(char)); strcpy(tmp_buffer, buffer);
			ptr->current_price=tmp_buffer;
			ptr->high_bid="dude";
			send_message(i, "OK");
			check=1;
		}
	}
}

this is my new problem, i want to edit something when i find the right node, but after this the edit works, but the list is now repeated twice and combined, i think somewhere my pointers is messing up here...

btw this code isnt a function, its local to the other code.

can you confirm if this part is ok?