Taking the Smallest from a LL

Below is my Homemade Linked List.

I need to implement a method in the class that will return an
applicant with the smallest number in their date attrib.

Applicants with a date of zero don't count and once an applicant is returned it's date should be set to zero indicating that i've hired them ( hopefully as a programmer )

The Method (doesn't work):

Code:

	applicant hire(void){
		
		applicant tmp;
		cur=head;

		do{
			tmp=cur->data;
	
			if(cur->data.date)
				cur->data.date=0;

			goNext();

		}while(!cur->data.date);


		return tmp;

	}

The Structure:

Code:

struct applicant {
	char name[61];  // applicant's name
	char phone[21]; // phone number
	long date;      // date of application in yyyymmdd
	
	operator=(const applicant rhs){
		strcpy(name, rhs.name);
		strcpy(phone, rhs.phone);
		date = rhs.date;
	}

};

struct Node{
	applicant data;
	Node *next, *prev;

	Node(){next=prev=NULL;};
	
	Node(applicant data){
		this->data = data;
		next = prev = NULL;
	}
};



class jobfile:public fstream{

protected:
	int success, records;
	char FileName[30];
	Node *cur, *tail, *head;
		
public:

        //Misc. Methods

You need to put some form of testing in the loop.
eg:

Code:

	applicant hire(void){
		
		cur=head;
		applicant smallest = cur->data;

		do{
                        if ((cur->data.date != 0) && (cur->data.date < smallest.date))
				smallest = cur->data;

			goNext();

		}while(!cur->data.date);


		return smallest;

	}

Code:

#include<iostream.h>
#include<fstream.h>
#include<string.h>


struct applicant {
            char name[61];  // applicant's name
            char phone[21]; // phone number
            long date;      // date of application in yyyymmdd format

                        applicant(){}
                        applicant &operator=(applicant x){
                                date=x.date;
                                strcpy(name,  x.name);
                                strcpy(phone, x.phone);
                        return *this;
                        }

     };


int main(void){

        fstream fs("2111112.aaa", ios::binary);

        applicant x;
                x.date=9;
                strcpy(x.name,  "Chief");
                strcpy(x.phone, "13281");


cout<<endl<<"--------------"<<endl<<"Name="<<x.name<<endl<<"Date="<<x.date<<endl
<<"Phone="<<x.phone<<endl<<"--------------"<<endl;

        fs.seekp(ios::beg);
        fs.write( (char*)&x, sizeof(applicant) );


        fs.seekg(ios::end);

        int recs = ( fs.tellg() / sizeof(applicant) );
        cout<<"recs="<<recs<<endl;


        applicant in;
        fs.seekg(ios::beg);
        fs.read((char*)&in, sizeof(applicant) );


cout<<endl<<"--------------"<<endl<<"Name="<<in.name<<endl<<"Date="<<in.date<<en
dl<<"Phone="<<in.phone<<endl<<"--------------"<<endl;

return 0;
}

Open the file like this -

Code:

            fstream fs("2111112.aaa", ios::in | ios::out | ios::binary);

please post your whole code or/and errors

It's alright pode, ginoitalo solved my problem,

I though an fstream's default would be ios:ut and ios::in

Thanks.