Thread: Returning a Tree node back to void main()

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    Question Returning a Tree node back to void main()

    ok what im doing here with the code below is searching for a
    customers name as you can see once the name is found the ID
    and the address of that customer displays ..now how can i return
    the node pointer back to void main display all of the customers
    details

    that way by returning the node pointer i can write out the position
    where the customer is found rather thatn writting it out in the
    function ........

    how do i return a node pointer back to void main ?


    char BinaryTree::WordSearch (TreeNode *nodePtr,char* wSearchCustName){

    if (nodePtr != 0) {

    //Compares the two string word in the tree and the word being searched for
    if (strcmp(word,nodePtr->CustName) == 0){
    cout <<"ID:" <<nodePtr->code << " ";
    cout <<" Word:"<<nodePtr->CustName <<" ";
    cout <<" def':"<<nodePtr->CustAdd <<'\n';

    return true;
    }

    //Traverse the left branch, then the right branch
    this->WordSearch(nodePtr->leftChild,word);
    this->WordSearch(nodePtr->rightChild,word);

    }return false;
    }

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    You could either try and return a Nodeptr/NULL back up the stack or pass a pointer to a Nodeptr (Nodeptr**) into the function and assign either the found node or NULL to it after de-referencing it.

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    Code:
    TreeNode *BinaryTree::WordSearch (TreeNode *nodePtr,char* wSearchCustName)
    // Return NULL if not found, or else pointer to node

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