Thread: Linked list question

Hi there..

I have a simple question.

How do you send the pointer back to the start of one's list after creating it..

I have this:
typedef struct myitem
{
char *listitem;
struct myitem *next;
} MYLIST;


I use the function:
void slstore(struct myitem *i)
{
static struct myitem *last=NULL;
if(!last) last = i;
i->next = NULL;
last = i;

}

to store my items into the list..

I want to use
void display(struct myitem *top)
{
while (top){
printf("%s\n",top->listitem);
top = top->next;
}
}

But I guess I need to put the pointer back to the start of the list before calling display..

Any ideas on how to do that?


//kor

I have just learnt linked list from my book as well. To set the pointer back to the top, one way is to loop through the pointer and stop when it reaches the top. Or sipmly set the pointer to point to the first node of the list, which is alwasy the top of the list even though u modify it during the program if u know what i mean.