Thread: linked list newbie

I'm learning liked lists in C too, I see you got it how linked lists work so here is how I would go about solving that problem, I used 3 pointers because that is how I'm used to code linked lists in C.
Hope that helps.

Code:

/* 
 * File: liked.c
 * -------------
 * Creates a linked list and prints the strings
 * entered by the user.
 */

#include <stdlib.h>
#include <stdio.h>

typedef struct node{
        char word[10];
        struct node *next;
        }NODE;
        
int main(void)
{
    NODE *head = NULL;
    NODE *prev,*curr;
    char str[10];
    
    printf("[ENTER TO QUIT] String: ");
    
    while( gets(str) != NULL && str[0] != '\0' )
    {
           curr = (NODE*) malloc(sizeof(NODE));
           
           //if head == NULL so it is the first position
           if ( head == NULL )
           head = curr;
           else
           //prev->next = current position
           prev->next = curr;
           
           //set the curr pointer to be the end
           //of the linked list
           curr->next = NULL;
           prev = curr;
           
           strcpy(curr->word,str);
           printf("String: ");
    }
    
    curr = head;
    
    // there is a null at the end of the linked list
    // so we can do while != NULL
    
    while ( curr != NULL )
    {
          printf("%s\n",curr->word);
    // set the current position to be the next position
          curr = curr->next;
    }
    
    return 0;
}