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    Why are you allocating curr and prev in this at all? Aren't they just for iterating the list? Please explain why you think that is necessary, as that code will leak memory because of it, and you need to sort out your misunderstanding.

    The idea is pretty simple here:

    - You have your new node, allocated and assigned appropriate values.
    - You have the list into which the new node is to be inserted.
    - If the list is empty, just insert as the head.

    So far so good. Now, if the list is not empty:

    - set curr to the head and prev to NULL.
    - iterate (pseudocode):

    Code:
    while (curr) {
        if (curr title is greater than new node title) {  // your comparison call
            // we insert in front of curr
            if (prev) {
                set prev->next to new node
            }
            set newnode->next to curr
            done! (so break from loop)
        }
        prev = curr;
        curr = curr->next;
    }
    
    if (!curr) { // the node was not inserted, so it should go on the end
        prev->next = new node
    }
    Make sense?
    Last edited by MK27; 01-11-2012 at 11:41 AM.
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    Quote Originally Posted by anduril462 View Post
    You initialize curr with titles[index], but don't check if curr is NULL before doing curr->nxt_title.
    Well if prices[index] == NULL then I doprices[index] = newnode. So if curr is initialized with titles[index], it means titles[index] was not NULL, therefore I think curr can't be NULL.

    And yes I think you're right about the comparison, I need to think about it.

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    I get what you're saying and that's really helpful of you, but I don't quite understand your while(curr) and if(prev) statements.

    EDIT: I got it, makes perfect sense! Though it still gets me a segmentation fault.
    Last edited by Xpl0ReRChR; 01-11-2012 at 12:08 PM.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Xpl0ReRChR View Post
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    for (prev = NULL, curr = titles[index]; (curr->nxt_title != NULL) && (strcmp(curr->title, curr->nxt_title->title) < 0); prev = curr, curr = curr->nxt_title);
    This causes a segmentation fault. Would someone have an idea as to why?
    Rewrite the thing as a proper loop, without trying to jam everything into the for() statement and you'll be able to actually track down the problem.

    What you've got there is a debugging nightmare that is way too clever for it's own good.

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    Ahh, I noticed that when you do your insert you never initialize or update newnode->nxt_title or newnode->nxt_price. When you insert those, and you try to traverse your list, you will run off into memory you don't own.

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    It's WORKING! I used gdb and found out that I'm getting a segmentation fault at a later-on function!
    Thank you anduril, MK27, stahta, vart, and CommonTater for having putting so much time and effort into helping me!
    Last edited by Xpl0ReRChR; 01-11-2012 at 12:18 PM.

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    I was going to point out that I think your runner = titles[index] is the wrong way around but you changed the code.
    Currently it looks like you're doing a similar mistake: you malloc for 'prev', but then you don't use it (except check if malloc worked) and immediately assign it in the for loop.

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    Quote Originally Posted by nonoob View Post
    I was going to point out that I think your runner = titles[index] is the wrong way around but you changed the code.
    Currently it looks like you're doing a similar mistake: you malloc for 'prev', but then you don't use it (except check if malloc worked) and immediately assign it in the for loop.
    The OP actually put his/her current code in post #21, but then replaced it <10 minutes later . It was based on my suggestion in post #16 and looked like it should be fine.
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