Thread: Printing address of structure pointer

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    Printing address of structure pointer

    I have compiled my code codes but I do not understand what is happening from the output of the code


    Code:
    #include<stdio.h>
    
    #include<stdlib.h> 
         
    struct Node{
      int value;
      struct Node *next;
    };
    
    
    
    
    struct Node * Add_Node(  int data, struct Node *p ){
    
    
      struct Node *new = malloc(sizeof(*new));
      new-> value = data;
      new->next = p;
      printf("new : %p \n", new);
      return new;
    }
    
    
    int main ()
    {
    	 struct Node *Ps = NULL;
    	 printf("intial PS : %p \n", Ps);      
         Ps = Add_Node(12, NULL); 
    	 printf("first call PS : %p \n", Ps);
         Ps = Add_Node(24, Ps); 
    	 printf("Second call PS : %p \n", Ps); 
         Ps = Add_Node(34, Ps); 
    	 printf("Third call, PS : %p \n", Ps); 	 
    	 Ps = Add_Node(44, Ps); 
    	 printf("fourth call, PS : %p \n", Ps); 
         Ps = Add_Node(54, Ps); 
    	 printf("fifth call PS : %p \n", Ps);
    	 
    return 0;	 
    }
    intial PS : 00000000
    new : 007D13A8
    first call PS : 007D13A8
    new : 007D13D8
    Second call PS : 007D13D8
    new : 007D0DD8
    Third call, PS : 007D0DD8
    new : 007D0DE8
    fourth call, PS : 007D0DE8
    new : 007D0DF8
    fifth call PS : 007D0DF8

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    Other than the memory leaks, what don't you understand?

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    Quote Originally Posted by jimblumberg View Post
    Other than the memory leaks, what don't you understand?
    Code:
    structNode * Add_Node(  intdata, structNode *p ){
    
      struct Node *new = malloc(sizeof(*new));
      new-> value = data;
      new->next = p;
      printf("new : %p \n", new);
      return new;
    }
    intial PS : 00000000
    new : 007D13A8
    first call PS : 007D13A8
    new : 007D13D8
    Second call PS : 007D13D8
    new : 007D0DD8
    Third call, PS : 007D0DD8
    new : 007D0DE8
    fourth call, PS : 007D0DE8
    new : 007D0DF8
    fifth call PS : 007D0DF8
    first call :

    main function pass data 12 and pointer Ps. Ps is NULL pointer. Add_Node function take argument data and p. there is another pointer new. pointer new hold location 007D13A8 and point to first object of structure and then point to second object of structure

    This is my confession i want to know what happen in every function call

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    What exactly don't you understand? You create a "new" node, add some data to that "new" node then return the pointer to that "new" node, overwriting the previous pointer creating a memory leak.

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    Quote Originally Posted by jimblumberg View Post
    What exactly don't you understand? You create a "new" node, add some data to that "new" node then return the pointer to that "new" node, overwriting the previous pointer creating a memory leak.
    Each node is linked to the previously-allocated node, making all nodes accessible, so there's no memory leak (except at the very end of the program because the nodes in the linked list are not freed).

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