Thread: Question regarding linked list

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    Wink Question regarding linked list

    Hello!

    So I'm currently just experimenting with linked lists to get a better understanding of it aswell as on pointers. However, I'm afraid there is something im missing. I'll just post my code and then some comments on what im thinking.
    Code:
    #include "stdio.h"
    #include "stdlib.h"
    
    
    typedef struct node
    {
        int value;
        struct node *next;
    }node_t;
    
    
    typedef struct list
    {
        node_t *head;
        int size;
    }list_t;
    
    
    void printlist(list)
    {
        node_t *current = list.head;
        while (current != NULL)
        {
            printf("%d", current->value);
            current = current->next;
        }
    }
    
    
    
    
    int main()
    {
        node_t node1;
        node_t node2;    
        
        node1.value = 1;
        node1.next =&node2;
        node2.value = 2;
        node2.next = NULL;
        
        list_t list1;
        list1.head =&node1;
        list1.size= 2;
        
        printlist(list1);
    }
    Okay so what I've done here is that I have a struct for the nodes and the lists. In the main function I have linked them up. Where I'm very wrong is in the printlist function.

    What I want to happen is that the function takes a list as input and then prints each node in the list till it reaches the last node which dosent have a link and therefore the next value is = NULL.

    But this dosen't work in my implementation. I get these errors:
    warning: type of 'list' defaults to 'int' [-Wimplicit-int]
    void printlist(list)

    and:
    request for member 'head' in something not a structure or union
    node_t *current = list.head;

    Okay so what is going on here? Why does my type list default to an int and how is the head not in a structure?

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    You forgot about the parameter type, i.e.,
    Code:
    void printlist(list_t list)
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    Oh that do make a lot of sense! Thank you for taking the time to answer !

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