Thread: link list question

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    link list question

    If i had the follwoing link list structure

    Code:
    struct list
    {
       int data;
       char *moredata;
       struct list next;
    }
    
    typedef struct list LIST;
    How would i be using the data and moredata variables? What i mean to say is how do i actually referecnce or acknowledge them when i want to use them in my program?

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    sorry it should look like this

    Code:
    struct list
    {
       int data;
       char moredata;
       struct list next;
    }
    
    typedef struct list LIST;

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    Code:
    struct list
    {
       int data;
       char *moredata;
       struct list next;
    }
    *ponder* I wonder if by declaring a structure that contains itself, if you can overflow your stack by creating an instance of that variable. Wouldn't that be fun!

    You need a pointer rather than an actual instance of the structure.

    Change this line:

    struct list next;

    To this:

    struct list *next;

    To answer your question, you use them the same way you would normally use variables in a structure. If you're not using a pointer to it, you use the dot operator, otherwise you use the arrow operator.

    Vola!

    struct list MyList;
    struct list *MyPtr;

    MyList.data = x;
    MyPtr = &MyList;

    MyPtr->data = x;



    Quzah.
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    Originally posted by alokin
    sorry it should look like this

    Code:
    struct list
    {
       int data;
       char moredata;
       struct list next;
    }
    
    typedef struct list LIST;
    No, it actually should look like this:

    Code:
    struct list
    {
       int data;
       char moredata;
       struct list *next;
    }
    Quzah.
    Hope is the first step on the road to disappointment.

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