this?

[ninja]

I have a question about the following code:

Class Node
{
public:
	Node *next;
	int data;
	Node(){ next = 0, data = 0;}  //...constructor...

	bool Load( char *filename )
	{
 		//...open file for reading...
 
		Node *t = this;
 		while(t->next !=NULL)
 		{
   			t = t->next;
 		} 
		while(!level.eof())
		{
 			Node *born = new Node;
 			if(born == NULL)
 			//...couldn't allocate, close file and return false...

			//...read in data...
 			t->next = born;
			t= t->next;
		}
	//...close file and return true...
	}

	void Kill()
	{
  		Node *t = this;
  		if( t->next == NULL)
  			return;

 		 t = t->next;

  		while(t->next != NULL)
  		{
    			loser = t; 
    			t = t->next;
    			delete loser;     
  		}
 	delete t;
	}
};

int main()
{
 	Node head;
	head.Load("myfile.dat");
	head.Kill();
	head.Load("another.dat"); 
	head.Kill();
 	return 0;
}

What does the 'Node *t=this' do? And can a list created as in the main function be used by other functions (ie you load the list in the main function and 'kill' it in another function or something)?

[hk_mp5kpdw]

this is a pointer that every class has by default that refers to itself. So, that statement simply creates a pointer t that points to that particular instantiation of the class.

[ninja]

What would be the particular instantiation of the class in this case? From what the code looks like I thought it would be like jumping to the beginning of the list, is that so? If not how would one do it if the code looks like this? I mean can it be done differently than simply creating a head? But then the list created in this example wouldn´t be able to be used if you base your traversing code from a head, would it?

And what about my other question?

[ninja]

...but it seems none of the wensites I´ve visited can explain it understandably, and I can´t find anything about searching previous posts. Could someone here please assist me in learning about this? And perhaps tell exactly what the code I refered to does (listwise that is)?
If the code works as I thought, is it the best way to do what it does, or is there a better way to delete a list and then load information into it again?

[NANO]

Originally posted by hk_mp5kpdw
this is a pointer that every class has by default that refers to itself. So, that statement simply creates a pointer t that points to that particular instantiation of the class.

Added to that This is the pointer that point to the thing that you are dealing with right now... YOU DON"T CREATE it, it is created By C++ ...

Use it,..... it is Very friendly

[ninja]

I´ll try...