Thread: linked list printing problem

  1. #1
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    linked list printing problem

    I have a data file, which reads the data in to a linked list using a for loop;

    Code:
    ifstream datafile ("max.txt", ios :: in);
    
    		if (!datafile)
    		{
    			cout<<"Unable to open the file"<<endl<<endl;
    		}
    
    else	
    {	
    			datafile>>currentp->name;
    			datafile>>currentp->itemnumber;
    			datafile>>currentp->price;
    
    			for(int i=0; i<2; i++)
    			{
    			
    			currentp->nextp = new furniture;
    			currentp = currentp->nextp;
    			
    			datafile>>currentp->name;
    			datafile>>currentp->itemnumber;
    			datafile>>currentp->price;
    			}
    when i try to use a function to print out the data in the linked list the program crashes.

    Code:
    void printList(furniture* startp) 
    {
        furniture* currentp;
        
          currentp = startp;  
          while(currentp ->nextp !=NULL) 
    	  {
      	    cout << currentp->name<<"\t";
    		cout << currentp->itemnumber<<"\t";
    		cout << currentp->price<<endl;
            currentp = currentp->nextp;
    	  
        }
    	
        cout << endl;
    }
    any ideas.

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    It crashes because when you make your new nodes, you never set "thisnode->next" to NULL.

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    Code:
    while(currentp ->nextp !=NULL) 
    {
       ...
    
       currentp = currentp->nextp;
    }
    The last node has nextp = NULL which is assigned to currentp. What do you think happens when the while-loop tests its condition?

    I suggest changing the while condition to just currentp, not currentp->nextp.
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