Class function that returns the instance it's called from

I have a (sorta) recursive function that searches through a linked list of instances of a class. At a certain point, this recursive function will find that the instance it is called for currently is the instance that matches the search criteria. Now I'd like to know; how would I return that instance?
(very stripped down: )

Code:

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class AClass
{
  public:
    AClass *search(int a);
    AClass *next;
  private:
    int A;
};

AClass *AClass::search(int a)
{
  if (a==A)
    return huh;
  else
    return next->search(a);
}

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Now, what goes in the place of huh?

What do you need to return? Whether to value was found? The position in the list of the found value? If you just need the instance you could return 'this'.

If it's just a bog standard list you probably shouldn't be using a recursive solution.

this? That should work. Thanks for the fast reply!
But what's a bog standard list? Any faster solutions?
Would &this work? The function should return a pointer to the instance where a=A.

A list that only contains nodes that points to one of their previous or next nodes. If this is the case you'd be better of iterating through it until you reached your NULL or sentinel nodes.

'this' is a pointer.

OK, I guess I'll iterate through 'em then. Thanks for clearing that up!