Sunday, 6 December 2015

Insert node at tail of linked list

Problem Statement
This challenge is part of a tutorial track by MyCodeSchool and is accompanied by a video lesson.
You are given the pointer to the head node of a linked list and an integer to add to the list. Create a new node with the given integer. Insert this node at the tail of the linked list and return the head node. The given head pointer may be null, meaning that the initial list is empty.
Input Format 
You have to complete the Node* Insert(Node* head, int data) method. It takes two arguments: the head of the linked list and the integer to insert. You should not read any input from the stdin/console.
Output Format 
Insert the new node at the tail and just return the head of the updated linked list. Do notprint anything to stdout/console.
Sample Input
NULL, data = 2 
2 --> NULL, data = 3
Sample Output
2 -->NULL
2 --> 3 --> NULL
Explanation 
1. We have an empty list, and we insert 2
2. We start with a 2 in the tail. When 3 is inserted, 3 then becomes the tail.
Video lesson
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/*
  Insert Node at the end of a linked list 
  head pointer input could be NULL as well for empty list
  Node is defined as 
  struct Node
  {
     int data;
     struct Node *next;
  }
*/
Node* Insert(Node *head,int data)
{
  // Complete this method
    Node *newn;
    newn = (struct Node *)malloc(sizeof(struct Node));
    newn -> data = data;
    newn -> next = NULL;
    if(head == NULL)
        {        
        head = newn;
    }
    else
        {
        Node *tmp;
        for(tmp = head ; tmp -> next != NULL ; tmp = tmp -> next);
        tmp -> next = newn ;
    }
    return head;
}

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