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Program to compare two linked lists using recursion

Posted By: Adalrik Fischer     Category: C Programming     Views: 6768

Program to compare two linked lists using recursion.

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#include <stdio.h>
#include <conio.h>
#include <alloc.h>

struct node
{
    int data ;
    struct node *link ;
} ;

void append ( struct node **, int ) ;
int compare ( struct node *, struct node * ) ;

void main( )
{
    struct node *first, *second ;
    first = second = NULL ;  /* empty linked lists */
append ( &first, 1 ) ; append ( &first, 2 ) ; append ( &first, 3 ) ; append ( &second, 1 ) ; append ( &second, 2 ) ; append ( &second, 3 ) ; clrscr( ) ; if ( compare ( first, second ) ) printf ( "Both linked lists are EQUAL" ) ; else printf ( "Linked lists are DIFFERENT" ) ; } /* adds a node at the end of a linked list */
void append ( struct node **q, int num ) { struct node *temp ; temp = *q ; if ( *q == NULL ) /* if the list is empty, create first node */
{ *q = malloc ( sizeof ( struct node ) ) ; temp = *q ; } else { /* go to last node */
while ( temp -> link != NULL ) temp = temp -> link ; /* add node at the end */
temp -> link = malloc ( sizeof ( struct node ) ) ; temp = temp -> link ; } /* assign data to the last node */
temp -> data = num ; temp -> link = NULL ; } /* compares 2 linked lists and returns 1 if linked lists are equal and 0 if
unequal */
int compare ( struct node *q, struct node *r ) { staticint flag ; if ( ( q == NULL ) && ( r == NULL ) ) flag = 1 ; else { if ( q == NULL || r == NULL ) flag = 0 ; if ( q -> data != r -> data ) flag = 0 ; else compare ( q -> link, r -> link ) ; } return ( flag ) ; }
  
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