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HackerRank - insert a node in double linked list
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/* | |
Insert Node in a doubly sorted linked list | |
After each insertion, the list should be sorted | |
Node is defined as | |
struct Node | |
{ | |
int data; | |
Node *next; | |
Node *prev; | |
} | |
*/ | |
// test case: | |
// 1. list is empty | |
// 2. new node is before head, | |
// 3. after the last one, | |
// 4. or in the middle. | |
Node* SortedInsert(Node *head,int data) | |
{ | |
// Complete this function | |
// Do not write the main method. | |
if(head==NULL) | |
{ | |
Node* newHead = new Node(); | |
newHead->data = data; | |
newHead->next = NULL; | |
newHead->prev = NULL; | |
return newHead; | |
} | |
Node* dummyHead = new Node(); | |
Node* runner = head; | |
Node* prev = dummyHead; | |
prev->next = runner; | |
runner->prev = prev; | |
bool foundPos = false; | |
while(runner !=NULL) | |
{ // increasing linked list: 2, 4, 6, insert 1, or 3, 7 | |
if(data < runner->data ) | |
{ | |
// insert a new node between prev and runner | |
Node* newNode = new Node(); | |
newNode->data = data; | |
prev->next = newNode; | |
newNode->prev = prev; | |
newNode->next = runner; | |
runner->prev = newNode; | |
foundPos = true; | |
break; | |
} | |
prev = runner; | |
runner = runner->next; | |
} | |
if(!foundPos) | |
{ | |
Node* newNode = new Node(); | |
newNode->data = data; | |
prev->next = newNode; | |
newNode->prev = prev; | |
newNode->next = NULL; | |
} | |
return dummyHead->next; | |
} |
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