Linked List in go

main.go

package main

import "fmt"

type node struct {
	data int
	next *node
}

type linkedList struct {
	head   *node
	length int
}

func (l *linkedList) prepend(n *node) {
	second := l.head
	l.head = n
	l.head.next = second
	l.length++
}

func (l linkedList) printList() {
	toPoint := l.head
	for l.length != 0 {
		fmt.Printf("%d ", toPoint.data)
		toPoint = toPoint.next

		l.length--
	}

	fmt.Print("\n")
}

func (l *linkedList) deleteWithValue(value int) {

	if l.length == 0 {
		return
	}

	if l.head.data == value {
		l.head = l.head.next
		l.length--
		return
	}

	previousToDelete := l.head
	for previousToDelete.next.data != value {

		if previousToDelete.next.next == nil {
			return
		}

		previousToDelete = previousToDelete.next
	}

	previousToDelete.next = previousToDelete.next.next

	l.length--
}

func main() {
	mylist := linkedList{}
	node1 := &node{data: 48}
	node2 := &node{data: 16}
	node3 := &node{data: 17}
	node4 := &node{data: 157}
	node5 := &node{data: 156}
	node6 := &node{data: 1534}
	node7 := &node{data: 15232}
	mylist.prepend(node1)
	mylist.prepend(node2)
	mylist.prepend(node3)
	mylist.prepend(node4)
	mylist.prepend(node5)
	mylist.prepend(node6)
	mylist.prepend(node7)
	fmt.Println(mylist)
	mylist.printList()
	mylist.deleteWithValue(17)
	mylist.printList()
	mylist.deleteWithValue(17)
	mylist.printList()
	mylist.deleteWithValue(15232)
	mylist.printList()
	mylist.deleteWithValue(48)
	mylist.printList()
}