C Exercises: Insert a node at the beginning of a circular linked list

C Linked List : Exercise-23 with Solution

Write a program in C to insert a node at the beginning of a circular linked list.

Pictorial Presentation:

Sample Solution:

C Code:

#include <stdio.h>
#include <stdlib.h>

struct node {
    int num;
    struct node * nextptr;
}*stnode;

void ClListcreation(int n);
void ClLinsertNodeAtBeginning(int num);
void displayClList(int a);

int main()
{
    int n,num1,a;
    stnode = NULL;
	printf("\n\n Circular Linked List : Insert a node at the beginning of a circular linked list :\n");
	printf("--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------\n");	   	
    printf(" Input the number of nodes : ");
    scanf("%d", &n);
    ClListcreation(n); 
    a=1;
    displayClList(a);
	printf(" Input data to be inserted at the beginning : ");
    scanf("%d", &num1);
    ClLinsertNodeAtBeginning(num1);
    a=2;
    displayClList(a);	
    return 0;
}

void ClListcreation(int n)
{
    int i, num;
    struct node *preptr, *newnode;

    if(n >= 1)
    {
        stnode = (struct node *)malloc(sizeof(struct node));

        printf(" Input data for node 1 : ");
        scanf("%d", &num);
        stnode->num = num;
        stnode->nextptr = NULL;
        preptr = stnode;
        for(i=2; i<=n; i++)
        {
            newnode = (struct node *)malloc(sizeof(struct node));
            printf(" Input data for node %d : ", i);
            scanf("%d", &num);
            newnode->num = num;
            newnode->nextptr = NULL;	// next address of new node set as NULL
            preptr->nextptr = newnode;	// previous node is linking with new node
            preptr = newnode;   		// previous node is advanced
        }
        preptr->nextptr = stnode; 		//last node is linking with first node
    }
}

void ClLinsertNodeAtBeginning(int num)
{
    struct node *newnode, *curNode;
    if(stnode == NULL)
    {
        printf(" No data found in the List yet.");
    }
    else
    {
        newnode = (struct node *)malloc(sizeof(struct node));
        newnode->num = num;
        newnode->nextptr = stnode;
        curNode = stnode;
        while(curNode->nextptr != stnode)
        {
            curNode = curNode->nextptr;
        }
        curNode->nextptr = newnode;
        stnode = newnode;
    }
}
void displayClList(int m)
{
    struct node *tmp;
    int n = 1;

    if(stnode == NULL)
    {
        printf(" No data found in the List yet.");
    }
    else
    {
        tmp = stnode;
        if (m==1)
        {
        printf("\n Data entered in the list are :\n");
        }
        else
        {
         printf("\n After insertion the new list are :\n");   
        }        
        do {
            printf(" Data %d = %d\n", n, tmp->num);
            tmp = tmp->nextptr;
            n++;
        }while(tmp != stnode);
    }
}

Sample Output:

Circular Linked List : Insert a node at the beginning of a circular linked list :                            
--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------                        
 Input the number of nodes : 3                                                                                
 Input data for node 1 : 2                                                                                    
 Input data for node 2 : 5                                                                                    
 Input data for node 3 : 8                                                                                    
                                                                                                              
 Data entered in the list are :                                                                               
 Data 1 = 2                                                                                                   
 Data 2 = 5                                                                                                   
 Data 3 = 8                                                                                                   
 Input data to be inserted at the beginning : 1                                                               
                                                                                                              
 After insertion the new list are :                                                                           
 Data 1 = 1                                                                                                   
 Data 2 = 2                                                                                                   
 Data 3 = 5                                                                                                   
 Data 4 = 8

Flowchart:

ClListcreation() :

ClLinsertNodeAtBeginning() :

displayClList() :

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