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Data Structures in C

Reverse a Singly Linked List

C Program: Reverse a Singly Linked List

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#include <stdio.h>

#include <stdlib.h>

 

// Structure for a node

struct Node {

    int data;

    struct Node *next;

};

 

// Function to create linked list

struct Node* createList(int n) {

    struct Node *head = NULL, *temp, *newNode;

    int data, i;

 

    for (i = 1; i <= n; i++) {

        newNode = (struct Node*)malloc(sizeof(struct Node));

        if (newNode == NULL) {

            printf("Memory allocation failed!\n");

            exit(0);

        }

 

        printf("Enter data for node %d: ", i);

        scanf("%d", &data);

        newNode->data = data;

        newNode->next = NULL;

 

        if (head == NULL)

            head = newNode;

        else

            temp->next = newNode;

 

        temp = newNode;

    }

    return head;

}

 

// Function to display linked list

void displayList(struct Node *head) {

    struct Node *temp = head;

    if (head == NULL) {

        printf("\nList is empty.\n");

        return;

    }

 

    printf("\nLinked List: ");

    while (temp != NULL) {

        printf("%d -> ", temp->data);

        temp = temp->next;

    }

    printf("NULL\n");

}

 

// Function to reverse linked list

struct Node* reverseList(struct Node *head) {

    struct Node *prev = NULL, *current = head, *next = NULL;

 

    while (current != NULL) {

        next = current->next;   // store next node

        current->next = prev;   // reverse pointer

        prev = current;         // move prev ahead

        current = next;         // move current ahead

    }

    head = prev;                // update head

    return head;

}

 

int main() {

    struct Node *head = NULL;

    int n;

 

    printf("Enter number of nodes: ");

    scanf("%d", &n);

 

    head = createList(n);

 

    printf("\nOriginal Linked List:");

    displayList(head);

 

    head = reverseList(head);

 

    printf("\nReversed Linked List:");

    displayList(head);

 

    return 0;

}

Output

 
OUTPUT :

Enter number of nodes: 5
Enter data for node 1: 10
Enter data for node 2: 20
Enter data for node 3: 30
Enter data for node 4: 40
Enter data for node 5: 50

Original Linked List: 10 -> 20 -> 30 -> 40 -> 50 -> NULL

Reversed Linked List: 50 -> 40 -> 30 -> 20 -> 10 -> NULL

Explanation

Step

Description

1

Use three pointers — prev, current, next.

2

Traverse through the list and reverse the next pointer of each node.

3

Update the head to the last node after the loop.

4

Print both the original and reversed lists.