Skip to Content
Practical C Programming
book

Practical C Programming

by B. M. Harwani
February 2020
Beginner to intermediate
616 pages
15h 16m
English
Packt Publishing
Content preview from Practical C Programming

The first iteration

To sort the linked list, we will employ the services of two pointers—temp1 and temp2. The temp1 pointer is set to point at the first node, and temp2 is set to point at the next node as follows:

Figure 5.22

We will be sorting the linked list in ascending order, so we will keep the smaller values toward the beginning of the list. The data members of temp1 and temp2 will be compared. Because temp1->data is greater than temp2->data, that is, the data member of temp1 is larger than the data member of temp2, their places will be interchanged (see the following diagram). After interchanging the data members of the nodes pointed ...

Become an O’Reilly member and get unlimited access to this title plus top books and audiobooks from O’Reilly and nearly 200 top publishers, thousands of courses curated by job role, 150+ live events each month,
and much more.

Read now

Unlock full access

More than 5,000 organizations count on O’Reilly

AirBnbBlueOriginElectronic ArtsHomeDepotNasdaqRakutenTata Consultancy Services

QuotationMarkO’Reilly covers everything we've got, with content to help us build a world-class technology community, upgrade the capabilities and competencies of our teams, and improve overall team performance as well as their engagement.
Julian F.
Head of Cybersecurity
QuotationMarkI wanted to learn C and C++, but it didn't click for me until I picked up an O'Reilly book. When I went on the O’Reilly platform, I was astonished to find all the books there, plus live events and sandboxes so you could play around with the technology.
Addison B.
Field Engineer
QuotationMarkI’ve been on the O’Reilly platform for more than eight years. I use a couple of learning platforms, but I'm on O'Reilly more than anybody else. When you're there, you start learning. I'm never disappointed.
Amir M.
Data Platform Tech Lead
QuotationMarkI'm always learning. So when I got on to O'Reilly, I was like a kid in a candy store. There are playlists. There are answers. There's on-demand training. It's worth its weight in gold, in terms of what it allows me to do.
Mark W.
Embedded Software Engineer

You might also like

Practical C Programming, 3rd Edition

Practical C Programming, 3rd Edition

Steve Oualline
C Programming

C Programming

Ashok Kamthane
Expert C Programming

Expert C Programming

Peter van der Linden

Publisher Resources

ISBN: 9781838641108