Deletion from beginning in circular linked list in C++

How to delete from beginning in circular linked list?

In this article, we will learn how to write a program for deletion from beginning in circular linked list in C++. So to delete node from circular linked list we first need to create a circular linked list and then we can delete the node from beginning. And after deleting the first node we will make second node as head of the list and will link the pointer of last node with the new head node.

Delete from beginning in circular linked list in C++

Steps to delete from beginning in circular linked list in CPP

  1. If the circular linked list is empty, terminate function.
  2. Else define two node pointers(p and temp).
  3. Initialize p with head.
  4. Now traverse until pointer of p points to the head
  5. Now store head in the second node pointer i.e temp.
  6. Make second node as new head of the list.
  7. Link the pointer of last node with new head.
  8. Free temp i.e the node pointer storing the previous head of the list.
struct Node
{
  int num;
  struct Node *next;
};
Deletion in circular linked list in C++ – 2

Algorithm to write a CPP program to delete from beginning in Circular Linked List

  • STRUCT P &TEMP
  • P=HEAD
  • WHILE(P->NEXT!=HEAD)
  • P=P->NEXT
  • END WHILE
  • TEMP=HEAD
  • HEAD=HEAD->NEXT
  • P->NEXT=HEAD
  • FREE(TEMP)

C++ program for deletion from beginning in circular linked list

Run
#include<iostream>
using namespace std;

struct Node
{
  int num;
  struct Node *next;
} *head;

void insertStart (struct Node **head, int data)	//function to create linked list
{
  struct Node *newNode = (struct Node *) malloc (sizeof (struct Node));
  newNode->num = data;

  // if its the first node being entered
  if (*head == NULL)
    {
      *head = newNode;		// assigning itself as head
      (*head)->next = *head;	// assigning itself as next node

      cout << newNode->num << " Inserted\n";
      return;
    }

  // if CLL already as >=1 node
  struct Node *curr = *head;

  // traverse till last node in CLL
  while (curr->next != *head)
    {
      curr = curr->next;
    }

  curr->next = newNode;		// last node's next as this new node
  newNode->next = *head;	// new node's next as current head node

  *head = newNode;		// changing head node to this new node
  cout << newNode->num << " Inserted\n";

  // previous head node becomes 2nd node
}

void deleteBegin (struct Node **head)	
//function to delete beginning node from the circular linked list
{
  struct Node *p, *temp;
  p = *head;
  while (p->next != (*head))
    {
      p = p->next;
    }
  temp = *head;
  p->next = (*head)->next;
  *head = (*head)->next;

  free (temp);
}

void display (struct Node *head)
{

  cout << "\nCircular Linked List : " << endl;

  // if circular linked list is empty currently
  if (head == NULL)
    return;

  struct Node *temp = head;

  // since we need to take care of circular nature of linked list
  do
    {
      cout << temp->num << " ";
      temp = temp->next;

    }
  while (temp != head);
  cout << endl;
}

int main ()				//main function
{
  // first node will be null at creation    
  struct Node *head = NULL;

  insertStart (&head, 1);
  insertStart (&head, 2);
  insertStart (&head, 3);
  insertStart (&head, 4);
  insertStart (&head, 5);
  cout << "Before insertion ";
  display (head);
  deleteBegin (&head);
  cout << "After insertion ";
  display (head);
  return 0;
}

Output:
1 Inserted
2 Inserted
3 Inserted
4 Inserted
5 Inserted
Before insertion 
Circular Linked List : 
5 4 3 2 1 
After insertion 
Circular Linked List : 
4 3 2 1

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