This challenge is part of a tutorial track by MyCodeSchool and is accompanied by a video lesson.You are given the pointer to the head node of a linked list and an integer to add to the list. Create a new node with the given integer. Insert this node at the tail of the linked list and return the head node of the linked list formed after inserting this new node. The given head pointer may be null, meaning that the initial list is empty.Function DescriptionComplete the insertNodeAtTail function in the editor below.insertNodeAtTail has the following parameters:SinglyLinkedListNode pointer head: a reference to the head of a listint data: the data value for the node to insertReturnsSinglyLinkedListNode pointer: reference to the head of the modified linked listInput FormatThe first line contains an integer , the number of elements in the linked list.The next lines contain an integer each, the value that needs to be inserted at tail.ConstraintsSample InputSTDIN Function ----- -------- 5 size of linked list n = 5 141 linked list data values 141..474 302 164 530 474Sample Output141302164530474ExplanationFirst the linked list is NULL. After inserting 141, the list is 141 -> NULL.After inserting 302, the list is 141 -> 302 -> NULL.After inserting 164, the list is 141 -> 302 -> 164 -> NULL.After inserting 530, the list is 141 -> 302 -> 164 -> 530 -> NULL. After inserting 474, the list is 141 -> 302 -> 164 -> 530 -> 474 -> NULL, which is the final list.
Question
This challenge is part of a tutorial track by MyCodeSchool and is accompanied by a video lesson.You are given the pointer to the head node of a linked list and an integer to add to the list. Create a new node with the given integer. Insert this node at the tail of the linked list and return the head node of the linked list formed after inserting this new node. The given head pointer may be null, meaning that the initial list is empty.Function DescriptionComplete the insertNodeAtTail function in the editor below.insertNodeAtTail has the following parameters:SinglyLinkedListNode pointer head: a reference to the head of a listint data: the data value for the node to insertReturnsSinglyLinkedListNode pointer: reference to the head of the modified linked listInput FormatThe first line contains an integer , the number of elements in the linked list.The next lines contain an integer each, the value that needs to be inserted at tail.ConstraintsSample InputSTDIN Function ----- -------- 5 size of linked list n = 5 141 linked list data values 141..474 302 164 530 474Sample Output141302164530474ExplanationFirst the linked list is NULL. After inserting 141, the list is 141 -> NULL.After inserting 302, the list is 141 -> 302 -> NULL.After inserting 164, the list is 141 -> 302 -> 164 -> NULL.After inserting 530, the list is 141 -> 302 -> 164 -> 530 -> NULL. After inserting 474, the list is 141 -> 302 -> 164 -> 530 -> 474 -> NULL, which is the final list.
Solution
The problem is asking to implement a function that will insert a new node at the end of a linked list. Here are the steps to solve this problem:
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First, we need to create a new node with the given integer. We can do this by creating a new instance of SinglyLinkedListNode and passing the integer to the constructor.
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Next, we need to check if the head of the linked list is null. If it is, that means the list is empty and we can simply set the head to be the new node.
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If the head is not null, that means there are already nodes in the list. In this case, we need to traverse the list to find the last node. We can do this by starting at the head and following the next pointers until we reach a node where the next pointer is null.
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Once we have found the last node, we can insert the new node by setting the next pointer of the last node to be the new node.
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Finally, we return the head of the list.
Here is a Python implementation of the above steps:
class SinglyLinkedListNode:
def __init__(self, node_data):
self.data = node_data
self.next = None
def insertNodeAtTail(head, data):
new_node = SinglyLinkedListNode(data)
if head is None:
head = new_node
else:
last_node = head
while last_node.next is not None:
last_node = last_node.next
last_node.next = new_node
return head
This function takes as input a reference to the head of a linked list and an integer, and returns a reference to the head of the modified linked list.
Similar Questions
Given the pointer to the head node of a linked list and an integer to insert at a certain position, create a new node with the given integer as its attribute, insert this node at the desired position and return the head node.A position of 0 indicates head, a position of 1 indicates one node away from the head and so on. The head pointer given may be null meaning that the initial list is empty.Example refers to the first node in the list Insert a node at position with . The new list is Function Description Complete the function insertNodeAtPosition in the editor below. It must return a reference to the head node of your finished list.insertNodeAtPosition has the following parameters:head: a SinglyLinkedListNode pointer to the head of the listdata: an integer value to insert as data in your new nodeposition: an integer position to insert the new node, zero based indexingReturnsSinglyLinkedListNode pointer: a reference to the head of the revised listInput FormatThe first line contains an integer , the number of elements in the linked list.Each of the next lines contains an integer SinglyLinkedListNode[i].data.The next line contains an integer , the data of the node that is to be inserted.The last line contains an integer .Constraints, where is the element of the linked list..Sample Input31613712Sample Output16 13 1 7ExplanationThe initial linked list is . Insert at the position which currently has in it. The updated linked list is .
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