Starting Out with C++: Early Objects (9th Edition)
Starting Out with C++: Early Objects (9th Edition)
9th Edition
ISBN: 9780134400242
Author: Tony Gaddis, Judy Walters, Godfrey Muganda
Publisher: PEARSON
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Chapter 17, Problem 1RQE
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The “head pointer” points to the first node in a linked list.

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Linked list:

Linked list is a linear and dynamic data structure which is used to organize data; it contains sequence of elements which are connected together in memory to form a chain. The every element of linked list is called as a node.

Head pointer:

The purpose of head pointer is to point the node of head node or first node in the linked list and it is also called as “list head”; if the head pointer points to a null value, then it is considered that the list is empty.

Graphical representation of head pointer:

The graphical representation of head pointer is as follows:

Starting Out with C++: Early Objects (9th Edition), Chapter 17, Problem 1RQE

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