Write an algorithm to delete the first mode of a double linked list
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// C++ program to delete a node from
// Doubly Linked List
#include <bits/stdc++.h>
using namespace std;
/* a node of the doubly linked list */
class Node
{
public:
int data;
Node* next;
Node* prev;
};
/* Function to delete a node in a Doubly Linked List.
head_ref --> pointer to head node pointer.
del --> pointer to node to be deleted. */
void deleteNode(Node** head_ref, Node* del)
{
/* base case */
if (*head_ref == NULL || del == NULL)
return;
/* If node to be deleted is head node */
if (*head_ref == del)
*head_ref = del->next;
/* Change next only if node to be
deleted is NOT the last node */
if (del->next != NULL)
del->next->prev = del->prev;
/* Change prev only if node to be
deleted is NOT the first node */
if (del->prev != NULL)
del->prev->next = del->next;
/* Finally, free the memory occupied by del*/
free(del);
return;
}
/* UTILITY FUNCTIONS */
/* Function to insert a node at the
beginning of the Doubly Linked List */
void push(Node** head_ref, int new_data)
{
/* allocate node */
Node* new_node = new Node();
/* put in the data */
new_node->data = new_data;
/* since we are adding at the beginning,
prev is always NULL */
new_node->prev = NULL;
/* link the old list off the new node */
new_node->next = (*head_ref);
/* change prev of head node to new node */
if ((*head_ref) != NULL)
(*head_ref)->prev = new_node;
/* move the head to point to the new node */
(*head_ref) = new_node;
}
/* Function to print nodes in a given doubly linked list
This function is same as printList() of singly linked lsit */
void printList(Node* node)
{
while (node != NULL)
{
cout << node->data << " ";
node = node->next;
}
}
/* Driver code*/
int main()
{
/* Start with the empty list */
Node* head = NULL;
/* Let us create the doubly linked list 10<->8<->4<->2 */
push(&head, 2);
push(&head, 4);
push(&head, 8);
push(&head, 10);
cout << "Original Linked list ";
printList(head);
/* delete nodes from the doubly linked list */
deleteNode(&head, head); /*delete first node*/
deleteNode(&head, head->next); /*delete middle node*/
deleteNode(&head, head->next); /*delete last node*/
/* Modified linked list will be NULL<-8->NULL */
cout << "\nModified Linked list ";
printList(head);
return 0;
}