Deleting a middle node from a single linked list when pointer to the previous node is not available

Question

Is it possible to delete a middle node in the single linked list when the only information available we have is the pointer to the node to be deleted and not the pointer to

Answer 1

You have the head of the list, right? You just traverse it.

Let's say that your list is pointed to by "head" and the node to delete it "del".

C style pseudo-code (dots would be -> in C):

prev = head
next = prev.link

while(next != null)
{
  if(next == del)
  {
    prev.link = next.link;
    free(del);
    del = null;
    return 0;
  }
  prev = next;
  next = next.link;
}

return 1;