Linked List quesition (C++)

Nietzschean

Anyone know a suitable method of saving a linked list?
is the best method to just loop through the list when i want to save and change it to an easily saveable format?

DeadBankClerk

Originally posted by Serialkiller
i can do plenty thanks very much......wanker....

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#include <stdio.h>
size_t fwrite(const void *ptr, size_t size, size_t nitems, FILE *stream);
ptr
Points to the buffer that is to hold the data written.
size
Is the size of one of the elements to be written.
nitems
Is the number of elements to be written.
stream
Points to the output stream.
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// pseudo code
write to disk length of list // i don't know the syntax
// possible use writec to write a char
// using a 4 byte union with int?

// a temp node for writing to disk
node* ioNode;
ioNode = firstNode;

while (true)
{
// write node to disk
fwrite(ioNode, sizeof(node), 1, myFile);

// get next node
ioNode = ioNode.next;

// if (end of list)
if (!ioNode) break;
}
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Trojan

roffle...

Thanks for that DBC.

Anyone else want to reply before this gets locked?

Al.

DeadBankClerk

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union four_byte
{
int intgr;
char byte[4];
}

four_byte size = nodeCount;
fwrite(&size, 1, 4, myFile);

// Or maybe
fwrite(&nodeCount, 4,1, myFile);
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Nietzschean

thanks marc u big baby u..........i tried something similar before but my attempt involved trying to save the overall object...which failed miserbly ty anyway

DeadBankClerk

it does save the whole object.

// Look at me!
sizeof(node)

Nietzschean

maybe yours does..i haven't gotten a chance to try it yet. but my similar effort ended in vein, couldn't calculate size of the object as a result of all the links and that but i see your code has over come that