Print out or Traverse the Linked List in C++

Question

I want to print out the linked list that I've just made. I've figured out how to print out the first and last element but can't think of a way to print the whole list.

I need to move from first element to next element and need a condition of stop at the end.

but I DO NOT IMPLEMENT iterator on this. Just using pointer and nodes can I print the whole list?

int main ()
{ LinkedList name_list;
  name_list.TraPrinhead(name_list); }

void LinkedList::TraPrinHead(const LinkedList& p)
{ 
  cout << "The First Element of this List is : ";
  cout << header->next->elem; // print out the first element
  cout << endl;

  cout << "The Last Element of this List is : ";
  cout << tail->prev->elem; // print out the first element
  cout << endl;

  cout << "Now the whole list.......";
  cout << ??????????????????????
}






  class LinkedList {

  public: class Nodes { // Doubly Linked List Node
  public:
    Nodes(const string& e);
    void ToNodeValue(const string& e);
    string getElemValue() const;
    void printNodeValue();
  private:
     string elem;  // node element value
     Nodes* prev; // previous node in list
     Nodes* next; // next node in list
     // pointer that points to current node is this pointer

  public:
    void ConnectSingly(Nodes* a, Nodes* b); 
    void ConnectDoubly(Nodes* a, Nodes* b);

  friend class LinkedList; 
  };


  public:
    LinkedList(); 
    virtual ~LinkedList(); 
    bool empty() const; 
    const string& getFirst() const; 
    const string& getLast() const; 
    void addtoFront(const string& e); 
    void addtoBack(const string& e); 
    void TraPrinHead(const LinkedList& p); 
  private: 
     Nodes* header; 
     Nodes* tail;

  protected: 
    void InsertDoublyBefore(Nodes* d, const string& e); 
    void InsertDoublyAfter(Nodes* d, const string& e);

  friend class Nodes;
  };


       void LinkedList::InsertDoublyBefore(Nodes* d, const string& e) {

       if (header->next == tail)
         { // header->next->elem = e;
           Nodes* n = new Nodes;
        n->elem = e; 
            n->next = tail;
        n->prev = tail->prev;
            tail->prev->next = tail->prev = n; 
        header->next = n; 
       }
       else
       {
        Nodes* n = new Nodes; 
        n->elem = e;
        n->next = d;
        n->prev = d->prev;
        d->prev->next = d->prev = n; 
       }

       } 

       void LinkedList::InsertDoublyAfter(Nodes* d, const string& e) 
       {
          InsertDoublyBefore(d->next, e);
       }

       void LinkedList::addtoFront(const string& e)  { InsertDoublyBefore(header->next, e); }

       void LinkedList::addtoBack(const string& e) { InsertDoublyBefore(tail, e); }


       void LinkedList::Nodes::ConnectSingly(Nodes* a, Nodes* b)
       {
        a->next = b; // a's next pointer points to b
       }

       void LinkedList::Nodes::ConnectDoubly(Nodes* a, Nodes* b)
       {
        a->next = b; // a's next pointer points to b
        b->prev = a; // b's prev pointer points to a
       }

Answer 1

Node* p = myList.head;
while(p) {
  std::cout << p->elem << " ";;
  p = p->next;
}

It does as you would expect, continues to go to the next element until it is NULL(reaches end) NULL is changed to 0 by the compiler, and 0==false

You should try looking at your lecture notes, since I already answered a question about this class for you.

Also, I believe that generally tail points to the last element, not one past it. So printing the last element should be

cout << tail->elem; // print out the first element

Unless your instructor defined otherwise.

And clearly you are going to need to make 'getter' functions for most of these variables as they are declared to be private.