I have a linked list struct on me, and I used a node struct to help me store data and know where each node is pointing to. In the creation of my list, I did this:
struct list {
struct node *Head;
struct node *Tail;
}
struct node{
int val;
struct node * next;
}
struct list create_list(){
struct list new_list;
new_list = malloc(sizeof(struct list));
}
Then, when I am trying to free the list that I malloced for, I did this
void free_list(struct list linked_list){
free(linked_list);
}
However, I realize that I may have malloced wrong, because when you malloc, you need to assign it to a pointer. When I want to free the linked_list that I originally malloced for, nothing really changes.
I think this may be because the linked_list that I sent into free() is not a pointer, thus no changes have been made. I tried adding & and * to it, but I end up getting errors....
Any tips or help is appreciated.
Edit:
Fixed Typo on the struct list.
This is hw, so I cannot change the parameters of the functions, which is what is giving me a hard time freeing the linked list I made. This is because the function free_list() cannot change its parameter into a pointer linked list, so I don't know exactly what to do.
I will also take note of when I am mallocing for the linked list in the create_list function.