Question

I have a function that inserts a new node at the tail end of a linkedlist:

void LinkedList::insert(Node* previousPtr, Node::value_type& newData)
{
    Node *insertPtr;

    insertPtr->setData(newData);

    insertPtr->setNext(previousPtr->getNextPtr());

    previousPtr->setNext(insertPtr);
}

In another function I am trying to call the previous:

void copyData(Node* sourcePtr, Node*& headPtr, Node*& tailPtr)
{
    ...//other code
    insert(tailPtr, sourcePtr->getData());
    ...//other code
}

The compiler gives an error of: “insert” undeclared first use this function. What am I missing?

Answer 1

You are missing something like

some_linked_list->insert(some_node_ptr, ...)

or you could make copydata a member of the LinkedList class:

void LinkedList::copyData(Node* sourcePtr, Node*& headPtr, Node*& tailPtr)