Question

I’ve been creating a node_add function, that works properly to me,
but I’m having a hard time creating a node_delete one.

Here is what I wrote:

#include <stdio.h>
#include <stdlib.h>
#include <string.h>
#include <stdlib.h>
typedef struct friend // The struct
{
   char *name; 
   int age;
   char gender; 
   struct friend* next; // A pointer that points to the next node in the linked list
}friend;
void node_delete(); // The deleting node function
friend* head; // Definging the head of the linked list
void node_delete() // Deleting a node
{
 char name[256];
 printf ("Please enter the friend's name you want to delete: \n");
 fgets (name, 256, stdin);
 fgets (name, 256, stdin); // Getting the name of the person that the user wants to delete
 while (head -> next != NULL) // As long the node isnt the last one
 {
       if (0 == (strcmp(head -> name, name))) // If the name that the user entered matchs a name in the linked list,
       { // It'll skip it
             head -> next = head -> next -> next; // Deletes a node from the linked list
       }
       head -> next; // Going to the next node
}
 free(head); // Freeing the deleted node
}

I only have a problem in the delete node function

Answer 1

if (head) {
  if (strcmp(head->name, name) == 0) {
    to_free = head;
    head = head->next;
    free(to_free);
  } else {
    list = head;
    while (list->next) {
      if (strcmp(list->next->name, name) == 0) {
        to_free = list->next;
        list->next = list->next->next;
        free(to_free);
        break; // if only one
      }
      list = list->next;
    }
  }
}