I have to accept user input, a string, into a doubly linked list and print the output reversed and forward. My professor gave us the following program and told us to modify it. However, I cannot figure it out.

/* Program to reverse a doubly linked list */
#include <stdio.h>
#include <stdlib.h>

/* a node of the doubly linked list */
struct node
{
  int data;
  struct node *next;
  struct node *prev;   
};

/* Function to reverse a Doubly Linked List */
void reverse(struct node **head_ref)
{
     struct node *temp = NULL; 
     struct node *current = *head_ref;

     /* swap next and prev for all nodes of
       doubly linked list */
     while (current !=  NULL)
     {
       temp = current->prev;
       current->prev = current->next;
       current->next = temp;             
       current = current->prev;
     }     

     /* Before changing head, check for the cases like empty
        list and list with only one node */
     if(temp != NULL )
        *head_ref = temp->prev;
}    


/* Function to insert a node at the beginging of the Doubly Linked List */
void push(struct node** head_ref, int new_data)
{
    /* allocate node */
    struct node* new_node =
            (struct node*) malloc(sizeof(struct node));

    /* put in the data  */
    new_node->data  = new_data;

    /* since we are adding at the begining,
      prev is always NULL */
    new_node->prev = NULL;

    /* link the old list off the new node */
    new_node->next = (*head_ref);   

    /* change prev of head node to new node */
    if((*head_ref) !=  NULL)
      (*head_ref)->prev = new_node ;   

    /* move the head to point to the new node */
    (*head_ref)    = new_node;
}

/* Function to print nodes in a given doubly linked list
   This function is same as printList() of singly linked lsit */
void printList(struct node *node)
{
  while(node!=NULL)
  {
   printf("%d ", node->data);
   node = node->next;
  }
}

/* Drier program to test above functions*/
int main()
{
  /* Start with the empty list */
  struct node* head = NULL;

  /* Let us create a sorted linked list to test the functions
   Created linked list will be 10->8->4->2 */
  push(&head, 2);
  push(&head, 1);
  push(&head, 2);
  push(&head, 10);

  printf("\n Original Linked list ");
  printList(head);

  /* Reverse doubly linked list */
  reverse(&head);

  printf("\n Reversed Linked list ");
  printList(head);          

  getchar();
}

I tried changing the main function to this:

int main()
{
  /* Start with the empty list */
  struct node* head = NULL;

char str[400];

scanf("%s", head);

 push(&head);



  printf("\n Original Linked list ");
  printList(head);

  /* Reverse doubly linked list */
  reverse(&head);

  printf("\n Reversed Linked list ");
  printList(head);          

  getchar();
}

but did not work. I would appreciate any help, hints, clues. Thanks!

First, change the structure by replacing the int data member with a character array to hold the input string.

After you do that replace function parameters that take an integer which is intended to be inserted a node with a character array, for example the second parametr to push() function.

Lines 8 and 10 of the new main() you posted are both incorrect.

Line 8: the second parameter to scanf() should have been str instead of head.

Line 10: There are two parameters to push(). The second one should have been str from line 8. Before you can compile that you have to change push() as I mentioned previously.

Also in your new main() you have to put lines 8 and 10 in a loop so that you can input three strings.

There will most likely be other changes I have not mentioned that you need to make.

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