so this piece of coding is having a problem. namely the search funtion. it will search but the result would only be the first element. the second will not be seached. like for example first element is lily and second element is john. search for the name lily will result in displaying the name lily but when search for john it displays name not found. whats wrong with the code?
#include<stdio.h>
#include<stdlib.h>
#include<conio.h>
//function declarations
struct node *initnode(char *, char *, char *);
void add(struct node *);
struct node *printnode(struct node *);
struct node *searchname(struct node *, char *);
struct node {
char name[25];
char age[10];
char dob[10];
struct node *next;
};
struct node *head = (struct node *) NULL;
struct node *initnode(char *name, char *age, char *dob1)
{
struct node *ptr;
ptr = (struct node *) malloc(sizeof(struct node));
if (ptr == NULL)
return (struct node *) NULL;
else {
strcpy(ptr->name, name);
strcpy(ptr->age, age);
strcpy(ptr->dob, dob1);
ptr->next = NULL;
return ptr;
}
}
struct node *printnode(struct node *ptr)
{
printf("Name -> %s\n", ptr->name);
printf("age -> %s \n", ptr->age);
printf("dob ->%s\n", ptr->dob);
return ptr;
}
void add(struct node *newp)
{
struct node *temp = (struct node *) malloc(sizeof(struct node));
if (head == NULL)
head = newp;
else {
for (temp = head; temp->next != NULL; temp = temp->next);
temp->next = newp;
temp = newp;
}
free(temp);
}
//searching is done recursively
struct node *searchname(struct node *ptr, char *name)
{
if (ptr==NULL) //Reached end of the list
{
printf("\n name not found in the database \n");
return NULL;
}
if (strcmp(name, ptr->name) == 0) { //found the element
printf("\n name found \n");
printf("\n details are -\n");
printnode(ptr);
return ptr;
} else { //search next element
return searchname(ptr->next,name); //this will call your function again for the next element on the list
}
}
int main()
{
char name[25];
char rep;
char age[10];
char dob[10];
int i;
int flag = 1;
struct node *ptr;
do {
fflush(stdin);
while (flag != 0) {
printf("Enter name -- ");
gets(name);
for (i = 0; name[i] != '\0'; i++)
if (isdigit(name[i])) {
printf("Error in user input, name should be in alphabets\n");
flag = 1;
break;
}
else
flag = 0;
}
flag = 1;
while (flag != 0) {
printf("Enter age -- ");
scanf("%s", &age);
fflush(stdin);
for (i = 0; age[i] != '\0'; i++)
if (isalpha(age[i])) {
printf("Error in user input, age should be in numbers\n");
flag = 1;
break;
} else {
flag = 0;
}
}
flag = 1;
while (flag != 0) {
printf("Enter dob in DD/MM/YY format-- ");
scanf("%s", &dob);
fflush(stdin);
for (i = 0; dob[i] != '\0'; i++) {
if (isalpha(dob[i])) {
printf("Error in user input, dob should be in numbers\n");
flag = 1;
break;
} else
flag = 0;
}
}
flag = 1;
ptr = initnode(name, age, dob);
add(ptr);
printf("\n Do you want to continue?<Y/N>:\n ");
scanf("%s", &rep);
//rep = getchar();
}
while (rep == 'Y' || rep == 'y');
printf("\n do u want to search for a name in the database? <Y/N>:\n");
scanf("%s", &rep);
if (rep == 'Y' || rep == 'y') {
printf("Enter name you want to search-- ");
scanf("%s", &name);
ptr = searchname(head, name);
} else {
printf("\n goodbye \n");
}
do {
printf("\n do u want to search again? <Y/N>:\n");
scanf("%s", &rep);
if (rep == 'Y' || rep == 'y') {
printf("Enter name you want to search-- ");
scanf("%s", &name);
ptr = searchname(head, name);
} else {
printf("\n goodbye \n");
}
}
while (rep == 'Y' || rep == 'y');
return 0;
}
