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Counting number of elements (iteratively and recursively) in a linked list

#include <stdio.h> #include <stdlib.h> #include <string.h> typedef struct Node { int x; struct Node* next; } Node; void deallocate(Node** root) { Node* curr = *root; while (curr != NULL) { Node* aux = curr; curr = curr->next; free(aux); } *root = NULL; } void insert_end(Node** root, int value) { Node* new_node = malloc(sizeof(Node)); if (new_node == NULL) { exit(1); } new_node->next = NULL; new_node->x = value; if (*root == NULL) { *root = new_noe; return; } Node* curr = *root; while (curr->next != NULL) { curr = curr->next; } curr->next = new_node; } void insert_beginning(Node** root, int value) { Node* new_node = malloc(sizeof(int)); if (new_node == NULL) { exit(3); } new_node->x = value; new_node->next = *root; *root = new_node; } void insert_after(Node* node, int value) { Node* new_node = malloc(sizeof(Node)); if (new_node == NULL) { exit(1); } new_node->x = value; new_node->next = node->next; node->next = new_node; } void insert_sorted(Node** root, int value) { if (*root == NULL || (**root).x >= value) { insert_beginning(root, value); return; } Node* curr = *root; while (curr->next != NULL) { if (curr->next->x >= value) { insert_after(curr, value); return; } curr = curr->next; } insert_after(curr, value); } void remove_element(Node** root, int value) { if (*root == NULL) { return; } if ((*root)->x == value) { Node* to_remove = *root; *root = (*root)->next; free(to_remove); return; } for (Node* curr = *root; curr->next != NULL; curr = curr->next) { if (curr->next->x == value) { Node* to_remove = curr->next; curr->next = curr->next->next; free(to_remove); return; } } } void reverse(Node** root) { Node* prev = NULL; Node* curr = *root; while (curr != NULL) { Node* next = curr->next; curr->next = prev; prev = curr; curr = next; } *root = prev; } void has_loops(Node* root) { Node* slow = NULL; Node* fast = NULL; while (slow != NULL && fast != NULL && fast->next != NULL) { slow = slow->next; fast = fast->next->next; if (slow == fast) { return 1; } } return 0; } int count(Node* root) { int c = 0; for (Node* curr = root; curr != NULL; curr = curr->next) { c++; } return c; } int count_recursive(Node* node) { if (node == NULL) { return 0; } return 1 + count_recursive(node->next); } int main(int argc, char* argv[]) { Node* root = NULL; insert_sorted(&root, 11); insert_sorted(&root, 55); insert_sorted(&root, -2); insert_sorted(&root, 22); insert_sorted(&root, 30); reverse(&root); if (has_loops(root)) { printf("List has loops\n"); } else { printf("List has %d elements\n", count_recursive(root)); // Iterate only if doesn't have loops for (Node* curr = root; curr != NULL; curr = curr->next) { printf("%d\n", curr->x); } } deallocate(&root); return 0; }
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