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    Default linked lists

    import java.io.*;
     
    public class LinkedList 
    {
    	private class node
    	{
    		int number;
    		node next;
    	}
     
    	private node current = new node();
     
    	LinkedList()
    	{
    		current=null;
    	}
     
    	public void insert(int n)
    	{
    		if(current != null)
    		{
    			while(current != null)
    			{
    			current = current.next;
    			}
    			current = new node();
    			current.number = n;
    			current.next = null;
    		}
    		else
    		{
    		current = new node();
    		current.number = n;
    		current.next = null;
    		}
    	}
     
    	public void PrintList()
    	{
    		int count = 0;
    		while(current != null)
    		{
    			System.out.println(current.number);
    			current=current.next;
    			count++;
    			System.out.println(count);
    		}
    	}
     
     
    	public static void main(String[] args)
    	{
    		LinkedList myList=new LinkedList();
     
    		for(int i=0;i<10;i++)
    		{
    		myList.insert(i);
    		}
     
    		myList.PrintList();
     
    	}
     
    }

    This compiles but it only runs once it seems. The program outputs 9 which is the end of the loop in main and 1 which counts how many times the while loop happens in the print method. Therefore I must be overriding the same memory location in my insert method, but why?

    --- Update ---

    I changed a few things around but still the same result:

    import java.io.*;
     
    public class LinkedList 
    {
    	private class node
    	{
    		int number;
    		node next;
    	}
     
    	private node current = new node();
     
    	LinkedList()
    	{
    		current=null;
    	}
     
    	public void insert(int n)
    	{
    		if(current==null)
    		{
    			current = new node();
    			current.number = n;
    			current.next = null;
    		}
    		else
    		{
    		while(current != null)
    		{
    			current = current.next;
    		}
    		current = new node();
    		current.number = n;
    		current.next = null;
    		}
    	}
     
    	public void PrintList()
    	{
    		int count = 0;
    		while(current != null)
    		{
    			System.out.println(current.number);
    			current=current.next;
    			count++;
    			System.out.println(count);
    		}
    	}
     
    	public static void main(String[] args)
    	{
    		LinkedList myList=new LinkedList();
     
    		for(int i=0;i<10;i++)
    		{
    		myList.insert(i);
    		}
     
    		myList.PrintList();
     
    	}
     
    }


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    Default Re: linked lists

    Take a price of paper and draw out the LinkedList when it is empty and then step through the logic to add a node and then add another node.

    Time to try some debugging. For testing only add 3 items to the list. Add println statements to all the methods that are called and print out all the values for all the variables used.
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    Default Re: linked lists

    Java's naming convention is that class names begin with capital letters, method and variable names begin with lowercase letters. Please follow Java's naming conventions.

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    Default Re: linked lists

    Will do Greg and thanks norm I got it figured out.

    I am about to start programming depth and breath first search for fun but I was wondering is there a library in Java for those data structures?

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    I got it figured out
    Please mark this thread as solved.
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