Need help.

[pitbro]

is there a quicker way to fill the list with A,B,C,...,Y,Z whithout doing all this?
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#include <stdio.h>
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#include <stdlib.h>
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#include <string.h>
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#include <malloc.h>
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struct node /* Declaration of structure "node" */
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{
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char letter[1];
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struct node *next ;
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};
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struct node *start = NULL;
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main(void)
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{
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struct node *current = start;
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struct node *new_ptr;
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new_ptr = (struct node *)malloc(sizeof(struct node));
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new_ptr->next = NULL;
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strcpy(new_ptr->letter, "A");
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start = new_ptr;
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current = new_ptr;
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new_ptr = (struct node *)malloc(sizeof(struct node));
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new_ptr->next = NULL;
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strcpy(new_ptr->letter, "B");
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current->next = new_ptr;
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current = new_ptr;
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new_ptr = (struct node *)malloc(sizeof(struct node));
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new_ptr->next = NULL;
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strcpy(new_ptr->letter, "C");
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current->next = new_ptr;
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current = new_ptr;
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new_ptr = (struct node *)malloc(sizeof(struct node));
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new_ptr->next = NULL;
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strcpy(new_ptr->letter, "D");
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current->next = new_ptr;
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current = new_ptr;
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current = start;
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printf("%s->\n ",new_ptr->letter);
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while(current != NULL)
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{
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printf("%s-> ",new_ptr->letter);
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current = current->next;
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}
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system("PAUSE");
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}

[Narue]

>is there a quicker way to fill the list with A,B,C,...,Y,Z whithout doing all this?
Yes, put your code to add a new node into a function, then use a loop:

int main()
{
  struct node *current = 0;
  const char *alphabet =
    "ABCDEFGHIJKLMNOPQRSTUVWXYZ";

  for ( int i = 0; alphabet[i] != '\0'; i++ )
    current = add_node ( current, alphabet[i] );

  //...
}

[pitbro]

This doesn't work....

const char *alphabet="ABCDEFGHIJKLMNOPQRSTUVWXYZ";
int i=0;
do
{
            new_ptr = (struct node *)malloc(sizeof(struct node)); 
            new_ptr->next = NULL;   
            if (start == NULL) {    
                strcpy(new_ptr->letter, alphabet[i]);
                start = new_ptr;
                current = new_ptr;
            }
            else {      
                strcpy(new_ptr->letter, alphabet[i]);
                current->next = new_ptr;
                current = new_ptr;
            }
            //printf("***%s",*let);
            i++;
            //printf("***%s",*let);
        }while (alphabet[i] != '\0');