[RESOLVED] Linked List - Addng entry at the end

[Cpp_Noob]

i have a Node and i want to add a new entry at the end
the first entry is added correctly on head but the next entry is not added at all

struct Node
{
	FlightRec entry;
	Node *next;
};
class List 
{
public:
	void ReadFlight();
	void AddFlight(FlightRec iInput);

private:
	Node *head;
};


void List::AddFlight(FlightRec iInput)
{
	Node* New_Node = new Node;
	New_Node->entry = iInput;
	New_Node->next = NULL;

	if (head == NULL)
	{
		head = New_Node;
		head->next = NULL;
	}
	else
	{
		Node* previous = head, *current = head->next ;

		while(current != NULL)
		{
			previous = current;
			current = current->next;
		}

current = New_Node;
// head->next = New_Node;
current->next = NULL;

bool breakpoint = false;
	}

}

when i use head->next = New_Node; it adds the new entry but not if i use the current pointer
any ideas why??

thanks

[Lindley]

After the while loop, current is guaranteed to be NULL. (Check the while condition, this should be obvious). Therefore, setting current to New_Node is not useful.

By contrast, previous should still be pointing to the last node of the list so far. Does that give you a hint as to what you need to be doing differently?

[Cpp_Noob]

thanks for the help Lindley and itsmeandnobodyelse, i should have been using 'previous' instead of 'current'

[itsmeandnobodyelse]

To add to above comment:

You have a commented statement 'head->next = New_Node;'

That statement obviously would do the 'linking' from first node to the second one which therefore is too special and probably is commented because of that.

Can you find the statement which would link the new node to the 'last' node not NULL?