Java program to search an element in a Circular Linked List
public class SearchNode {
//Represents the node of list.
public class Node{
int data;
Node next;
public Node(int data) {
this.data = data;
}
}
//Declaring head and tail pointer as null.
public Node head = null;
public Node tail = null;
//This function will add the new node at the end of the list.
public void add(int data){
//Create new node
Node newNode = new Node(data);
//Checks if the list is empty.
if(head == null) {
//If list is empty, both head and tail would point to new node.
head = newNode;
tail = newNode;
newNode.next = head;
}
else {
//tail will point to new node.
tail.next = newNode;
//New node will become new tail.
tail = newNode;
//Since, it is circular linked list tail will point to head.
tail.next = head;
}
}
//Searches for a node in the list
public void search(int element) {
Node current = head;
int i = 1;
boolean flag = false;
//Checks whether list is empty
if(head == null) {
System.out.println("List is empty");
}
else {
do{
//Compares element to be found with each node present in the list
if(current.data == element) {
flag = true;
break;
}
current = current.next;
i++;
}while(current != head);
if(flag)
System.out.println("Element is present in the list at the position : " + i);
else
System.out.println("Element is not present in the list");
}
}
public static void main(String[] args) {
SearchNode cl = new SearchNode();
//Adds data to the list
cl.add(1);
cl.add(2);
cl.add(3);
cl.add(4);
//Search for node 2 in the list
cl.search(2);
//Search for node in the list
cl.search(7);
}
}
Output:
Element is present in the list at the position: 2
Element is not present in the list
