Java Program to search an element in a singly linked list
public class SearchLinkedList {
//Represent a node of the singly linked list
class Node{
int data;
Node next;
public Node(int data) {
this.data = data;
this.next = null;
}
}
//Represent the head and tail of the singly linked list
public Node head = null;
public Node tail = null;
//addNode() will add a new node to the list
public void addNode(int data) {
//Create a new node
Node newNode = new Node(data);
//Checks if the list is empty
if(head == null) {
//If list is empty, both head and tail will point to new node
head = newNode;
tail = newNode;
}
else {
//newNode will be added after tail such that tail's next will point to newNode
tail.next = newNode;
//newNode will become new tail of the list
tail = newNode;
}
}
//searchNode() will search for a given node in the list
public void searchNode(int data) {
Node current = head;
int i = 1;
boolean flag = false;
//Checks whether list is empty
if(head == null) {
System.out.println("List is empty");
}
else {
while(current != null) {
//Compares node to be found with each node present in the list
if(current.data == data) {
flag = true;
break;
}
i++;
current = current.next;
}
}
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) {
SearchLinkedList sList = new SearchLinkedList();
//Add nodes to the list
sList.addNode(1);
sList.addNode(2);
sList.addNode(3);
sList.addNode(4);
//Search for node 2 in the list
sList.searchNode(2);
//Search for a node in the list
sList.searchNode(7);
}}
Output:
Element is present in the list at the position: 2
Element is not present in the list
