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delete item from linked list in c++

// A complete working C++ program to
// demonstrate deletion in singly
// linked list with class
#include <bits/stdc++.h>
using namespace std;
 
// A linked list node
class Node{
public:
    int data;
    Node* next;
};
 
// Given a reference (pointer to pointer)
// to the head of a list and an int,
// inserts a new node on the front of the
// list.
void push(Node** head_ref, int new_data)
{
    Node* new_node = new Node();
    new_node->data = new_data;
    new_node->next = (*head_ref);
    (*head_ref) = new_node;
}
 
// Given a reference (pointer to pointer)
// to the head of a list and a key, deletes
// the first occurrence of key in linked list
void deleteNode(Node** head_ref, int key)
{
     
    // Store head node
    Node* temp = *head_ref;
    Node* prev = NULL;
     
    // If head node itself holds
    // the key to be deleted
    if (temp != NULL && temp->data == key)
    {
        *head_ref = temp->next; // Changed head
        delete temp;            // free old head
        return;
    }
 
    // Else Search for the key to be deleted,
    // keep track of the previous node as we
    // need to change 'prev->next' */
      else
    {
    while (temp != NULL && temp->data != key)
    {
        prev = temp;
        temp = temp->next;
    }
 
    // If key was not present in linked list
    if (temp == NULL)
        return;
 
    // Unlink the node from linked list
    prev->next = temp->next;
 
    // Free memory
    delete temp;
    }
}
 
// This function prints contents of
// linked list starting from the
// given node
void printList(Node* node)
{
    while (node != NULL)
    {
        cout << node->data << " ";
        node = node->next;
    }
}
 
// Driver code
int main()
{
     
    // Start with the empty list
    Node* head = NULL;
 
    // Add elements in linked list
    push(&head, 7);
    push(&head, 1);
    push(&head, 3);
    push(&head, 2);
 
    puts("Created Linked List: ");
    printList(head);
 
    deleteNode(&head, 1);
    puts("
Linked List after Deletion of 1: ");
     
    printList(head);
     
    return 0;
}
 
// This code is contributed by ac121102
Source by www.geeksforgeeks.org #
 
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