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Program to add two polynomials maintained as linked lists

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Program to add two polynomials maintained as linked lists.

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#include <stdio.h>
#include <conio.h>
#include <alloc.h>

/* structure representing a node of a linked list. The node can store term of a polynomial */
struct polynode { float coeff ; int exp ; struct polynode *link ; } ; void poly_append ( struct polynode **, float, int ) ; void display_poly ( struct polynode * ) ; void poly_add ( struct polynode *, struct polynode *, struct polynode ** ) ; void main( ) { struct polynode *first, *second, *total ; int i = 0 ; first = second = total = NULL ; /* empty linked lists */
poly_append ( &first, 1.4, 5 ) ; poly_append ( &first, 1.5, 4 ) ; poly_append ( &first, 1.7, 2 ) ; poly_append ( &first, 1.8, 1 ) ; poly_append ( &first, 1.9, 0 ) ; clrscr( ) ; display_poly ( first ) ; poly_append ( &second, 1.5, 6 ) ; poly_append ( &second, 2.5, 5 ) ; poly_append ( &second, -3.5, 4 ) ; poly_append ( &second, 4.5, 3 ) ; poly_append ( &second, 6.5, 1 ) ; printf ( "\n\n" ) ; display_poly ( second ) ; /* draws a dashed horizontal line */
printf ( "\n" ) ; while ( i++ < 79 ) printf ( "-" ) ; printf ( "\n\n" ) ; poly_add ( first, second, &total ) ; display_poly ( total ) ; /* displays the resultant polynomial */
} /* adds a term to a polynomial */
void poly_append ( struct polynode **q, float x, int y ) { struct polynode *temp ; temp = *q ; /* creates a new node if the list is empty */
if ( *q == NULL ) { *q = malloc ( sizeof ( struct polynode ) ) ; temp = *q ; } else { /* traverse the entire linked list */
while ( temp -> link != NULL ) temp = temp -> link ; /* create new nodes at intermediate stages */
temp -> link = malloc ( sizeof ( struct polynode ) ) ; temp = temp -> link ; } /* assign coefficient and exponent */
temp -> coeff = x ; temp -> exp = y ; temp -> link = NULL ; } /* displays the contents of linked list representing a polynomial */
void display_poly ( struct polynode *q ) { /* traverse till the end of the linked list */
while ( q != NULL ) { printf ( "%.1f x^%d : ", q -> coeff, q -> exp ) ; q = q -> link ; } printf ( "\b\b\b " ) ; /* erases the last colon */
} /* adds two polynomials */
void poly_add ( struct polynode *x, struct polynode *y, struct polynode **s ) { struct polynode *z ; /* if both linked lists are empty */
if ( x == NULL && y == NULL ) return ; /* traverse till one of the list ends */
while ( x != NULL && y != NULL ) { /* create a new node if the list is empty */
if ( *s == NULL ) { *s = malloc ( sizeof ( struct polynode ) ) ; z = *s ; } /* create new nodes at intermediate stages */
else { z -> link = malloc ( sizeof ( struct polynode ) ) ; z = z -> link ; } /* store a term of the larger degree polynomial */
if ( x -> exp < y -> exp ) { z -> coeff = y -> coeff ; z -> exp = y -> exp ; y = y -> link ; /* go to the next node */
} else { if ( x -> exp > y -> exp ) { z -> coeff = x -> coeff ; z -> exp = x -> exp ; x = x -> link ; /* go to the next node */
} else { /* add the coefficients, when exponents are equal */
if ( x -> exp == y -> exp ) { /* assigning the added coefficient */
z -> coeff = x -> coeff + y -> coeff ; z -> exp = x -> exp ; /* go to the next node */
x = x -> link ; y = y -> link ; } } } } /* assign remaining terms of the first polynomial to the result */
while ( x != NULL ) { if ( *s == NULL ) { *s = malloc ( sizeof ( struct polynode ) ) ; z = *s ; } else { z -> link = malloc ( sizeof ( struct polynode ) ) ; z = z -> link ; } /* assign coefficient and exponent */
z -> coeff = x -> coeff ; z -> exp = x -> exp ; x = x -> link ; /* go to the next node */
} /* assign remaining terms of the second polynomial to the result */
while ( y != NULL ) { if ( *s == NULL ) { *s = malloc ( sizeof ( struct polynode ) ) ; z = *s ; } else { z -> link = malloc ( sizeof ( struct polynode ) ) ; z = z -> link ; } /* assign coefficient and exponent */
z -> coeff = y -> coeff ; z -> exp = y -> exp ; y = y -> link ; /* go to the next node */
} z -> link = NULL ; /* assign NULL at end of resulting linked list */
}
  
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