/* nodestuff.c
 * Authors: Pete Broadwell
 *          Josh Vickery
 * this file contains the procedure for allocating memory for a new node.
 */

#include "ll_defs.h"

/* create a node.
   This procedure takes the node's contents (a string) as an argument.
   It returns a pointer to the complete node structure.
*/
 
node *create_n(char *data) {
  node *new_node;

  /* allocate memory */
  new_node=(node *) malloc(sizeof(node)); 

  if (new_node == NULL) {
    printf("Can't allocate memory for new node!\n");
    exit(1);
  }

  /* set the fields on the new node */
  strcpy(new_node->contents, data);

  new_node->previous=NULL;
  new_node->next=NULL;

  return(new_node);
}