Insertion in singly linked list after specific Node

At first, we need to move the pointer at the position after which the node will be inserted, by skipping the desired number of elements in the list, for inserting an element after the specified number of nodes into the linked list. For this, we can use the below statements.
```
customer=head;  
   for(i=0; inext;  
      if(temp == NULL)  
       {  
        return;  
       }  
     }  
```
We can then use the below statements to allocate the space for the new node and add the item to the data part of it.
```
ptr = (struct node *) malloc (sizeof(struct node));  
ptr->data = item;  
```
Only a few more link adjustments are required now. Currently, at the end of the loop, the loop pointer temp would be pointing to the node after which the new node will be inserted. Therefore, by using the below statements, we can add the address of the next part of the temp to the next part of the new node ptr. This is because the ptr will be in between temp and the next of the temp.
```
ptr→ next = temp → next 
```
Finally, we will insert the new node ptr, at the specified position, by making the next part of the temp, point to the new node ptr.
```
temp ->next = ptr; 
```

Algorithm:

STEP 1: IF PTR = NULL WRITE OVERFLOW GOTO STEP 12 END OF IF
STEP 2: SET NEW_NODE = PTR
STEP 3: NEW_NODE → DATA = VAL
STEP 4: SET TEMP = HEAD
STEP 5: SET I = 0
STEP 6: REPEAT STEP 5 AND 6 UNTIL I
STEP 7: TEMP = TEMP → NEXT
STEP 8:IF TEMP = NULL WRITE “DESIRED NODE NOT PRESENT” GOTO STEP 12 END OF IF END OF LOOP
STEP 9: PTR → NEXT = TEMP → NEXT
STEP 10: TEMP → NEXT = PTR
STEP 11: SET PTR = NEW_NODE
STEP 12: EXIT

Example in C:

#include<stdio.h>  
#include<stdlib.h>  
void insertNode(int);  
void createNode(int);  
struct node  
{  
    int data;  
    struct node *next;  
};  
struct node *head;  
void main ()  
{  
    int choice,item,loc;  
    do   
    {  
        printf("\nEnter the element to insert:\n");  
        scanf("%d",&item);  
        if(head == NULL)  
        {  
            createNode(item);  
        }  
        else  
        {  
            insertNode(item);  
        }  
        printf("\nPress 0 to insert more.\n");  
        scanf("%d",&choice);  
    }while(choice == 0);  
}  
void createNode(int item)  
{  
 
        struct node *ptr = (struct node *)malloc(sizeof(struct node *));  
        if(ptr == NULL)  
        {  
            printf("\nOVERFLOW\n");  
        }  
        else  
        {  
            ptr->data = item;  
            ptr->next = head;  
            head = ptr;  
            printf("\nNode inserted successfully!!\n");  
        }  
}  
void insertNode(int item)  
    {  
        struct node *ptr = (struct node *) malloc (sizeof(struct node));  
        struct node *temp;  
        int i,loc;  
        if(ptr == NULL)  
        {  
            printf("\nOVERFLOW");  
        }  
        else  
        {  
 
            printf("\nEnter the location:\n");  
            scanf("%d",&loc);             
            ptr->data = item;  
            temp=head;  
            for(i=0;i<loc;i++)  
            {  
                temp = temp->next;  
                if(temp == NULL)  
                {  
                    printf("\nElement can't be inserted.\n");  
                    return;  
                }  
 
            }  
            ptr ->next = temp ->next;   
            temp ->next = ptr;   
            printf("\nNode inserted successfully!!");  
        }  
 
    }

Output

Enter the element to insert:
2

Node inserted successfully!!

Press 0 to insert more.
0

Enter the element to insert:
4

Enter the location:
0

Node inserted successfully!!
Press 0 to insert more.
0

Enter the element to insert:
3

Enter the location:

1

Node inserted successfully!!
Press 0 to insert more.
0

Enter the element to insert:
1

Enter the location:
3

Element can't be inserted.

Press 0 to insert more.

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