{"id":14632,"date":"2024-03-15T09:39:33","date_gmt":"2024-03-15T09:39:33","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.silicloud.com\/blog\/how-to-add-an-element-at-a-specific-position-in-a-linked-list\/"},"modified":"2025-08-06T11:21:03","modified_gmt":"2025-08-06T11:21:03","slug":"how-to-add-an-element-at-a-specific-position-in-a-linked-list","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.silicloud.com\/blog\/how-to-add-an-element-at-a-specific-position-in-a-linked-list\/","title":{"rendered":"Insert Element in Linked List at Position"},"content":{"rendered":"

To add an element at a specific position in a linked list, you can follow these steps:<\/p>\n

    \n
  1. Create a new node and assign the element to be inserted as the value of the new node.<\/li>\n
  2. Traverse the linked list to find the node before the location where insertion is desired. A pointer can be used to iterate through the linked list until the previous node of the target position is found.<\/li>\n
  3. Point the next pointer of the new node to the node pointed to by the next pointer of the previous node at the target position.<\/li>\n
  4. Point the next pointer of the previous node at the target location to the new node.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n

    Here is an example code implementation:<\/p>\n

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    This way, you can insert elements at a specified position in the linked list.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
    To add an element at a specific position in a linked list, you can follow these steps: Create a new node and assign the element to be inserted as the value of the new node. Traverse the linked list to find the node before the location where insertion is desired. 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