// The Append method requires a return typ of listElement, so that it can
// return the most recently defined list element to Main():
public listElement AppendElement(string newContent)
{
next = new listElement();
next.SetData(newContent);
// The new list element was created in next. Thereby next is the end
// of the list, and can be returned:
return(next);
}
static void Main(string[] args)
{
listElement headOfList = new listElement();
// Instantiate the tail of the list:
listElement tailOfList = new listElement();
headOfList.SetData("Element 1");
// Set the new instance to the head of the list, so that the tail
// can be defined:
tailOfList = headOfList;
// Append element to the end of the list. With each append the
// instance tailOfList is set to the newly formed list element,
// by means of returning the value:
for (int element = 2; element < 5; element++)
{
tailOfList = tailOfList.AppendElement("Element " + element);
}
headOfList.PrintToScreen();
string inputString;
do
{
Console.WriteLine("Give a new element number (99 to abort): ");
inputString = Console.ReadLine();
// Append the new list element and determine the end of the list:
tailOfList = tailOfList.AppendElement("Element " + inputString);
Console.WriteLine("Tail of list after appending:");
tailOfList.PrintToScreen();
// Append the new list element:
Console.WriteLine("Print from head of list after appending:");
headOfList.PrintToScreen();
}while (inputString != "99");
}
public void SetData(string newContent)
{
content = newContent;
next = null;
}