Code - Battle Royale, part 1 from last week

// A Battle Royale player tracker
// This is a linked list demo

// Marc Chee (marc.chee@unsw.edu.au), July 2019

#include <stdio.h>
#include <stdlib.h>
#include <string.h>

#define MAX_NAME_LENGTH 1000

struct player {
    char name[MAX_NAME_LENGTH];
    struct player *next;
};

struct player *createPlayer(
    char inputName[MAX_NAME_LENGTH], struct player *inputNext
);
void printPlayers(struct player *p);

int main(void) {
    struct player *head = NULL;
    head = createPlayer("Marc", NULL);
    head = createPlayer("AndrewB", head);
    head = createPlayer("Batman", head);
    head = createPlayer("Leonardo", head);
    
    printPlayers(head);
    
    return 0;
}

// Mallocs and creates a node using the inputName and inputNext pointer
// returns a pointer to the newly created node
struct player *createPlayer(
    char inputName[MAX_NAME_LENGTH], struct player *inputNext
) {
    struct player *n = malloc(sizeof(struct player));
    
    if (n == NULL) {
        printf("Malloc failed, unable to create player. Program will exit.\n");
        exit(1);
    }
    
    strcpy(n->name, inputName);
    n->next = inputNext;
    return n;
}

void printPlayers(struct player *p) {
    while(p != NULL) {
        fputs(p->name, stdout);
        putchar('\n');
        p = p->next;
    }
}