Data Structures | Linked List | Question 11

Consider the function f defined below.

struct item
{
  int data;
  struct item * next;
};

int f(struct item *p)
{
  return (
          (p == NULL) ||
          (p->next == NULL) ||
          (( P->data <= p->next->data) && f(p->next))
         );
}

For a given linked list p, the function f returns 1 if and only if (GATE CS 2003)

(A) not all elements in the list have the same data value.
(B) the elements in the list are sorted in non-decreasing order of data value
(C) the elements in the list are sorted in non-increasing order of data value
(D) None of them


Answer: (B)

Explanation:
The function f() works as follows
1) If linked list is empty return 1
2) Else If linked list has only one element return 1
3) Else if node->data is smaller than equal to node->next->data and same thing holds for rest of the list then return 1
4) Else return 0

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