Print reverse of a Linked List without actually reversing

Given a linked list, print reverse of it using a recursive function. For example, if the given linked list is 1->2->3->4, then output should be 4->3->2->1.

Note that the question is only about printing the reverse. To reverse the list itself see this

Difficulty Level: Rookie
reverse-a-link-list

Recommended: Please try your approach on {IDE} first, before moving on to the solution.

Algorithm

printReverse(head)
  1. call print reverse for hed->next
  2. print head->data

Implementation:

C

// C program to print reverse of a linked list 
#include<stdio.h> 
#include<stdlib.h> 
   
/* Link list node */
struct Node 
{ 
    int data; 
    struct Node* next; 
}; 
   
/* Function to reverse the linked list */
void printReverse(struct Node* head) 
{ 
    // Base case   
    if (head == NULL) 
       return; 
  
    // print the list after head node 
    printReverse(head->next); 
  
    // After everything else is printed, print head 
    printf("%d  ", head->data); 
} 
   
/*UTILITY FUNCTIONS*/
/* Push a node to linked list. Note that this function 
  changes the head */
void push(struct Node** head_ref, char new_data) 
{ 
    /* allocate node */
    struct Node* new_node = 
            (struct Node*) malloc(sizeof(struct Node)); 
   
    /* put in the data  */
    new_node->data  = new_data; 
   
    /* link the old list off the new node */
    new_node->next = (*head_ref);    
   
    /* move the head to pochar to the new node */
    (*head_ref)    = new_node; 
}  
   
/* Drier program to test above function*/
int main() 
{ 
    // Let us create linked list 1->2->3->4 
    struct Node* head = NULL;     
    push(&head, 4); 
    push(&head, 3); 
    push(&head, 2); 
    push(&head, 1); 
    
    printReverse(head); 
    return 0; 
} 

Java

// Java program to print reverse of a linked list 
class LinkedList 
{ 
    Node head;  // head of list 
  
    /* Linked list Node*/
    class Node 
    { 
        int data; 
        Node next; 
        Node(int d) {data = d; next = null; } 
    } 
  
    /* Function to print reverse of linked list */
    void printReverse(Node head) 
    { 
        if (head == null) return; 
  
        // print list of head node 
        printReverse(head.next); 
  
        // After everything else is printed 
        System.out.print(head.data+" "); 
    } 
  
    /* Utility Functions */
  
    /* Inserts a new Node at front of the list. */
    public void push(int new_data) 
    { 
        /* 1 & 2: Allocate the Node & 
                  Put in the data*/
        Node new_node = new Node(new_data); 
  
        /* 3. Make next of new Node as head */
        new_node.next = head; 
  
        /* 4. Move the head to point to new Node */
        head = new_node; 
    } 
  
    /*Drier function to test the above methods*/
    public static void main(String args[]) 
    { 
        // Let us create linked list 1->2->3->4 
        LinkedList llist = new LinkedList(); 
        llist.push(4); 
        llist.push(3); 
        llist.push(2); 
        llist.push(1); 
  
        llist.printReverse(llist.head); 
    } 
} 
/* This code is contributed by Rajat Mishra */