problem in while loop.

Sat, 28 Nov 2009 21:01:47 -0800

I think there's a problem in my condition inside the while loop. my linked list is supposed to traverse until the two pointers to two different linkedlists become null. but after one of the pointers becomes null, the program exits the loop. why is that? please help. thanks!

here's my code for the while loop.

while( ptr!=NULL && ptr2!= NULL){
	
			if(ptr3 == NULL){
			
			if( ptr -> exponent != ptr2 -> exponent ){
				if (ptr -> exponent > ptr2 -> exponent){
										temp -> exponent = ptr -> exponent;
					temp -> coeff =  ptr -> coeff;
					ptr = ptr -> next;
									}else if( ptr2 -> exponent >  ptr -> exponent){
															temp -> exponent = ptr2 -> exponent;
					temp -> coeff = ptr2 -> coeff;
					ptr2 = ptr2 -> next;
					
				}
			}else{
								temp -> exponent = ptr -> exponent;
				temp -> coeff = (ptr -> coeff) + (ptr2 -> coeff);
			
							
				ptr = ptr -> next;
				ptr2 = ptr2 -> next;
			}
						temp -> next = head3;
			head3 = temp;
		
		}else if(ptr == NULL){
			
			temp -> next = NULL;
			temp -> exponent = ptr2 -> exponent;
			temp -> coeff = ptr2 -> coeff;
			ptr3 -> next = temp;
			ptr2 = ptr2 -> next;
		}else if(ptr2 == NULL){
			
			temp -> next = NULL;
			temp -> exponent = ptr -> exponent;
			temp -> coeff = ptr -> coeff;
			ptr3 -> next = temp;
			ptr = ptr -> next;
		}else{
					if( ptr -> exponent != ptr2 -> exponent){
								if (ptr -> exponent > ptr2 -> exponent ){
										temp -> exponent = ptr -> exponent;
					temp -> coeff = ptr -> coeff;
					ptr = ptr -> next;
					
				}else if( ptr2 -> exponent >  ptr -> exponent ){
										temp -> exponent = 	ptr2 -> exponent;
					temp -> coeff = ptr2 -> coeff;
					ptr2 = ptr2 -> next;
									}
			}else{
								temp -> exponent =  ptr -> exponent;
				temp -> coeff = (ptr -> coeff) + (ptr2 -> coeff);
								
				ptr = ptr -> next;
				ptr2 = ptr2 -> next;
			}
						
			temp -> next = NULL;
			ptr3 -> next = temp;
		}
		
	}

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