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

struct data {
  int x;
  struct node *next;
};

int main()
{
    /* This won't change, or we would lose the list in memory */
    struct node *empinfo;
    /* This will point to each node as it traverses the list */
  //  struct node *conductor;

    empinfo = malloc( sizeof(struct data) );
    empinfo->next =     NULL;

 empinfo->x = 12;


}

typedef struct node {
  int x;
  struct node *next;
} node;

#include<stdlib.h>
#include<stdio.h>
#include<string.h>
struct data {
    char empname[20];
    int empID;
    struct data * next;

};

//typedef struct list_el item;

 main() {

    int i=0;
    char input[20];

    struct data *head =NULL;
    struct data *prev, *curr;
    //puts("enter employee name:");
    //while(gets(input)!=NULL && input[0] !='\0')
        for(i=0 ;i<10 ; i++)
        {


        curr = (struct data *)malloc(sizeof(struct data));
        puts("name:");
        gets(input);
    if(head == NULL)
        head =curr;
    else
    prev->next =curr;

    curr->next =NULL;
    strcpy(curr->empname,input);
    puts("enter empid:");
    scanf("%d",&curr->empID);

    while(getchar() !=  '\n')
        continue;
    puts("enter next name:");
if(head ==NULL)
    printf("No data entered");
else

    printf("names are");
    curr =head;


while(curr !=NULL)
{




    printf("name is :%s and id is %d \n",curr->empname, curr->empID);
    curr= curr->next;
}


curr=head;
while (curr !=NULL)
{
    free(curr);
    curr =curr->next;
}

return 0;
}

can we use scanf instead of gets in this code
if yes then pls help

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

struct data {
    char empname[20];
    int empID;
    struct data * next;

};

struct data *list;
//typedef struct list_el item;

 main() {

    int i=0;
    char input[20];
    int id_number;
    struct data *head =NULL;
    struct data *first, *last,*var;
    char name[20];
//  for(i=0 ;i<2 ;i++)
//  {
new = (struct data *)malloc(sizeof(struct data));
    if(!new){
        printf("malloc failed");
        return -1;
        }

    printf("enter the name:");
    scanf("%s" , &name);

    strcpy(new->empname,name);

    printf("enter the id");
    scanf("%d", &id_number);



    new->empID =id_number;
    new->next =NULL;

   printf("name is %s\n" ,new->empname);
    printf("Employee id is: %d\n" ,new->empID);



}

newelement->next= NULL;
if (!head) {
    head= newelement;
} else {
    tail->next= newelement;
}
tail= newelement;

newelement->next= head;
if (!head) {
    tail= newelement;
}
head= newelement;

if (!head) { /* do nothing */
} else if (!head->next) {
    head= tail= NULL;
} else {
    prev= head;
    act= head->next;
    while (act->next) {
       prev= act;
       act= act->next;
    }
    prev->next= NULL;
    tail= prev;
}

if (head) {
    head= head->next;
    if (!head) {
        tail= NULL;
    }
}