Linked list for text editor in c++

Question

Im trying to write a text editor in c++. And each line of text has to go into a node of a linked list. Ive got must of the linked list finished, all I need now is how to put each line of text into each node. Thats my question, how to put each line of text into each node.

Here's my code:

typedef int ListItemType;

typedef Strac Node* NodePtr;

Struc Node
{
    ListItemType data;
    NodePtr next;
};

int main()
{
    //Create empty list
    NodePtr head = NULL;

    //1st node
    head = new Node;

    //Initialize the field
    head -> data = ?;

    head -> next = NULL;

    //2nd node
    head -> next = new Node;

    //Initialize the field
    head -> next -> data = ?;

    head -> next -> next = NULL;


}

Im guessing that each line of text goes where the question marks are at?

Thanks

Answer 1

Text Editors generally back their editing buffer with a Rope data structure

Furthermore, there is a standard doubly linked list data structure in C++ called std::list.

If you want to represent a single line of text perhaps you should use a std::string:

typedef std::string ListItemType;