Searching for an element in a single linked list

Searching for an element in a single linked list means traversing the linked list to find a node that contains a specific value. Here's an example of how to search for an element in a single linked list using C:

```
struct Node* searchList(struct Node* head, int value) {
    struct Node* currentNode = head;
    while (currentNode != NULL) {
        if (currentNode->data == value) {
            return currentNode;
        }
        currentNode = currentNode->next;
    }
    return NULL;
}
```

In this code, we start at the head of the linked list and traverse the list one node at a time until we reach the end of the list or until we find a node whose data value is equal to the value we are searching for. If we find a node with the desired value, we return a pointer to that node. If we reach the end of the list without finding the desired value, we return a null pointer to indicate that the value was not found in the list.



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