Currently, when a Node is created, it does not refer to its next Node. Recall that nodes contain links to other nodes, and when the following node is nil we’ve likely reached the end of the path. To portray this concept, we’ll need a separate property where the reference to the next node will be stored.
With the next property, we can traverse a sequence of Nodes by visiting a Node and checking what the next Node in the sequence is.
Instructions
Inside the Node class, create a variable stored property, called next of type optional Node.
Setting next as an optional ensures that each new Node should have its next property defaulted to nil.
Let’s check what we’ve done so far! Outside of the Node class declaration, create a new Node stored in a variable named nodeOne with the argument "Node 1".
Let’s check what we’ve done so far! On a new line after nodeOne, create an if-else statement.
The if branch should check that the next node of NodeOne is not nil using an if-let construction. If node is not nil, the if statement should print "var nodeOne = Node(data: "Node 1")".
If nodeOne‘s next node is nil, the control should go to an else statement that prints the string "The next node of nodeOne is nil".
Now create an additional Node, called nodeTwo with the argument "Node 2".
On a new line, set nodeTwo as the next node for "nodeOne".
Unwrap the value of the next node and output its contents.