traversing a linked list

#include<stdio.h>
#include<malloc.h>
#include<iostream>
using namespace std;
struct node
{
char info[10];
struct node *link;
} *start=NULL;
int main()
{
	int size;
	struct node *ptr;
	cout<<"size of the list:";
	cin>>size;
		if(start==NULL)
	{
		start = (struct node *)malloc(sizeof(struct node));
		cin>>start->info;
		start->link=NULL;
	}
	ptr=start;


for(int i=0;i<size-1;i++)
{

	ptr->link=(struct node *)malloc(sizeof(struct node));
	ptr=ptr->link;
	cin>>ptr->info;
	ptr->link=NULL;
}
cout<<"the list is:\n";
ptr=start;
for(int i=0;i<size;i++)
{

	cout<<ptr->info<<endl;
	ptr=ptr->link;
}
	return 0;
}