fml pointers

#include <stdbool.h>
#include <string.h>
#include <stdio.h>
#include <cs50.h>
#include <ctype.h>


#define LENGTH 45

typedef struct linkedList {
    char word[LENGTH + 1];
    struct linkedList *next;
}
list;




struct linkedList* create (string newWord) {  //for creating a newElement that can enter our dictionary hash table.
    eprintf("create has been called successfully!\n");
    list *newElement = malloc(sizeof(newWord));
    if (newElement == NULL) { //check for failure
        printf("fail \n");
    }
    eprintf("no problems w/creating space for the newElement!\n");
    strcpy(newElement->word, newWord);
    newElement->next = NULL; //nextPointer is null for safe keeping!
    eprintf("newWord should have been assigned, as well as the element! I hope?\n");
    return newElement;
}

int hash (string newWord) {
    int l = strlen(newWord);
    for(int i = 0; i < l; i++) {
        if (isalpha(newWord[i]) == 0) {
            eprintf("fail!\n");
            return -1;
        }
    }
    int index = newWord[0] - 97;
    return index;
}

void insert (struct linkedList *newElement, struct linkedList *arrayAreaHeader) {
    if (arrayAreaHeader == NULL) {
        arrayAreaHeader = malloc(sizeof(list));
        arrayAreaHeader = newElement;
        eprintf("your new element has become the first array \n");
    } else {
        // check if NEXT is free, recursively; how do I do that? -> then I can assign the pointer value of Element to NEXT! ALT: add as head and make changes... faster as well!
        for (list *temp = arrayAreaHeader; temp != NULL; temp = temp->next) {
            if (temp->next == NULL) {
                temp->next = newElement;                 break;
            }
        }
    }
}

int main () {
    // TODO
    list *myDict[26] = { NULL };
   FILE *file = fopen("small", "r");
    if (file == NULL)
    {
    fprintf(stderr, "ah darn");
    }

    char tempWord[30];

    fscanf(file, "%s", tempWord);
    eprintf("%s first\n", tempWord);



    list *newElement = create(tempWord);
    eprintf("%s\n", newElement->word);

   int numero = hash(tempWord);

    eprintf("do we get this far? \n");
    insert(newElement, myDict[numero]);
    eprintf("yo we made it: %s\n", myDict[numero]->word);
  fclose(file);

}