C :: Linked List / Adding Element To Beginning Of List

Code:

// Write a function called insertEntry() to insert a new entry into a linked list.

Have the procedure take as arguments a pointer to the list entry to be inserted (of type struct entry as defined in this chapter), and a pointer to an element in the list after which the new entry is to be inserted.

// The function dveloped in exercise 2 only inserts an element after an existing element in the list, thereby prenting you from inserting a new entry at the front of the list.

(Hint: Think about setting up a special structure to point to the beginning of the list.)

#include <stdio.h
struct entry1 {
int value;
struct entry1 *next;
};

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This is a working version of the exercise, but I don't think I'm doing what's asked. I was able to add an element to the beginning of the list using an if statement, not creating a special structure that points to the beginning of the list. How would I go about creating a special structure that points to the beginning of the list to add a new element at the beginning of the list?