--- title: How Linked Lists Work in Swift (Add & Insert Nodes) description: A beginner walkthrough of linked list operations in Swift, covering how to push nodes at the head, append nodes to the tail, and insert nodes at a specific... canonical: https://daily.dev/posts/how-linked-lists-work-in-swift-add-insert-nodes--cvjhguhoc twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:site: @dailydotdev og:type: website og:site_name: daily.dev og:title: How Linked Lists Work in Swift (Add & Insert Nodes) | daily.dev og:description: A beginner walkthrough of linked list operations in Swift, covering how to push nodes at the head, append nodes to the tail, and insert nodes at a specific... og:url: https://daily.dev/posts/how-linked-lists-work-in-swift-add-insert-nodes--cvjhguhoc og:image: https://api.daily.dev/og/posts/CvJhguHoC.png og:image:alt: How Linked Lists Work in Swift (Add & Insert Nodes) og:image:width: 1200 og:image:height: 630 og:locale: en --- > ## Documentation Index > Fetch the complete documentation index at: https://daily.dev/llms.txt > Use this file to discover all available pages before exploring further. # How Linked Lists Work in Swift (Add & Insert Nodes) **[Rebeloper](https://daily.dev/sources/rebeloper)** · 1 min read · 0 upvotes · 0 comments ## Summary A beginner walkthrough of linked list operations in Swift, covering how to push nodes at the head, append nodes to the tail, and insert nodes at a specific index. Demonstrates inserting a node at index one within an existing list and previews upcoming coverage of removal operations. ## Full article daily.dev links to this article rather than hosting it. 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