Linked List Help!

Basically what I need help with is the initialization of my find_person and print_person methods to work in main.Right now when I run the program, nothing happens except for the cout and cin stuff in main. The methods are pretty close if not completely correct(If they're not please let me know) (fyi, state and person info is from the same file, I just get all the info out for the person object and just the state string out for the state object.) Any help would be appreciated Thanks.


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#include <iostream>
#include <string>
#include <string.h>
#include <fstream>
using namespace std;
 
struct person
{
    int dob,ss_number;
    string fname, lname,state;
 
    person()
    { }
    person(int a, int b, string c, string d, string e)
    {dob=a; ss_number=b; fname=c; lname=d; state=e;}
};
 

struct state
{
    string sname;
 

    state()
    {}
    state(string a)
    {sname=a;}
};
template<typename T>struct Link
{
    T*data;
    Link*extradata;
    Link*next;
 
    Link()
    {}
    Link(T*a,Link<T>*C=NULL)
    {
        data=a;
        next=C;
 
    }
 
};
template<typename T>
struct List
{int length;
    Link<T>*Head,*tail;
    List(Link<T>*h=NULL, Link<T>*t=NULL)
    {
        Head=h;
        tail=t;
        length=0;
    }
 
    void add(T*object)
    {
        {   if (Head == NULL && tail == NULL)
        {   Link<T> * newlink = new Link<T>(object);
            Head = newlink;
            tail = Head;  }
        else
        {   Link<T> * newlink = new Link<T>(object);
            tail->next = newlink;
            tail=newlink;} }
    }
 
Link<person> * find_person(string Fname, string Lname)//finds person based on user input
{
    Link<person>* first;
    Link<person> * temp = first;
 
    while (temp != NULL)
    {
        if (temp->data->fname==Fname && temp->data->lname==Lname )
        {
 
            return temp;
 
        }
 
        temp = temp->next;
    }
    return NULL;
}
 
void print_person(Link<person> * printP)//prints person and all info
{
    if (printP == NULL)
        cout << "No people match search\n\n";
    else
    {
        cout << "SEARCH RESULTS FOR PERSON: \n" << "First Name: " << printP->data->fname <<
        "\n Last Name: " << printP->data->lname <<
        "\n Birthday: " << printP->data->dob <<
        "\n Social Security #:  " << printP->data->ss_number <<
        "\n State of Residence: "<< printP->data->state<<"\n\n";
 

    }
}
 
};
List<person>*person_from_file(string file)//reads file of people
{
    List<person>* newlist=new List<person>();
    //        Link<T> * head=NULL;
    //        Link<T> * temp=NULL;
    ifstream fin;
    fin.open("data.txt");
    if (fin.fail())
        cout<<"file not found\n";
    if (!fin.fail())
    {
        while(true)
        {
            int a,b;
            string c,d,e;
            fin>>a>>b>>c>>d>>e;
            if (fin.fail())break;
            person * p=new person(a,b,c,d,e);
            newlist->add(p);
 

        }
    }
    else
        cout<<"Can't open file";
    fin.close();
    return newlist;
}
List<state>*state_from_file(string file)//reads file of states
{
    List<state>* newlist=new List<state>();
    //        Link<T> * head=NULL;
    //        Link<T> * temp=NULL;
    ifstream fin;
    fin.open("data.txt");
    if (fin.fail())
        cout<<"file not found\n";
    if (!fin.fail())
    {
        while(true)
        {
            int a,b;
            string c,d,e;
            fin>>a>>b>>c>>d>>e;
            if (fin.fail())break;
            state * s=new state(e);
            newlist->add(s);
 

        }
    }
    else
        cout<<"Can't open file";
    fin.close();
    return newlist;
}
 
int main()
{List<person>*A = person_from_file("data.txt");
 List<state> *B= state_from_file("data.txt");
    cout<<"Search for Person: ";
 
    string f,l;
    cin>>f>>l;
    Link<person> *x=A->find_person(f,l);
    A->print_person(x);
 

 
    return 0;
}
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Link<person> * find_person(string Fname, string Lname)//finds person based on user input
{
    Link<person>* first;
    Link<person> * temp = first;
 
    while (temp != NULL)

Not sure why you declare two pointers but if you are going to iterate your list where should they point?
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