Delete Node from Singly Linked List

bool single_linked_list::delete_element(int del_element)

{

   bool status = false;

   node* temp_node = first_node;

   node* deleted_node;

   node* prev_node;

   node* next_node;

   while(temp_node)

   {

       if(temp_node->data == del_element)

       {

           next_node = temp_node->link;

           prev_node->link = next_node;

           deleted_node = temp_node;

           status = true;

       }

    prev_node = temp_node;

    temp_node = temp_node->link;

   }

   if(status)

   {

       printf("Element found and deleted element is : %d", deleted_node->data);

   }

   else

   {

       printf("Element not found !!");

   }

   return status;

}