Deleting a node from a singly linked list

deletenode.cpp

Node* DeleteNode(Node*& head, int value)
{
    Node** ptr = &head, *next;
    
    while (*ptr && (*ptr)->data != value)
        ptr = &(*ptr)->next;

    if (!*ptr)
        return NULL;
        
    next = (*ptr)->next;
    delete *ptr;
    *ptr = next;

    return head;
}