Introduction to Linked List Nodes: Data Structures Basics

1. Introduction to Data Structure Chapter 9 Ming Li Department of Computer Science California State University, Fresno Fall 2006

2. Linked List Nodes • Each Node is like a piece of a chain • To insert a new link, break the chain at the desired location and simply reconnect at both ends of the new piece.

3. Linked List Nodes • Removal is like Insertion in reverse.

4. Node Composition • An individual Node is composed of two parts, a Data field containing the data stored by the node, and a Pointer field that marks the address of the next Node in the list. struct node { int data; struct node* next; }

5. Declaring a Node Class Template <typename T> class node { public: T nodeValue; node<T> *next; node():next(NULL) {} node(const T& item, node<T> *nextNode = NULL): nodeValue(item), next(nextNode) {} }

6. Inserting at the Front of a Linked List front item struct node* newNode; newNode = new(struct node); newNode->data = item; newNode->next = NULL; front = newNode;

7. Inserting at the Front of a Linked List front 20 55 struct node* newNode; newNode = new(struct node); newNode->data = 10; newNode->next = front; front = newNode; 10

8. Building a Linked List struct node* front, *newNode; front = NULL; for(int i=1;i<5;i++) { newNode = new(struct node); newNode->data = i; newNode->next = front; front = newNode; } front 4 3 1 next 2

9. Traversing a Linked List struct node* p; p = front; while(p->next != NULL) { p=p->next; } front 4 3 1 next 2 p p p p p

10. Traversing a Linked List struct node* p = front; while(p->next != NULL) { ….. p = p->next; } struct node* p; for(p=front;p->next!=NULL;p=p->next) { ….. }

11. Inserting at the middle of a Linked List struct node* newNode; newNode = new(struct node); newNode->data = 2; newNode->next = p->next; p->next = newNode; p->next? front 4 3 0 next 1 p 2

12. Inserting to an ordered Linked List void InsertToLList(struct node* front, struct node* newItem) { struct node* p = front; while(p->next != NULL && p->next->data < newItem->data) { p = p->next; } if(p->next != NULL) { newItem->next = p->next; p->next = newItem; } else { newItem->next = NULL; p->next = newItem; } }

13. Inserting to an ordered Linked List - Improvement void InsertToLList(struct node* front, struct node* newItem) { struct node* p = front; while(p->next != NULL && p->next->data < newItem->data) { p = p->next; } newItem->next = p->next; p->next = newItem; }

14. Inserting to an ordered Linked List - Correction void InsertToLList(struct node* front, struct node* newItem) { struct node* p = front; if(p->data > newItem->data) { newItem->next = p; front = newItem; return; } while(p->next != NULL && p->next->data < newItem->data) { p = p->next; } newItem->next = p->next; p->next = newItem; }

15. Deleting From the Front of a Linked List front = front->next; or if(front->next == NULL) front = NULL; front // front = NULL Deleting front of a 1-node list

16. Deleting From the Front of a Linked List struct node* p = front; front = front->next; delete p; front // Deleting front of a multi-node list

17. Deleting in a Linked List struct node* curr = p->next; p->next = curr->next; delete curr; front 4 3 1 next 2 p curr

18. Removing a Target Node Question: Can we delete the last element of the linked list? struct node* p = front; while(p->next != NULL) { struct node* curr = p->next; if(curr->data == target) { p->next = curr->next; delete curr; } p=p->next; } front next target // // p curr

19. Removing a Target Node struct node* p = front; if(p->data == target) { front = p->next; delete p; return; } while(p->next != NULL) { struct node* curr = p->next; if(*curr == target) { p->next = curr->next; delete curr; } } Question: Can we delete the first element of the linked list?

20. top D C B A Stack Handling the Back of the List front C B A D Linked List

21. Designing a New Linked List Structure Insertion will take constant time!

22. Designing a New Linked List Structure prevLast front ... back item Push_back() now takes constant time!

23. Inserting a Node at a Position Declare the data structure: struct node { int data; struct node* next; struct node* prev; }

24. Inserting a Node at a Position 1 // // prev next // // succNode = curr next prevNode = curr prev -> -> curr 2 curr->prev = prevNode; curr->next = succNode; prevNode->next = curr; succNode->prev = curr;

25. Inserting a Node at a Position To insert a node pointed by “curr” before a node in the linked list whose data is an integer “target”. If the node is found, do the insertion. Otherwise, the function simply returns. int InsertBefore(struct node* front, struct node* curr, int target) { …… …… } return 1; }

26. Inserting a Node at a Position int InsertBefore(struct node* front, struct node* curr, int target) { struct node *prevNode, *prevNode; prevNode = front; succNode= NULL; while(prevNode->next != front) { succNode = prevNode->next; if(succNode->data == target) { curr->prev = prevNode; curr->next = succNode; prevNode->next = curr; succNode->prev = curr; return 0; } prevNode = prevNode->next; } return 1; }

27. Inserting a Node at a Position int InsertBefore(struct node* front, struct node* curr, int target) { struct node *prevNode, *prevNode; if(front->data == target) { curr->prev = front->prev; curr->next = front; front->prev->next = curr; front->prev = curr; front = curr; return 0; } prevNode = front; succNode= NULL; while(prevNode->next != front) { …. } return; }

28. Inserting a Node at a Position int InsertBefore(struct node* front, struct node* curr, int target) { struct node *prevNode, *prevNode; if(front->data == target) { curr->prev = front->prev; curr->next = front; front->prev->next = curr; (front->next)->prev = curr; front = curr; return 0; } prevNode = front; succNode= NULL; while(prevNode->next != front) { succNode = prevNode->next; if(succNode->data == target) { curr->prev = prevNode; curr->next = succNode; prevNode->next = curr; succNode->prev = curr; return 0; } } return; }

29. Inserting a Node at a Position int InsertBefore(struct node* front, struct node* curr, int target) { struct node *prevNode, *prevNode; if(front == NULL) return 1; if(front->data == target) { … } prevNode = front; succNode= NULL; while(prevNode->next != front) { …. } return; }

30. Inserting a Node at a Position int InsertBefore(struct node* front, struct node* curr, int target) { struct node *prevNode, *prevNode; if(front == NULL) return 1; if(front->data == target) { curr->prev = front->prev; curr->next = front; front->prev->next = curr; (front->next)->prev = curr; front = curr; return 0; } prevNode = front; succNode= NULL; while(prevNode->next != front) { succNode = prevNode->next; if(succNode->data == target) { curr->prev = prevNode; curr->next = succNode; prevNode->next = curr; succNode->prev = curr; return 0; } } return 1; }

31. Deleting a Node at a Position prevNode->next = succNode; succNode->prev = prevNode;

32. Updating a Doubly Linked List

33. Typical Linked List Problems Reverse a linked list. Swap two elements in a linked list. Insert into an ordered linked list. Find the middle of a linked list. Check if a linked list is cyclic. Split a linked list to two lists Concantenate two linked lists to one list

34. Finding middle of a linked list p1 p1 p1 p1 p2 p2 p2 p2 p2 p2 p2 struct node* p1, *p2; p1= p2= front; while(p2->next != NULL) { p1 = p1->next; p2 = p2->next; if(p2->next != NULL) p2->next = p2; }

35. Finding loop in a linked list p1 p1 p1 p1 p1 p2 p2 p2 p2 p2 p2 struct node* p1, *p2; p1=front->next; p2=p1->next; while(p1 != p2) { p1 = p1->next; p2 = p2->next; if(p2->next != NULL) p2->next = p2; }

36. Combining two linked lists p1 p1 p1 p1 p1 p1 p1 p2 struct node* p1, *p2; p1= front1; p2= front2; while(p1->next != NULL) p1 = p1->next; p1->next = p2;