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Linked list implementation with add, search, delete, output operation
class Node:
def __init__(self, data):
self.data = data
self.next = None
return
def has_value(self, value):
if self.data == value:
return True
else:
return False
class SingleLinkedList:
def __init__(self):
self.head = None
self.tail = None
return
def add_list_item(self, item):
if not isinstance(item, Node):
item = Node(item)
if self.head is None:
self.head = item
else:
self.tail.next = item
self.tail = item
return
def show_linked_list(self):
nodes = []
current_node = self.head
while current_node is not None:
nodes.append(current_node.data)
current_node = current_node.next
print('[' + ', '.join(nodes) + ']')
def unordered_search(self, value):
node_index = 1
results = []
current_node = self.head
while current_node is not None:
if current_node.has_value(value):
results.append(node_index)
current_node = current_node.next
node_index = node_index + 1
return results
def remove_list_item_by_id(self, item_id):
"""
Removing the item with position index from the list
STEP1: First set the current_id as 1, as traversing from first index
STEP2: Set the current node as head, as traversing from first node as well
STEP3: Set the previous node as None, to fill the bridge after removing the node
STEP4: Traverse till last node and compare position index with current_id
Objective:
First check position index with current index, if not then keep traversing by incrementing current index
and set current node to previous node and current node to next to current node
If target index is first one then your next current node would become head node,
so (self.head = current_node.next) & no need to look further
Else set previous node next pointer to current node next pointer
"""
current_id = 1
current_node = self.head
previous_node = None
while current_node is not None:
if current_id == item_id:
if previous_node is not None:
previous_node.next = current_node.next
else:
#if this is the first node
self.head = current_node.next
#no need to look further
return
previous_node = current_node
current_node = current_node.next
current_id = current_id + 1
return
def remove_list_item_by_value(self, value):
print("Deleted value is " + value)
results = self.unordered_search(value)
for node_index in results:
self.remove_list_item_by_id(node_index)
node1 = Node("15")
node2 = Node("16")
node3 = Node("Poland")
node4 = Node("Norway")
node5 = Node("Eng")
node6 = Node("India")
track = SingleLinkedList()
for current_item in [node1, node2, node3, node4, node5, node6]:
track.add_list_item(current_item)
track.show_linked_list()
searched_value = "8.2"
results = track.unordered_search("8.2")
print('Searched value ' + searched_value +' is found at ' + str(results) + ' position')
# track.remove_list_item_by_id(4)
track.remove_list_item_by_value("15")
track.show_linked_list()
track.remove_list_item_by_value("Poland")
track.show_linked_list()
track.remove_list_item_by_value("16")
track.show_linked_list()
track.remove_list_item_by_value("Norway")
track.show_linked_list()
track.remove_list_item_by_value("Eng")
track.show_linked_list()
track.remove_list_item_by_value("India")
track.show_linked_list()
'''
A linked list is a sequential list of node that hold data which point to other nodes also containing data.
'''
'''
Where are the linked lists used?
1]: Used in many list, queue & stack implementations.
2]: Great for creating circular linked lists.
3]: Used in separate chaining, which is present certain Hashtable implementations to deal with hashing collisions.
4]: Often used in the implementation of adjacent lists for graphs.
'''
'''
Disadvantages:
Memory Usage: They use more memory than arrays because of the storage used by their pointers.
There is no random access. Linked lists only allow sequential access. If you want to access 80th element, then you have
to traverse till 79th element
In single link list every node contains a single pointer to represent next node So we can move only forwardly.
Backward movement is not possible without recursion.
'''
'''Excersise to implement
InsertAtEnd
InsertAtHead
isEmpty
Reverse a linked list
Return Nth node from the end in a linked list
Remove duplicates from a linked list
'''
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