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Linked Lists
 A linked list is a linear collection of data elements,
called nodes, where the linear order is given by
means of pointers.
 Each node is divided into two parts:
 The first part contains the information of the element and
 The second part contains the address of the next node (link
/next pointer field) in the list.
Linked Lists
info next
list
info next info next
Linear linked list
null
Adding an Element to the front of a Linked List
5
info next
list
info next info next
3 8 null
Some Notations for use in algorithm (Not in C
programs)
 p: is a pointer
 node(p): the node pointed to by p
 info(p): the information portion of the node
 next(p): the next address portion of the node
 getnode(): obtains an empty node
 freenode(p): makes node(p) available for reuse even
if the value of the pointer p is changed.
Adding an Element to the front of a Linked List
5
info next
list
info next info next
3 8
info next
p p = getnode()
null
Adding an Element to the front of a Linked List
5
info next
list
info next info next
3 8
info next
p 6 info(p) = 6
null
Adding an Element to the front of a Linked List
5
info next info next info next
3 8
info next
p 6
list
next(p) = list
null
Adding an Element to the front of a Linked List
5
info next info next info next
3 8
info next
6
p
list list = p
null
Adding an Element to the front of a Linked List
5
info next info next info next
3 8
info next
list 6 null
Removing an Element from the front of a Linked
List
5
info next info next info next
3 8
info next
list 6 null
Removing an Element from the front of a Linked
List
5
info next info next info next
3 8
info next
6
list
p
p = list
null
Removing an Element from the front of a Linked
List
5
info next info next info next
3 8
info next
6
list
p list = next(p)
null
Removing an Element from the front of a Linked
List
5
info next info next info next
3 8
info next
6
list
p x = info(p)
x = 6
null
Removing an Element from the front of a Linked
List
5
info next info next info next
3 8
info next
p
x = 6
freenode(p)
list null
Removing an Element from the front of a Linked
List
5
info next info next info next
3 8
list
x = 6 null
Linked List Implementation of Stacks –
PUSH(S,X)
 The first node of the list is the top of the stack. If an
external pointer s points to such a linked list, the
operation push(s,x) may be implemented by
p=getnode();
info(p)=x;
next(p)=s;
s=p;
Linked List Implementation of Stacks – POP(S)
 The operation x=pop(s) removes the first node from a nonempty list
and signals underflow if the list is empty:
if (empty(s)){ /* checks whether s equals null */
printf(‘stack underflow’);
exit(1);
}
else {
p =s;
s=next(p);
x = info(p);
freenode(p);
}
Linked List Implemantation of QUEUES
5
info next info next info next
3 8
info next
6
front null
rear
5
info next info next info next
3 8
info next
6
front
info next
null
rear
12
Linked List Implemantation of QUEUES
 A queue q consists of a list and two pointers, q.front and q.rear. The operations
empty(q) and x=remove(q) are completely analogous to empty(s) and x=pop(s),
with the pointer q.front replacing s.
if(empty(q)){
printf(“queue undeflow”);
exit(1);
}
p=q.front;
x=info(p);
q.front=next(p);
if(q.front==null)
q.rear=null;
freenode(p);
return(x);
Linked List Implemantation of QUEUES
 The operation insert(q,x) is implemented by
p= getnode();
info(p)=x;
next(p)=null;
if(q.front==null)
q.front=p;
else
next(q.rear)=p;
q.rear=p;
Linked List as a Data Structure
 An item is accesses in a linked list by traversing the
list from its beginning.
 An array implementation allows acccess to the nth
item in a group using single operation, whereas a list
implementation requires n operations.
 The advantage of a list over an array occurs when it
is necessary to insert or delete an element in the
middle of a group of other elements.
Element x is inserted between the third an fourth
elements in an array
X0
X1
X2
X3
X4
X5
X6
X0
X1
X2
X3
X4
X5
X6
X0
X1
X2
X3
X4
X5
X6
x
Inserting an item x into a list after a node pointed
to by p
X0 X1 X2 X3 X4 X5 X6 null
list
X0 X1 X2 X3 X4 X5 X6 null
list
p
p
x
q
Inserting an item x into a list after a node pointed
to by p
q=getnode();
info(q)=x;
next(q)=next(p);
next(p)=q;
Deleting an item x from a list after a node
pointed to by p
X0 X1 X2 X3 X4 X5 X6 null
list
p q
X0 X1 X2 X4 X5 X6 null
list
p
x =X3
X3
Deleting an item x from a list after a node
pointed to by p
q=next(p);
x=info(q);
next(p)=next(q);
freenode(q);
LINKED LISTS USING DYNAMIC VARIABLES
 In array implementation of the linked lists a fixed set of nodes represented
by an array is established at the beginning of the execution
 A pointer to a node is represented by the relative position of the node
within the array.
 In array implementation, it is not possible to determine the number of
nodes required for the linked list. Therefore;
 Less number of nodes can be allocated which means that the program will have
overflow problem.
 More number of nodes can be allocated which means that some amount of the
memory storage will be wasted.
 The solution to this problem is to allow nodes that are dynamic, rather
than static.
 When a node is required storage is reserved/allocated for it and when a
node is no longerneeded, the memory storage is released/freed.
ALLOCATING AND FREEING DYNAMIC
VARIABLES
 C library function malloc() is used for dynamically
allocating a space to a pointer. Note that the malloc() is
a library function in <stdlib.h> header file.
 The following lines allocate an integer space from the
memory pointed by the pointer p.
int *p;
p = (int *) malloc(sizeof(int));
 Note that sizeof() is another library function that returns the
number of bytes required for the operand. In this example, 4
bytes for the int.
ALLOCATING AND FREEING DYNAMIC
VARIABLES
 Allocate floating point number space for a float
pointer f.
float *f;
f = (float *) malloc(sizeof(float));
Question:What is the output of the following
lines?
int *p, *q;
int x;
p = (int *) malloc(sizeof(int));
*p = 3;
x = 6;
q = (int *) malloc(sizeof(int));
*q=x;
printf(“%d %d n”, *p, *q);
 The above lines will print 3 and 6.
p
p 3
6
x
q
q 6
malloc() and free()
The following lines and the proceeding figure shows the
effectiveness of the free() function.
int *p, *q;
p = (int *) malloc(sizeof(int));
*p = 5;
q = (int *) malloc(sizeof(int));
*q = 8;
free(p);
p = q;
q = (int *) malloc(sizeof(int));
*q = 6;
printf(“%d %d n”, *p, *q);
LINKED LISTS STRUCTURES AND BASIC
FUNCTIONS
 The value zero can be used in a C program as the null pointer. You can
use the following line to declare the NULL constant. Note that a NULL
pointer is considered NOT to point any storage location.
#define NULL 0
 The following node structure can be used to implement Linked Lists.
Note that the info field, which can be some other data type (not
necessarily int), keeps the data of the node and the pointer next links
the node to the next node in the Linked List.
struct node{
int info;
struct node *next;
};
typedef struct node *NODEPTR;
LINKED LISTS STRUCTURES AND BASIC
FUNCTIONS
 When a new node is required (e.g. to be inserted into
the list) the following function, getnode, can be used
to make a new node to be available for the list.
NODEPTR getnode(void)
{
NODEPTR p;
p = (NODEPTR) malloc(sizeof(struct node));
return p;
}
LINKED LISTS STRUCTURES AND BASIC
FUNCTIONS
When a new node is no longer used (e.g. to be
deleted from the list) the following function,
freenode, can be used to release the node back to
the memory.
void freenode(NODEPTR p)
{
free(p);
}
PRIMITIVE FUNCTIONS FOR LINEAR LINKED
LISTS
 The following functions insertafter(p,x) and
delafter(p,px) are primitive functions that can be
used for the dynamic implementation of a linked list.
Assume that list is a pointer variable pointing the
first node of a list (if any) and equals NULL in the
case of an empty list.
void insertafter(NODEPTR p, int x)
{
NODEPTR q;
if(p == NULL){
printf("void insertionn");
exit(1);
}
q=getnode();
q->info = x;
q->next = p->next;
p->next = q;
}
void delafter(NODEPTR p , int *px)
{
NODEPTR q;
if((p == NULL) || (p->next == NULL)){
printf("void deletionn");
exit(1);
}
q = p->next;
*px = q->info;
p->next = q->next;
freenode(q);
}
Searching through the linked list.
 The following function searches through the linked
list and returns a pointer the first occurrence of the
search key or returns NULL pointer if the search key
is not in the list. Note that the linked list contains
integer data items.
NODEPTR searchList(NODEPTR plist, int key)
{
NODEPTR p;
p = plist;
while(p != NULL){
if(p->info == key)
return p;
p = p->next;
}
return NULL;
}
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CH5_Linked List.pptx

  • 1. Linked Lists Visit for more Learning Resources
  • 2. Linked Lists  A linked list is a linear collection of data elements, called nodes, where the linear order is given by means of pointers.  Each node is divided into two parts:  The first part contains the information of the element and  The second part contains the address of the next node (link /next pointer field) in the list.
  • 3. Linked Lists info next list info next info next Linear linked list null
  • 4. Adding an Element to the front of a Linked List 5 info next list info next info next 3 8 null
  • 5. Some Notations for use in algorithm (Not in C programs)  p: is a pointer  node(p): the node pointed to by p  info(p): the information portion of the node  next(p): the next address portion of the node  getnode(): obtains an empty node  freenode(p): makes node(p) available for reuse even if the value of the pointer p is changed.
  • 6. Adding an Element to the front of a Linked List 5 info next list info next info next 3 8 info next p p = getnode() null
  • 7. Adding an Element to the front of a Linked List 5 info next list info next info next 3 8 info next p 6 info(p) = 6 null
  • 8. Adding an Element to the front of a Linked List 5 info next info next info next 3 8 info next p 6 list next(p) = list null
  • 9. Adding an Element to the front of a Linked List 5 info next info next info next 3 8 info next 6 p list list = p null
  • 10. Adding an Element to the front of a Linked List 5 info next info next info next 3 8 info next list 6 null
  • 11. Removing an Element from the front of a Linked List 5 info next info next info next 3 8 info next list 6 null
  • 12. Removing an Element from the front of a Linked List 5 info next info next info next 3 8 info next 6 list p p = list null
  • 13. Removing an Element from the front of a Linked List 5 info next info next info next 3 8 info next 6 list p list = next(p) null
  • 14. Removing an Element from the front of a Linked List 5 info next info next info next 3 8 info next 6 list p x = info(p) x = 6 null
  • 15. Removing an Element from the front of a Linked List 5 info next info next info next 3 8 info next p x = 6 freenode(p) list null
  • 16. Removing an Element from the front of a Linked List 5 info next info next info next 3 8 list x = 6 null
  • 17. Linked List Implementation of Stacks – PUSH(S,X)  The first node of the list is the top of the stack. If an external pointer s points to such a linked list, the operation push(s,x) may be implemented by p=getnode(); info(p)=x; next(p)=s; s=p;
  • 18. Linked List Implementation of Stacks – POP(S)  The operation x=pop(s) removes the first node from a nonempty list and signals underflow if the list is empty: if (empty(s)){ /* checks whether s equals null */ printf(‘stack underflow’); exit(1); } else { p =s; s=next(p); x = info(p); freenode(p); }
  • 19. Linked List Implemantation of QUEUES 5 info next info next info next 3 8 info next 6 front null rear 5 info next info next info next 3 8 info next 6 front info next null rear 12
  • 20. Linked List Implemantation of QUEUES  A queue q consists of a list and two pointers, q.front and q.rear. The operations empty(q) and x=remove(q) are completely analogous to empty(s) and x=pop(s), with the pointer q.front replacing s. if(empty(q)){ printf(“queue undeflow”); exit(1); } p=q.front; x=info(p); q.front=next(p); if(q.front==null) q.rear=null; freenode(p); return(x);
  • 21. Linked List Implemantation of QUEUES  The operation insert(q,x) is implemented by p= getnode(); info(p)=x; next(p)=null; if(q.front==null) q.front=p; else next(q.rear)=p; q.rear=p;
  • 22. Linked List as a Data Structure  An item is accesses in a linked list by traversing the list from its beginning.  An array implementation allows acccess to the nth item in a group using single operation, whereas a list implementation requires n operations.  The advantage of a list over an array occurs when it is necessary to insert or delete an element in the middle of a group of other elements.
  • 23. Element x is inserted between the third an fourth elements in an array X0 X1 X2 X3 X4 X5 X6 X0 X1 X2 X3 X4 X5 X6 X0 X1 X2 X3 X4 X5 X6 x
  • 24. Inserting an item x into a list after a node pointed to by p X0 X1 X2 X3 X4 X5 X6 null list X0 X1 X2 X3 X4 X5 X6 null list p p x q
  • 25. Inserting an item x into a list after a node pointed to by p q=getnode(); info(q)=x; next(q)=next(p); next(p)=q;
  • 26. Deleting an item x from a list after a node pointed to by p X0 X1 X2 X3 X4 X5 X6 null list p q X0 X1 X2 X4 X5 X6 null list p x =X3 X3
  • 27. Deleting an item x from a list after a node pointed to by p q=next(p); x=info(q); next(p)=next(q); freenode(q);
  • 28. LINKED LISTS USING DYNAMIC VARIABLES  In array implementation of the linked lists a fixed set of nodes represented by an array is established at the beginning of the execution  A pointer to a node is represented by the relative position of the node within the array.  In array implementation, it is not possible to determine the number of nodes required for the linked list. Therefore;  Less number of nodes can be allocated which means that the program will have overflow problem.  More number of nodes can be allocated which means that some amount of the memory storage will be wasted.  The solution to this problem is to allow nodes that are dynamic, rather than static.  When a node is required storage is reserved/allocated for it and when a node is no longerneeded, the memory storage is released/freed.
  • 29. ALLOCATING AND FREEING DYNAMIC VARIABLES  C library function malloc() is used for dynamically allocating a space to a pointer. Note that the malloc() is a library function in <stdlib.h> header file.  The following lines allocate an integer space from the memory pointed by the pointer p. int *p; p = (int *) malloc(sizeof(int));  Note that sizeof() is another library function that returns the number of bytes required for the operand. In this example, 4 bytes for the int.
  • 30. ALLOCATING AND FREEING DYNAMIC VARIABLES  Allocate floating point number space for a float pointer f. float *f; f = (float *) malloc(sizeof(float));
  • 31. Question:What is the output of the following lines? int *p, *q; int x; p = (int *) malloc(sizeof(int)); *p = 3; x = 6; q = (int *) malloc(sizeof(int)); *q=x; printf(“%d %d n”, *p, *q);  The above lines will print 3 and 6. p p 3 6 x q q 6
  • 32. malloc() and free() The following lines and the proceeding figure shows the effectiveness of the free() function. int *p, *q; p = (int *) malloc(sizeof(int)); *p = 5; q = (int *) malloc(sizeof(int)); *q = 8; free(p); p = q; q = (int *) malloc(sizeof(int)); *q = 6; printf(“%d %d n”, *p, *q);
  • 33. LINKED LISTS STRUCTURES AND BASIC FUNCTIONS  The value zero can be used in a C program as the null pointer. You can use the following line to declare the NULL constant. Note that a NULL pointer is considered NOT to point any storage location. #define NULL 0  The following node structure can be used to implement Linked Lists. Note that the info field, which can be some other data type (not necessarily int), keeps the data of the node and the pointer next links the node to the next node in the Linked List. struct node{ int info; struct node *next; }; typedef struct node *NODEPTR;
  • 34. LINKED LISTS STRUCTURES AND BASIC FUNCTIONS  When a new node is required (e.g. to be inserted into the list) the following function, getnode, can be used to make a new node to be available for the list. NODEPTR getnode(void) { NODEPTR p; p = (NODEPTR) malloc(sizeof(struct node)); return p; }
  • 35. LINKED LISTS STRUCTURES AND BASIC FUNCTIONS When a new node is no longer used (e.g. to be deleted from the list) the following function, freenode, can be used to release the node back to the memory. void freenode(NODEPTR p) { free(p); }
  • 36. PRIMITIVE FUNCTIONS FOR LINEAR LINKED LISTS  The following functions insertafter(p,x) and delafter(p,px) are primitive functions that can be used for the dynamic implementation of a linked list. Assume that list is a pointer variable pointing the first node of a list (if any) and equals NULL in the case of an empty list.
  • 37. void insertafter(NODEPTR p, int x) { NODEPTR q; if(p == NULL){ printf("void insertionn"); exit(1); } q=getnode(); q->info = x; q->next = p->next; p->next = q; }
  • 38. void delafter(NODEPTR p , int *px) { NODEPTR q; if((p == NULL) || (p->next == NULL)){ printf("void deletionn"); exit(1); } q = p->next; *px = q->info; p->next = q->next; freenode(q); }
  • 39. Searching through the linked list.  The following function searches through the linked list and returns a pointer the first occurrence of the search key or returns NULL pointer if the search key is not in the list. Note that the linked list contains integer data items.
  • 40. NODEPTR searchList(NODEPTR plist, int key) { NODEPTR p; p = plist; while(p != NULL){ if(p->info == key) return p; p = p->next; } return NULL; } For more detail contact us