master-algorithms-py/linked_lists

Linked List

• unlike an array, a list does not provide constant time access to an index (as it needs to interact through all k elements), however addition and removal of elements are constant time.
• to remove a node you set prev.next equal to node.next. if it's a double list, you also update node.next with node.next.prev to node.prev (and deallocate the memory).

detecting cycles

• can be done with hash table or the two-pointer technique, where if there is no cycle, the faster pointer (going 2 steps) will stop at the end of the list, but if there is a cycle, the fast pointer will eventually meet the slow pointer (going 1 step). if there is no cycle, the faster pointer takes N/2 to reach the end of the list (N being the length).

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LinkedListFIFO.py

python LinkedListFIFO.py

Linked List FIFO
Add 1: None
Add 2: Nonew
Add 3: None
Length: 3
Find 1: (None, None, 0)
Delete 1: None
Length: 0
Find 1: (None, None, 0)