UNIT - I

LINEAR DATA STRUCTURES – LIST

Abstract Data Types (ADTs) – List ADT – array-based implementation –
linked list implementation ––singly linked lists- circularly linked lists-
doubly-linked lists – applications of lists –Polynomial Manipulation – All
operations (Insertion, Deletion, Merge, Traversal).

Elavarasi.K
AP/CSE
S.A Engineering College

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Introduction to DS
• Data structures are generally based on the ability of a computer to
fetch and store data at any place in its memory, specified by a pointer

• Thus, the array and record data structures are based on computing the
addresses of data items with arithmetic operations
• What is Program?
• A Set of Instructions
Data Structures + Algorithms
Data Structure = A Container stores Data
Algorithm = Logic + Control
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• Data Structure
• Data: are simply a value are set of values of different type which is called data
types like string, integer, char etc.
• Structure: Way of organizing information, so that it is easier to use

In simple words we can define data structures as

• Its a way organizing data in such a way so that data can be easier to use.

• Data Structure ..
• A data structure is a particular way of organizing data in a computer so that it
can be used efficiently.
• A scheme for organizing related pieces of information.

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Classification of Data Structure

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• Primitive Data Structure:
• A Primitive Data Structure used to represent the standard data types of any one of the computer
languages (integer, Character, float etc.).
• Non - Primitive Data Structure :
• A Primitive Data Structure can be constructed with the help of any one of the primitive data
structure.
• It can be structure and it is having a specific functionality.
• It can be designed by user.
• It can be classified as Linear and Non-Linear Data Structure.

Linear Data Structures:

A linear data structure traverses the data elements sequentially, in which only one data element
can directly be reached.
Ex: Arrays, Linked Lists ,Stacks, Queues
Non-Linear Data Structures:
Every data item is attached to several other data items in a way that is specific for reflecting
relationships. The data items are not arranged in a sequential structure.
Ex: Trees, Graphs ,Heaps
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Operations on Data Structures
• The basic operations that are performed on data structures are as follows:
• Traversal: Traversal of a data structure means processing all the data elements
present in it exactly once.
• Insertion: Insertion means addition of a new data element in a data structure.
• Deletion: Deletion means removal of a data element from a data structure if it is
found.
• Searching: Searching involves searching for the specified data element in a data
structure.
• Sorting: Arranging data elements of a data structure in a specified order is called
sorting.
• Merging: Combining elements of two similar data structures to form a new data
structure of the same type, is called merging.

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 Abstract Data Types (ADTs)
• An Abstract Data type refers to set of data values and associated operations
that are specified accurately, independent of any particular implementation.
(Or)
• ADT is a user defined data type which encapsulates a range of data values
and their functions.
(Or)
• An Abstract Data Type is a mathematical model of a data structure. It
describes a container which holds a finite number of objects where the
objects may be associated through a given binary relationship.
Ex: List, Stack ,Queue

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 The LIST ADT
• A list or sequence is an abstract data type that represents a countable number of
ordered values, where the same value may occur more than once.
A sequence of zero or more elements
A1, A2, A3, … AN
N: length of the list
A1: first element
AN: last element
Ai: position i
If N=0, then empty list
Linearly ordered
Ai precedes Ai+1
Ai follows Ai-1

Lists are a basic example of containers, as they contain other values. If the same
value occurs multiple times, each occurrence is considered a distinct item.

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Operations
• A list contains elements of same type arranged in sequential order and
following operations can be performed on the list.
get() – Return an element from the list at any given position.
insert() – Insert an element at any position of the list.
remove() – Remove the first occurrence of any element from a non-empty
list.
removeAt() – Remove the element at a specified location from a non-
empty list.
replace() – Replace an element at any position by another element.
size() – Return the number of elements in the list.
isEmpty() – Return true if the list is empty, otherwise return false.
isFull() – Return true if the list is full, otherwise return false.

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 Implementation of LIST ADT
• Each operation associated with the ADT is implemented by one or more
subroutines

• Two standard implementations for the list ADT

• Array-based
• Linked list
• An array is a random access data structure, where each element can be accessed
directly and in constant time.
• A typical illustration of random access is a book - each page of the book can be open
independently of others.
• A linked list is a sequential access data structure, where each element can be
accessed only in particular order.
• A typical illustration of sequential access is a roll of paper or tape - all prior material must be
unrolled in order to get to data you want.

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 An Array-based Implementation (LIST)
• An Array is a data structure which can store a fixed-size sequential collection
of elements of the same type.
(An array is used to store a collection of data, but it is often more useful to think of an array as a
collection of variables of the same type.)
• Instead of declaring individual variables, such as number0, number1, ..., and
number99, you declare one array variable such as numbers and use
numbers[0], numbers[1], and ..., numbers[99] to represent individual variables.
• A specific element in an array is accessed by an index.
• All arrays consist of contiguous memory locations. The lowest address
corresponds to the first element and the highest address to the last element.

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Operations:
Is Empty(LIST)
If (Current Size==0) "LIST is Empty"
else "LIST is not Empty"
Is Full(LIST)
If (Current Size=Max Size) "LIST is FULL"
else "LIST is not FULL“
Insert Element to End of the LIST
1. Check that weather the List is full or not
1. If List is full return error message ”List is full. Can’t Insert”.
2. If List is not full.
1. Get the position to insert the new element by Position=Current Size+1
2. Insert the element to the Position
3. Increase the Current Size by 1 i.e. Current Size=Current Size+1

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Delete Element from End of the LIST
1. Check that weather the List is empty or not
1. If List is empty return error message ”List is Empty. Can't Delete”.
2. If List is not Empty.
1. Get the position of the element to delete by Position=Current Size
2. Delete the element from the Position
3. Decrease the Current Size by 1 i.e. Current Size=Current Size-1

Insert Element to front of the LIST

1. Check that weather the List is full or not
1. If List is full return error message ”List is full. Can't Insert”.
2. If List is not full.
1. Free the 1st Position of the list by moving all the Element to one position forward i.e New
Position=Current Position + 1.
2. Insert the element to the 1st Position
3. Increase the Current Size by 1 i.e. Current Size=Current Size+1

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Delete Element from front of the LIST
1. Check that weather the List is empty or not
1. If List is empty return error message ”List is Empty. Can't Delete”.
2. If List is not Empty.
1. Move all the elements except one in the 1st position to one position backward i.e New Position=
Current Position -1
2. After the 1st step, element in the 1st position will be automatically deleted.
3. Decrease the Current Size by 1 i.e. Current Size=Current Size-1
Insert Element to nth Position of the LIST
1. Check that weather the List is full or not
1. If List is full return error message ”List is full. Can't Insert”.
2. If List is not full.
1. If List is Empty, Insert element at Position 1.
2. If (nth Position > Current Size)
1. Return message “nth Position Not available in List”
3. else
1. Free the nth Position of the list by moving all Elements to one position
forward except n-1,n-2,... 1 Position i.e move only from n to current
size position Elements. i.e New Position=Current Position + 1.
2. Insert the element to the nth Position
3. Increase the Current Size by 1 i.e. Current Size=Current Size+1

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Delete Element from nth Position of the LIST
1. Check that weather the List is Empty or not
1. If List is Empty return error message ”List is Empty.”
2. If List is not Empty.
1. If (nth Position > Current Size)
1. Return message “nth Position Not available in List”
2. If (nth Position == Current Size)
1. Delete the element from nth Position
2. Decrease the Current Size by 1 i.e. Current Size=Current Size-1
3. If (nth Position < Current Size)
1. Move all the Elements to one position backward except n,n-1,n-2,... 1 Position i.e move only
from n+1 to current size position Elements. i.e New Position=Current Position - 1.
2. After the previous step, nth element will be deleted automatically.
3. Decrease the Current Size by 1 i.e. Current Size=Current Size-1

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Search Element in the LIST
1. Check that weather the list is empty or not.
1. If List is empty, return error message “List is Empty”.
2. If List is not Empty
1. Find the Position where the last element available in the List by Last Position = Current Size
2. For( Position 1 to Last Position)
1. If(Element @ Position== Search Element)//If Element matches the search element
2. return the Position by message “Search Element available in Position”
3. Else return message “Search Element not available in the List”
Print the Elements in the LIST
1. Check that weather the list is empty or not.
1. If List is empty, return error message “List is Empty”.
2. If List is not Empty
1. Find the Position where the last element available in the List by Last Position = Current Size
2. For( Position 1 to Last Position)
3. Print the Position and Element available at the position of List.

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Array Implementation of LIST ADT

LIST ADT

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Linked List Implementation - LIST
• Like arrays, Linked List is a linear data structure.

• Unlike arrays, linked list elements are not stored at contiguous

location; the elements are linked using pointers.

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Why Linked List?
Arrays can be used to store linear data of similar types, but arrays have
following limitations.

1) The size of the arrays is fixed: So we must know the upper

limit on the number of elements in advance. Also, generally, the
allocated memory is equal to the upper limit irrespective of the usage.

2) Inserting a new element in an array of elements is expensive,

because room has to be created for the new elements and to create room
existing elements have to shifted.

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For example, in a system if we maintain a sorted list of IDs in an array id[].
id[] = [1000, 1010, 1050, 2000, 2040].

And if we want to insert a new ID 1005, then to maintain the sorted order, we
have to move all the elements after 1000 (excluding 1000).
Deletion is also expensive with arrays until unless some special techniques
are used. For example, to delete 1010 in id[], everything after 1010 has to be
moved.
• Advantages over arrays
1) Dynamic size
2) Ease of insertion/deletion
• Drawbacks:
1) Random access is not allowed. We have to access elements sequentially
starting from the first node. So we cannot do binary search with linked lists.
2) Extra memory space for a pointer is required with each element of the
list.
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Representation in C:
A linked list is represented by a pointer to the first node of the linked
list. The first node is called head. If the linked list is empty, then value
of head is NULL.

Each node in a list consists of at least two parts:

1) data
2) pointer to the next node
In C, we can represent a node using structures. Below is an example of a
linked list node with an integer data.

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 node
ListStart data next
null
pointer

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Singly Linked List

CODING

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Doubly Linked List

CODING

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Singly Circular Linked List

CODING

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Doubly Circular Linked List

CODING

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 Comparison of array-based lists and linked lists

Array-based lists Linked lists

no wasted space for an only need space for the objects

Pro
individual element actually on the list

size must be predetermined;

overhead for links (an extra
Con wasted space for lists with
pointer added to every node)
empty slots

Space complexity Ω(n) (or greater) Θ(n)

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Applications of List
• Lists can be used to store a list of elements. However, unlike in
traditional arrays, lists can expand and shrink, and are stored
dynamically in memory.

• In computing, lists are easier to implement than sets.

• Lists also form the basis for other abstract data types including the
queue, the stack, and their variations.

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Polynomial Manipulation

• A polynomial is a mathematical expression consisting of a sum of terms,

each term including a variable or variables raised to a power and multiplied
by a coefficient. The simplest polynomials have one variable.

• Representation of a Polynomial: A polynomial is an expression that

contains more than two terms. A term is made up of coefficient and
exponent. An example of polynomial is

• P(x) = 4x3+6x2+7x+9

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A polynomial thus may be represented using arrays or linked lists.
• Array representation assumes that the exponents of the given expression are
arranged from 0 to the highest value (degree), which is represented by the
subscript of the array beginning with 0.
• The coefficients of the respective exponent are placed at an appropriate
index in the array.
• The array representation for the above polynomial expression is given
below:

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• A polynomial may also be represented using a linked list. A structure may
be defined such that it contains two parts- one is the coefficient and second
is the corresponding exponent. The structure definition may be given as
shown below:
struct polynomial
{
int coefficient;
int exponent;
struct polynomial *next;
};
• Thus the above polynomial may be represented using linked list as shown
below:

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Here are the most common operations on a polynomial:
• Add & Subtract
• Multiply
• Differentiate
• Integrate
• etc…
There are different ways of implementing the polynomial ADT:
• Array (not recommended)
• Linked List (preferred and recommended)
Array Implementation:
• p1(x) = 8x3 + 3x2 + 2x + 6
• p2(x) = 23x4 + 18x - 3

• This is why arrays aren’t good to represent polynomials:

• p3(x) = 16x21 - 3x5 + 2x + 6

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• Advantages of using an Array:

• only good for non-sparse polynomials.

• ease of storage and retrieval.

• Disadvantages of using an Array:

• have to allocate array size ahead of time.

• huge array size required for sparse polynomials. Waste of space and runtime.

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Linked list Implementation:
• p1(x) = 23x9 + 18x7 + 41x6 + 163x4 + 3
• p2(x) = 4x6 + 10x4 + 12x + 8

Representation

struct polynode {
int coef;
int exp;
struct polynode * next; coef exp next
};

typedef struct polynode *polyptr;

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• Advantages of using a Linked list:

• save space (don’t have to worry about sparse polynomials) and easy to
maintain
• don’t need to allocate list size and can declare nodes (terms) only as needed

• Disadvantages of using a Linked list :

• can’t go backwards through the list
• can’t jump to the beginning of the list from the end.

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Addition of two Polynomials:
• For adding two polynomials using arrays is straightforward method,
since both the arrays may be added up element wise beginning from 0
to n-1, resulting in addition of two polynomials.
• Addition of two polynomials using linked list requires comparing the
exponents, and wherever the exponents are found to be same, the
coefficients are added up.
• For terms with different exponents, the complete term is simply added
to the result thereby making it a part of addition result.

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Adding polynomials using a Linked list representation: (storing the result in p3)

To do this, we have to break the process down to cases:

Case 1: exponent of p1 > exponent of p2
• Copy node of p1 to end of p3.
• [go to next node]
Case 2: exponent of p1 < exponent of p2
• Copy node of p2 to end of p3.
• [go to next node]
Case 3: exponent of p1 = exponent of p2
• Create a new node in p3 with the same exponent and with the sum of the coefficients
of p1 and p2.
CODING

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Multiplication of two Polynomials:
Multiplication of two polynomials however requires manipulation of each node such
that the exponents are added up and the coefficients are multiplied.
After each term of first polynomial is operated upon with each term of the second
polynomial, then the result has to be added up by comparing the exponents and
adding the coefficients for similar exponents and including terms as such with
dissimilar exponents in the result.

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 All Operations (Insertion, Deletion, Merge, Traversal)
• Insertion
• Deletion
• Merge two sorted linked lists
• Traversal
• Assume, that we have a list with some nodes. Traversal is the very basic
operation, which presents as a part in almost every operation on a singly-linked
list.
• For instance, algorithm may traverse a singly-linked list to find a value, find a
position for insertion, etc. For a singly-linked list, only forward direction
traversal is possible.
Traversal algorithm
• Beginning from the head,
• check, if the end of a list hasn't been reached yet;
• do some actions with the current node, which is specific for particular algorithm;
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Example
• As for example, let us see an
example of summing up values in
a singly-linked list.

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