Introduction

to
Data Structures

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Definition
 Data structure is representation of the logical
relationship existing between individual
elements of data.
 In other words, a data structure is a way of
organizing all data items that considers not
only the elements stored but also their
relationship to each other.

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 Introduction
 Data structure affects the design of both
structural & functional aspects of a program.
Program=algorithm + Data Structure
 You know that a algorithm is a step by step
procedure to solve a particular function.

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Introduction
 That means, algorithm is a set of instruction
written to carry out certain tasks & the data
structure is the way of organizing the data
with their logical relationship retained.
 To develop a program of an algorithm, we
should select an appropriate data structure
for that algorithm.
 Therefore algorithm and its associated data
structures from a program.
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Classification of Data Structure
 Data structure are normally divided into two
broad categories:
 Primitive Data Structure

 Non-Primitive Data Structure

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 Classification of Data Structure
Data structure

Primitive DS Non-Primitive DS

Integer Float Character Pointer

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 Classification of Data Structure
Non-Primitive DS

Linear List Non-Linear List

Array Queue Graph Trees

Link List Stack

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Primitive Data Structure
 There are basic structures and directly
operated upon by the machine instructions.
 In general, there are different representation
on different computers.
 Integer, Floating-point number, Character
constants, string constants, pointers etc, fall
in this category.

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Non-Primitive Data Structure
 There are more sophisticated data
structures.
 These are derived from the primitive data
structures.
 The non-primitive data structures
emphasize on structuring of a group of
homogeneous (same type) or heterogeneous
(different type) data items.
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Non-Primitive Data Structure
 Lists, Stack, Queue, Tree, Graph are
example of non-primitive data structures.
 The design of an efficient data structure
must take operations to be performed on the
data structure.

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Non-Primitive Data Structure
 The most commonly used operation on data
structure are broadly categorized into
following types:
 Create
 Selection
 Updating
 Searching
 Sorting
 Merging
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Different between them
 A primitive data structure is generally a
basic structure that is usually built into the
language, such as an integer, a float.
 A non-primitive data structure is built out of
primitive data structures linked together in
meaningful ways, such as a or a linked-list,
binary search tree, AVL Tree, graph etc.

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Description of various
Data Structures : Arrays
 An array is defined as a set of finite number
of homogeneous elements or same data
items.
 It means an array can contain one type of
data only, either all integer, all float-point
number or all character.

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Arrays
 Simply, declaration of array is as follows:
int arr[10]
 Where int specifies the data type or type of
elements arrays stores.
 “arr” is the name of array & the number
specified inside the square brackets is the
number of elements an array can store, this is
also called sized or length of array.
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Arrays
 Following are some of the concepts to be
remembered about arrays:
 The individual element of an array can be
accessed by specifying name of the array,
following by index or subscript inside
square brackets.
 The first element of the array has index
zero[0]. It means the first element and
last element will be specified as:arr[0] &
arr[9]
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Arrays
 The elements of array will always be
stored in the consecutive (continues)
memory location.
 The number of elements that can be stored
in an array, that is the size of array or its
length is given by the following equation:
(Upperbound-lowerbound)+1

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Arrays
 For the above array it would be
(9-0)+1=10,where 0 is the lower bound
of array and 9 is the upper bound of
array.
 Array can always be read or written
through loop. If we read a one-
dimensional array it require one loop for
reading and other for writing the array.

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Arrays
 For example: Reading an array
For(i=0;i<=9;i++)
scanf(“%d”,&arr[i]);
 For example: Writing an array

For(i=0;i<=9;i++)
printf(“%d”,arr[i]);

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Arrays
 If we are reading or writing two-
dimensional array it would require two
loops. And similarly the array of a N
dimension would required N loops.
 Some common operation performed on

array are:
 Creation of an array
 Traversing an array

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Arrays
 Insertion of new element
 Deletion of required element

 Modification of an element

 Merging of arrays

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 Lists
 A lists (Linear linked list) can be defined as a
collection of variable number of data items.
 Lists are the most commonly used non-
primitive data structures.
 An element of list must contain at least two
fields, one for storing data or information and
other for storing address of next element.
 As you know for storing address we have a
special data structure of list the address must
be pointer type.
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 Lists
 Technically each such element is referred to
as a node, therefore a list can be defined as
a collection of nodes as show bellow:
[Linear Liked List]
Head

AAA BBB CCC

Information field Pointer field

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 Lists
 Types of linked lists:
 Single linked list
 Doubly linked list
 Single circular linked list
 Doubly circular linked list

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Stack
 A stack is also an ordered collection of
elements like arrays, but it has a special
feature that deletion and insertion of
elements can be done only from one end
called the top of the stack (TOP)
 Due to this property it is also called as last
in first out type of data structure (LIFO).

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 Stack
 It could be through of just like a stack of plates
placed on table in a party, a guest always takes
off a fresh plate from the top and the new plates
are placed on to the stack at the top.
 It is a non-primitive data structure.
 When an element is inserted into a stack or
removed from the stack, its base remains fixed
where the top of stack changes.
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Stack
 Insertion of element into stack is called
PUSH and deletion of element from stack is
called POP.
 The bellow show figure how the operations
take place on a stack:
PUSH POP

[STACK]
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Stack
 The stack can be implemented into two
ways:
 Using arrays (Static implementation)

 Using pointer (Dynamic implementation)

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Queue
 Queue are first in first out type of data
structure (i.e. FIFO)
 In a queue new elements are added to the
queue from one end called REAR end and
the element are always removed from other
end called the FRONT end.
 The people standing in a railway reservation
row are an example of queue.
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Queue
 Each new person comes and stands at the
end of the row and person getting their
reservation confirmed get out of the row
from the front end.
 The bellow show figure how the
operations take place on a stack:
10 20 30 40 50

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Queue
 The queue can be implemented into two
ways:
 Using arrays (Static implementation)

 Using pointer (Dynamic implementation)

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Trees
 A tree can be defined as finite set of data
items (nodes).
 Tree is non-linear type of data structure in
which data items are arranged or stored in a
sorted sequence.
 Tree represent the hierarchical relationship
between various elements.

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Trees
 In trees:
 There is a special data item at the top of
hierarchy called the Root of the tree.
 The remaining data items are partitioned into
number of mutually exclusive subset, each of
which is itself, a tree which is called the sub
tree.
 The tree always grows in length towards
bottom in data structures, unlike natural trees
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Trees
 The tree structure organizes the data into
branches, which related the information.

A root

B C

D E F G

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Graph
 Graph is a mathematical non-linear data
structure capable of representing many kind
of physical structures.
 It has found application in Geography,
Chemistry and Engineering sciences.
 Definition: A graph G(V,E) is a set of
vertices V and a set of edges E.

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Graph
 An edge connects a pair of vertices and
many have weight such as length, cost and
another measuring instrument for according
the graph.
 Vertices on the graph are shown as point or
circles and edges are drawn as arcs or line
segment.

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 Graph
 Example of graph:
6
v2 v5
v1 v3
10

v1 8 11
15
9 v2
v3 v4 v4

[a] Directed & [b] Undirected Graph

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Graph
 Types of Graphs:
 Directed graph

 Undirected graph

 Simple graph

 Weighted graph

 Connected graph

 Non-connected graph

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