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Learning JavaScript Data Structures and Algorithms

By : Loiane Avancini
Book Image

Learning JavaScript Data Structures and Algorithms

By: Loiane Avancini

Overview of this book

Table of Contents (18 chapters)

Creating a linked list


Now that we understand what a linked list is, let's start implementing our data structure. This is the skeleton of our LinkedList class:

function LinkedList() {

    var Node = function(element){ // {1}
        this.element = element;
        this.next = null;
    };

    var length = 0; // {2}
    var head = null; // {3}

    this.append = function(element){};
    this.insert = function(position, element){};
    this.removeAt = function(position){};
    this.remove = function(element){};
    this.indexOf = function(element){};
    this.isEmpty = function() {};
    this.size = function() {};
    this.toString = function(){};
    this.print = function(){};
}

For the LinkedList data structure, we need a helper class called Node (line {1}). The Node class represents the item that we want to add to the list. It contains an element attribute, which is the value we want to add to the list, and a next attribute, which is the pointer that contains the link to the next node item...