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Hands-On Data Structures and Algorithms with Kotlin

By : Chandra Sekhar Nayak, Rivu Chakraborty
Book Image

Hands-On Data Structures and Algorithms with Kotlin

By: Chandra Sekhar Nayak, Rivu Chakraborty

Overview of this book

Data structures and algorithms are more than just theoretical concepts. They help you become familiar with computational methods for solving problems and writing logical code. Equipped with this knowledge, you can write efficient programs that run faster and use less memory. Hands-On Data Structures and Algorithms with Kotlin book starts with the basics of algorithms and data structures, helping you get to grips with the fundamentals and measure complexity. You'll then move on to exploring the basics of functional programming while getting used to thinking recursively. Packed with plenty of examples along the way, this book will help you grasp each concept easily. In addition to this, you'll get a clear understanding of how the data structures in Kotlin's collection framework work internally. By the end of this book, you will be able to apply the theory of data structures and algorithms to work out real-world problems.
Table of Contents (16 chapters)
Free Chapter
1
Section 1: Getting Started with Data Structures
4
Section 2: Efficient Grouping of Data with Various Data Structures
8
Section 3: Algorithms and Efficiency
11
Section 4: Modern and Advanced Data Structures
15
Assessments

Understanding deque – double-ended queue

Deque is a special queue where both primary operations (enqueue and dequeue) can be done from both the front and rear end. So, we can imagine it as a queue with additional APIs. The code looks similar to other queues with two additional operations. The upcoming section will discuss these additional operations.

Primary operations – deque

Instead of enqueue and dequeue, the APIs here are enqueueFront, enqueueRear, dequeueFront, and dequeueRear. In a usual queue, the enqueue operation happens at the rear end, so there is no need to discuss the enqueueRear API here. Similarly, the dequeueFront API is not discussed here.

The other two APIs look like the following:

fun enqueueFront...