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Hands-On Data Structures and Algorithms with Python - Third Edition

By : Dr. Basant Agarwal
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Hands-On Data Structures and Algorithms with Python - Third Edition

By: Dr. Basant Agarwal

Overview of this book

Choosing the right data structure is pivotal to optimizing the performance and scalability of applications. This new edition of Hands-On Data Structures and Algorithms with Python will expand your understanding of key structures, including stacks, queues, and lists, and also show you how to apply priority queues and heaps in applications. You’ll learn how to analyze and compare Python algorithms, and understand which algorithms should be used for a problem based on running time and computational complexity. You will also become confident organizing your code in a manageable, consistent, and scalable way, which will boost your productivity as a Python developer. By the end of this Python book, you’ll be able to manipulate the most important data structures and algorithms to more efficiently store, organize, and access data in your applications.
Table of Contents (17 chapters)
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Index

Exercise

  1. What will be the time complexity when inserting a data element after an element that is being pointed to by a pointer in a linked list?
  2. What will be the time complexity when ascertaining the length of the given linked list?
  3. What will be the worst-case time complexity for searching a given element in a singly linked list of length n?
  4. For a given linked list, assuming it has only one head pointer that points to the starting point of the list, what will be the time complexity for the following operations?
    1. Insertion at the front of the linked list
    2. Insertion at the end of the linked list
    3. Deletion of the front node of the linked list
    4. Deletion of the last node of the linked list
  5. Find the nth node from the end of a linked list.
  6. How can you establish whether there is a loop (or circle) in a given linked list?
  7. How can you ascertain the middle element of the linked list?

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