Lists
A list is an ordered collection of items that can hold elements of the same or different types, where each element is indexed and has a specific position within the list. Lists are commonly used to store sequences of data that can be easily accessed, inserted, or removed. They can hold elements of different types, though in some programming languages, lists are more often homogeneous, meaning all elements are of the same type.
Lists are generally implemented using either arrays or linked structures, and these two approaches result in distinct characteristics regarding performance and memory usage. When elements in a list are stored in contiguous memory locations, the list is known as an array. In this case, accessing elements by index is very efficient, typically taking constant time (
), since the memory location of any element can be directly computed. However, arrays have a fixed size once they are created, which can lead to inefficiencies if the number of elements changes...
