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Learning JavaScript Data Structures and Algorithms

You're reading from   Learning JavaScript Data Structures and Algorithms JavaScript Data Structures and algorithms can help you solve complex development problems – learn how by exploring a huge range of JavaScript data types

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Product type Paperback
Published in Oct 2014
Publisher Packt
ISBN-13 9781783554874
Length 218 pages
Edition 1st Edition
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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...

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