I am still a beginner in programming. I learned the basics in Python. Right now I'm learning data structures and algorithms.
I have implemented a linked list. But there is a problem inside it. My size is 0 after removing one element. I do not know where the error comes from.
This code was tested in Python 3.7.4.
class Node(object):
def __init__(self, data):
self.data = data
self.nextNode = None
class LinkedList(object):
def __init__(self):
self.head = None
self.size = 0
# O(1)
def insertStart(self, data): # insert data at beginnning of the list
self.size += 1
newNode = Node(data)
if not self.head: # the head is None
self.head = newNode
else: # the head is not None
newNode.nextNode = self.head
self.head = newNode
def remove(self,data):
if self.head is None:
return
self.size-=self.size
currentNode=self.head
previousNode=None
while currentNode.data != data:
previousNode=currentNode
currentNode=currentNode.nextNode
if previousNode is None:
self.head = currentNode.nextNode
else:
previousNode.nextNode=currentNode.nextNode
# O(1)
def size1(self):
return self.size
# O(N)
def size2(self):
actualNode = self.head
size = 0
while actualNode is not None:
size += 1
actualNode = actualNode.nextNode
return size
# O(N)
def insertEnd(self, data):
self.size += 1
newNode = Node(data)
actualNode = self.head
while actualNode.nextNode is not None:
actualNode = actualNode.nextNode
actualNode.nextNode = newNode
def traverseList(self):
actualNode = self.head
while actualNode is not None:
print("%d " % actualNode.data)
actualNode = actualNode.nextNode
a=LinkedList()
a.insertStart(3)
a.insertStart(4)
a.insertEnd(5)
#a.remove(3)
#a.remove(4)
a.remove(5)
print(a.traverseList())
print(a.size1())
You're subtracting self.size from self.size, which will obviously return 0. You just want to remove 1 (self.size -= 1)
Also, you have another bug. What happens if you try to remove a node which doesn't exist? Your condition while currentNode.data != data: will raise a NoneType error, because it will eventually reach the end of the list (None) without having found the node.
Related
why can't print reversed this double linked list by python?
always print 6 or None
please can anyone help me fast to pass this task
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class Node:
def __init__(self, data=None, next=None, prev=None):
self.data = data
self.next = next
self.previous = prev
sample methods==>
def set_data(self, newData):
self.data = newData
def get_data(self):
return self.data
def set_next(self, newNext):
self.next = newNext
def get_next(self):
return self.next
def hasNext(self):
return self.next is not None
def set_previous(self, newprev):
self.previous = newprev
def get_previous(self):
return self.previous
def hasPrevious(self):
return self.previous is not None
class double===>
class DoubleLinkedList:
def __init__(self):
self.head = None
self.tail = None
def addAtStart(self, item):
newNode = Node(item)
if self.head is None:
self.head = self.tail = newNode
else:
newNode.set_next(self.head)
newNode.set_previous(None)
self.head.set_previous(newNode)
self.head = newNode
def size(self):
current = self.head
count = 0
while current is not None:
count += 1
current = current.get_next()
return count
here is the wrong method ==>
try to fix it without more changes
def printReverse(self):
current = self.head
while current:
temp = current.next
current.next = current.previous
current.previous = temp
current = current.previous
temp = self.head
self.head = self.tail
self.tail = temp
print("Nodes of doubly linked list reversed: ")
while current is not None:
print(current.data),
current = current.get_next()
call methods==>
new = DoubleLinkedList()
new.addAtStart(1)
new.addAtStart(2)
new.addAtStart(3)
new.printReverse()
Your printReverse seems to do something else than what its name suggests. I would think that this function would just iterate the list nodes in reversed order and print the values, but it actually reverses the list, and doesn't print the result because of a bug.
The error in your code is that the final loop has a condition that is guaranteed to be false. current is always None when it reaches that loop, so nothing gets printed there. This is easily fixed by initialising current just before the loop with:
current = self.head
That fixes your issue, but it is not nice to have a function that both reverses the list, and prints it. It is better practice to separate these two tasks. The method that reverses the list could be named reverse. Then add another method that allows iteration of the values in the list. This is done by defining __iter__. The caller can then easily print the list with that iterator.
Here is how that looks:
def reverse(self):
current = self.head
while current:
current.previous, current.next = current.next, current.previous
current = current.previous
self.head, self.tail = self.tail, self.head
def __iter__(self):
node = self.head
while node:
yield node.data
node = node.next
def __repr__(self):
return "->".join(map(repr, self))
The main program can then be:
lst = DoubleLinkedList()
lst.addAtStart(1)
lst.addAtStart(2)
lst.addAtStart(3)
print(lst)
lst.reverse()
print(lst)
I'm trying to learn python so I decided to implement a Singly Linked List but I stumbled upon a weird problem.
As you could see from the screenshot above, the output when I'm trying to search for the index of a node has a leading and trailing single quote.
class Node:
next_node = None
def __init__(self, data):
self.data = data
def __repr__(self):
return "<Node data: %s>" % self.data
class LinkedList:
def __init__(self):
self.head = None
self.tail = None
def is_empty(self):
return self.head == None
def size(self):
current = self.head
count = 0
while current:
count += 1
current = current.next_node
return count
def append(self, data):
new_node = Node(data)
if self.is_empty():
self.head = new_node
else:
self.tail.next_node = new_node
self.tail = new_node
def search_node(self, key):
current = self.head
position = 0
while current:
if current.data == key:
# This returns with a leading and trailing single quote
return "<Node index: %s>" % position
else:
current = current.next_node
position += 1
return None
def search_index(self, index):
if index == 0:
return self.head
elif index == self.size() - 1:
return self.tail
else:
current = self.head
position = 0
while position < index:
current = current.next_node
position += 1
return current
def __repr__(self):
nodes = []
current = self.head
if self.is_empty():
return "<Empty>"
if self.size() == 1:
return "<Head: Tail: %s>" % current.data
while current:
if current is self.head:
nodes.append("<Head: %s>" % current.data)
elif current.next_node is None:
nodes.append("<Tail: %s>" % current.data)
else:
nodes.append("<%s>" % current.data)
current = current.next_node
return "-> ".join(nodes)
What's causing this behavior? I saw some articles about the repr function causing it but I'm not really sure.
I made some notes in your code that will hopefully help with identifying why your outputs are not consistent.
class LinkedList:
def __init__(self):
self.head = None < - node or None
self.tail = None < - node or None
def search_node(self, key): # <- function return will be str or None
current = self.head
position = 0
while current:
if current.data == key:
return "<Node index: %s>" % position # <-- Returning a string
else:
current = current.next_node
position += 1
return None # <--- Returning None
def search_index(self, index): # <- function returns node or None
if index == 0:
return self.head # <- returing node or None
elif index == self.size() - 1:
return self.tail # <- returning node or None
else:
current = self.head
position = 0
while position < index:
current = current.next_node
position += 1
return current # <- returning node or None
The __repr__(str) of a string will always have the quotes surrounding it.
class Node:
def __init__(self, data):
self.data = data
self.ref = None
class LinkedList:
def __init__(self):
self.head = None
def show(self):
if self.head is None:
print("This linked lists is empty")
else:
currentnode = self.head
while currentnode is not None:
print(currentnode.data, end=" --> ")
currentnode = currentnode.ref
def addelement(self, value):
newnode = Node(value)
newnode.ref = self.head
self.head = newnode
def lenofll(self , i = 0):
while self.head is not None:
i = i +1
self.head = self.head.ref
return i
def middle(self):
i = 0
lent = self.lenofll()
if self.head is None: # self.head changed to None after calling lenofll method.
print("linked list is empty")
I wanted to get the length of linked lists in the middle method. But as I called self.lenofll(), it changed the self.head to None.
What can I do to fix this?
Indeed, doing self.head = self.head.ref modifies the head. You should not make any modifications to self.head in a method whose job is just to search in the list -- without modifying anything to it.
As you can see, that method keeps looping until self.head is not None is not true, i.e. when self.head is None. No wonder that self.head is None after running this method!
Use a local variable for this iteration instead:
def lenofll(self, i = 0):
node = self.head # use local variable
while node is not None:
i += 1
node = node.ref
return i
Here is my code but while dequeue it seems its deleting any random values. Why is it so?
Thank You
class Node:
def __init__(self,data):
self.data = data
self.next = None
class CircularLinkedlist:
def __init__(self):
self.head = None
self.size = 0
def dequeue(self):
if self.is_empty():
print('List is Empty')
else:
if self.size == 1:
self.head = None
self.size -=1
else:
pos = self.head.next
self.head = pos
self.head.next = pos.next.next
self.size -=1
This line:
self.head.next = pos.next.next
is wrong. You're linking what is now the first node to the third node (cutting out the second node).
I don't see any reason for that line: I suggest you delete it.
I am trying to make a linked list queue in python and I cannot figure out how to return the size and the first item in the list...which seems pretty easy. I can insert and delete, but I cannot return the size or first item. Any thoughts??
class Node(object):
def __init__(self, item = None):
self.item = item
self.next = None
self.previous = None
class Queue(object):
def __init__(self):
"""post: creates an empty FIFO queue"""
self.length = 0
self.head = None
self.tail = None
def enqueue(self, x):
"""post: adds x at back of queue"""
newNode = Node(x)
newNode.next = None
if self.head == None:
self.head = newNode
self.tail = newNode
else:
self.tail.next = newNode
newNode.previous = self.tail
self.tail = newNode
def dequeue (self):
"""pre: self.size() > 0
post: removes and returns the front item"""
item = self.head.item
self.head = self.head.next
self.length = self.length - 1
if self.length == 0:
self.last = None
return item
def front(self):
"""pre: self.size() > 0
post: returns first item in queue"""
return item[0]
def size(self):
"""post: returns the number of itemes in queue"""
To efficiently be able to report the length of the linked list, you need to incriment it each time you add an element and decrement it each time you remove one. You're already doing the latter, but not the former.
So, just add self.length += 1 somewhere in your enqueue method, then size() can simple be return self.length
As for the first element in your queue, it will always be the item in the head node. So front() can be return self.head.item
Python lists already do what you're describing. Some examples:
# create a list
l = ['foo', 'bar']
# get the first item
print(l.pop(0))
# add an item
l.append(42)
print(l)
# get the size
print(len(l))
Your code in those two methods doesn't make any sense. How are you indexing into item? It's just a field of the Node class, not an array. Why didn't front() immediately lead you to thinking about head?
Surprisingly enough, the rest of your code seems okay. Here's what you need:
def front(self):
return self.head.item
def size(self):
return self.length
Also, you're not incrementing self.length in your enqueue() method.
The fact that you are having trouble with these should be a useful clue to you that you don't really understand the rest of the code. I've seen beginners often get mired in this trial-and-error approach, where you muck around with something until it works, usually starting with some code you got from somewhere. This leads to painfully brittle code, because your understanding is also brittle. This is not the way to write sensible code. At best it's a starting point for building your understanding - in which case, mucking around is exactly the right thing to do. Learn by experimentation and all that.
I recommend you read through the code you posted carefully and build a reasonably complete mental model of how it operates. Draw pictures or whatever helps you understand the pieces and the processes they implement. The depth of your mental model is a critical component of programming skill.
Also, you don't really need to go to all the trouble of writing these classes, other than as an exercise or something. Python lists already have methods that enable them to be used as queues.
First thing that jumps out at me is when you enqueue you need to increment the length of the list. size() should just need to return the length of the list once you've done that.
And then to access the first item of the list you appear to be trying to use list syntax which your list does not support (at least in the code I can see). Instead return self.head
class Node:
def init(self, data):
self.data = data
self.next = None
class Queue:
def __init__(self):
self.front = None
self.rear = None
self.size = 0
def enQueue(self, data):
temp = Node(data)
if self.front == None:
self.front = self.rear = temp
self.size += 1 # get track of size
return
self.rear.next = temp
self.rear = temp
self.size += 1
def deQueue(self):
if self.front == None:
return
temp = self.front
self.front = self.front.next
if self.front == None:
self.rear = None
del temp
self.size -= 1
def isEmpty(self):
return self.front == None
def getSize(self):
return self.size
def getFront(self):
if self.size > 0:
return self.front.data
else:
return
def getRear(self):
if self.size > 0:
return self.rear.data
else:
return
def printQueue(self):
queue = []
curr = self.front
while curr != None:
queue.append(curr.data)
curr = curr.next
print(queue)
_NodeLinked class is to create nodes:
class _NodeLinked:
# slots is memory efficient way to store the instance attributes
__slots__ = '_element', '_next'
def __init__(self, element, next):
self._element = element
self._next = next
class QueuesLinked:
# each instance being initialized an empty list
def __init__(self):
self._front = None
self._rear = None
self._size = 0
def __len__(self):
return self._size
def isempty(self):
return self._size == 0
# adding a node to the end of the list
def enqueue(self, e):
newest = _NodeLinked(e, None)
if self.isempty():
self._front = newest
else:
self._rear._next = newest
self._rear = newest
self._size += 1
# removing first node
def dequeue(self):
if self.isempty():
print('Queue is empty')
return
e = self._front._element
self._front = self._front._next
self._size -= 1
if self.isempty():
self._rear = None
return e
def first(self):
if self.isempty():
print('Queue is empty')
return
return self._front._element
def display(self):
p = self._front
while p:
print(p._element,end=' <-- ')
p = p._next
print()