Xor Linked List in C

This is a C Program to implement XOR list. An XOR linked list is a data structure used in computer programming. It takes advantage of the bitwise XOR operation to decrease storage requirements for doubly linked lists.

Here is source code of the C Program to Implement Xor Linked List. The C program is successfully compiled and run on a Linux system. The program output is also shown below.

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#include <stdio.h>
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#include <stdlib.h>
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// Node structure of a memory efficient doubly linked list

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struct node {
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    int data;
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    struct node* npx; /* XOR of next and previous node */

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};
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/* returns XORed value of the node addresses */

struct node* XOR(struct node *a, struct node *b) {

    return (struct node*) ((unsigned int) (a) ^ (unsigned int) (b));

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}
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/* Insert a node at the begining of the XORed linked list and makes the

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 newly inserted node as head */
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void insert(struct node **head_ref, int data) {

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    // Allocate memory for new node
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    struct node *new_node = (struct node *) malloc(sizeof(struct node));

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    new_node->data = data;
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    /* Since new node is being inserted at the begining, npx of new node

     will always be XOR of current head and NULL */

    new_node->npx = XOR(*head_ref, NULL);

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    /* If linked list is not empty, then npx of current head node will be XOR

     of new node and node next to current head */

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    if (*head_ref != NULL) {
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        // *(head_ref)->npx is XOR of NULL and next. So if we do XOR of

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        // it with NULL, we get next
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        struct node* next = XOR((*head_ref)->npx, NULL);

        (*head_ref)->npx = XOR(new_node, next);

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    }
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    // Change head
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    *head_ref = new_node;
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}
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// prints contents of doubly linked list in forward direction

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void printList(struct node *head) {
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    struct node *curr = head;
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    struct node *prev = NULL;
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    struct node *next;
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    printf("Following are the nodes of Linked List: \n");

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    while (curr != NULL) {
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        // print current node
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        printf("%d ", curr->data);
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        // get address of next node: curr->npx is next^prev, so curr->npx^prev

        // will be next^prev^prev which is next

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        next = XOR(prev, curr->npx);
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        // update prev and curr for next iteration

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        prev = curr;
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        curr = next;
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    }
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}
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// Driver program to test above functions

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int main() {
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    /* Create following Doubly Linked List

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     head-->40<-->30<-->20<-->10   */
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    struct node *head = NULL;
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    insert(&head, 10);
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    insert(&head, 20);
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    insert(&head, 30);
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    insert(&head, 40);
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    // print the created list
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    printList(head);
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    return (0);
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}
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Output:

$ gcc XORList.c
$ ./a.out
 
Following are the nodes of Linked List: 
40 30 20 10

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