This is a Python program to illustrate the operations of a singly linked list.
The program creates a singly linked list and presents the user with a menu to perform various operations on the list.
1. Create a class Node with instance variables data and next.
2. Create a class LinkedList with instance variable head.
3. The variable head points to the first element in the singly linked list.
4. Define methods get_node, get_prev_node, insert_after, insert_before, insert_at_beg, insert_at_end, remove and display.
5. get_node takes an index as argument and traverses the list from the first node that many times to return the node at that index.
6. get_prev_node takes a reference node as argument and returns the previous node. It returns None when the reference node is the first node.
7. The methods insert_after and insert_before insert a node after or before some reference node in the list.
8. The methods insert_at_beg and insert_at_end insert a node at the first or last position of the list.
9. The method remove takes a node as argument and removes it from the list.
10. The method display traverses the list from the first node and prints the data of each node.
11. Create an instance of LinkedList and present the user with a menu to perform operations on the list.
Here is the source code of a Python program to create a singly linked list and illustrate its operations. The program output is shown below.
class Node: def __init__(self, data): self.data = data self.next = None class LinkedList: def __init__(self): self.head = None def get_node(self, index): current = self.head for i in range(index): if current is None: return None current = current.next return current def get_prev_node(self, ref_node): current = self.head while (current and current.next != ref_node): current = current.next return current def insert_after(self, ref_node, new_node): new_node.next = ref_node.next ref_node.next = new_node def insert_before(self, ref_node, new_node): prev_node = self.get_prev_node(ref_node) self.insert_after(prev_node, new_node) def insert_at_beg(self, new_node): if self.head is None: self.head = new_node else: new_node.next = self.head self.head = new_node def insert_at_end(self, new_node): if self.head is None: self.head = new_node else: current = self.head while current.next is not None: current = current.next current.next = new_node def remove(self, node): prev_node = self.get_prev_node(node) if prev_node is None: self.head = self.head.next else: prev_node.next = node.next def display(self): current = self.head while current: print(current.data, end = ' ') current = current.next a_llist = LinkedList() print('Menu') print('insert <data> after <index>') print('insert <data> before <index>') print('insert <data> at beg') print('insert <data> at end') print('remove <index>') print('quit') while True: print('The list: ', end = '') a_llist.display() print() do = input('What would you like to do? ').split() operation = do[0].strip().lower() if operation == 'insert': data = int(do[1]) position = do[3].strip().lower() new_node = Node(data) suboperation = do[2].strip().lower() if suboperation == 'at': if position == 'beg': a_llist.insert_at_beg(new_node) elif position == 'end': a_llist.insert_at_end(new_node) else: index = int(position) ref_node = a_llist.get_node(index) if ref_node is None: print('No such index.') continue if suboperation == 'after': a_llist.insert_after(ref_node, new_node) elif suboperation == 'before': a_llist.insert_before(ref_node, new_node) elif operation == 'remove': index = int(do[1]) node = a_llist.get_node(index) if node is None: print('No such index.') continue a_llist.remove(node) elif operation == 'quit': break
1. An instance of LinkedList is created.
2. The user is presented with a menu to perform various operations on the list.
3. The corresponding methods are called to perform each operation.
Case 1: Menu insert <data> after <index> insert <data> before <index> insert <data> at beg insert <data> at end remove <index> quit The list: What would you like to do? insert 7 at beg The list: 7 What would you like to do? insert 3 at end The list: 7 3 What would you like to do? insert 1 after 0 The list: 7 1 3 What would you like to do? insert 9 before 2 The list: 7 1 9 3 What would you like to do? remove 2 The list: 7 1 3 What would you like to do? insert 12 at end The list: 7 1 3 12 What would you like to do? remove 0 The list: 1 3 12 What would you like to do? quit Case 2: Menu insert <data> after <index> insert <data> before <index> insert <data> at beg insert <data> at end remove <index> quit The list: What would you like to do? insert 5 after 0 No such index. The list: What would you like to do? insert 3 at end The list: 3 What would you like to do? insert 1 after 0 The list: 3 1 What would you like to do? insert 2 before 1 The list: 3 2 1 What would you like to do? insert 0 at end The list: 3 2 1 0 What would you like to do? remove 3 The list: 3 2 1 What would you like to do? remove 2 The list: 3 2 What would you like to do? quit
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