This is a Python program to remove duplicates from a linked list.
The program creates a linked list and removes duplicates from it.
1. Create a class Node with instance variables data and next.
2. Create a class LinkedList with instance variables head and last_node.
3. The variable head points to the first element in the linked list while last_node points to the last.
4. Define methods append, get_prev_node, remove and display.
5. The method append takes a data item as argument and appends a node with that data item to the list.
6. The method 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 method remove takes a node as argument and removes it from the list.
8. The method display traverses the list from the first node and prints the data of each node.
9. Define a function remove_duplicates which takes a linked list as argument and removes duplicates from it.
10. The function remove_duplicates uses two nested loops to remove duplicate nodes.
11. Create an instance of LinkedList, remove duplicate nodes and display the list.
Here is the source code of a Python program to remove duplicates from a linked list. 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 self.last_node = None def append(self, data): if self.last_node is None: self.head = Node(data) self.last_node = self.head else: self.last_node.next = Node(data) self.last_node = self.last_node.next def get_prev_node(self, ref_node): current = self.head while (current and current.next != ref_node): current = current.next return current 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 def remove_duplicates(llist): current1 = llist.head while current1: data = current1.data current2 = current1.next while current2: if current2.data == data: llist.remove(current2) current2 = current2.next current1 = current1.next a_llist = LinkedList() data_list = input('Please enter the elements in the linked list: ').split() for data in data_list: a_llist.append(int(data)) remove_duplicates(a_llist) print('The list with duplicates removed: ') a_llist.display()
1. An instance of LinkedList is created.
2. The user is prompted to enter the data items for the list.
3. The function remove_duplicates is called to remove duplicates from the list.
4. The linked list is displayed.
Case 1: Please enter the elements in the linked list: 1 5 2 1 4 5 4 5 The list with duplicates removed: 1 5 2 4 Case 2: Please enter the elements in the linked list: 3 4 1 The list with duplicates removed: 3 4 1 Case 3: Please enter the elements in the linked list: 1 3 3 14 5 1 0 The list with duplicates removed: 1 3 14 5 0
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