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I believe it's simply a list of objects, with each object pointing to the next object. There is a value which keeps track of the list location (the head). Also the last object points to null.

head ----- data|pointer -----> data|pointer -----> data|pointer -----> data|NULL

This is a very basic form of such a list, and it's pretty inefficient, especially when it comes to adding values to the end of the list. A way to improve that would be to add a 'tail' variable so the last value can be easily found.

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Convert single linked list to double linked list?

You copy a singly linked list into a doubly linked list by iterating over the singly linked list and, for each element, calling the doubly linked list insert function.


Traversing in Doubly Linked List is faster then Singly Linked List?

Traversing a doubly linked list is generally faster than traversing a singly linked list, but the speedup depends on how you do the traversal:Traversing from first to last node: No difference.Random access: Doubly linked list is faster, the difference is a fixed factor. (Like twice as fast. Which makes it still very slow for random access compared to arrays.)Reverse order: Doubly linked list is just as fast traversing "backwards" as "forwards", while a singly linked list traversing in reverse order needs to traverse the entire list once for every element in the list - it is a LOT slower. (Time complexity O(n) for doubly linked list, O(n*n) for singly linked, if you are familiar with the notation.)If you are talking about the computer science "big O notation", doubly linked and singly liked lists are the same. This is because the Big O notation ignores fixed factors and only looks at how time increases with the length of the list, and in this respect the two are the same. (Except for the special case of traversing the list in reverse order. Even here a singly linked list could do it in O(n) time - same as a doubly linked list - by reversing the list (O(n)) before traversing it (O(n)) for a total time of 2*O(n), which by the rules of Big O is the same as O(n).)


What is the minimum number of additional pointers will be needed to reverse a singly linked list?

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One singly circular ordered list is there if M elements are to be inserted what will be the complexity of time?

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Which is the easy insertion operator single linked-list or double-linked list?

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How do you implement a doubly linked list by using singly linked list?

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