Inserting a Node Into a Sorted Doubly Linked List


Problem Statement :


Given a reference to the head of a doubly-linked list and an integer ,data , create a new DoublyLinkedListNode object having data value data and insert it at the proper location to maintain the sort.

Example

head  refers  to the list 1 <-> 2 <-> 4 - > NULL.
data = 3

Return a reference to the new list: 1 <-> 2 <-> 4 - > NULL ,

Function Description

Complete the sortedInsert function in the editor below.

sortedInsert has two parameters:

DoublyLinkedListNode pointer head: a reference to the head of a doubly-linked list

int data: An integer denoting the value of the data field for the DoublyLinkedListNode you must insert into the list.

Returns

DoublyLinkedListNode pointer: a reference to the head of the list

Note: Recall that an empty list (i.e., where head = NULL ) and a list with one element are sorted lists.

nput Format

The first line contains an integer t, the number of test cases.

Each of the test case is in the following format:

The first line contains an integer n, the number of elements in the linked list.
Each of the next n lines contains an integer, the data for each node of the linked list.
The last line contains an integer, data , which needs to be inserted into the sorted doubly-linked list.



Solution :



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                            Solution in C :

In C++ :


/*
    Insert Node in a doubly sorted linked list 
    After each insertion, the list should be sorted
   Node is defined as
   struct Node
   {
     int data;
     Node *next;
     Node *prev
   }
*/
Node* SortedInsert(Node *head,int data)
{
    // Complete this function
   // Do not write the main method. 
    Node *current = NULL;
    Node *new_node = (Node*)malloc(sizeof(Node));
    new_node->data=data;
    new_node->next=NULL;
    new_node->prev=NULL;
    
  if (head == NULL )
  {
    head = new_node; 
  }
  else if(head->data >= new_node->data)
  {
    new_node->next = head;
    head->prev=new_node;
    head = new_node; 
  }
  else
  {
    
    current = head;
    while (current->next!=NULL && current->next->data < new_node->data)
    {
      current = current->next;
    }
      
      if(current->next!=NULL)
      {
          new_node->next = current->next;
          current->next->prev=new_node;
      }     
      current->next = new_node;
      new_node->prev=current;
      
  }       
    return head;
}



In Java :


/*
  Insert Node at the end of a linked list 
  head pointer input could be NULL as well for empty list
  Node is defined as 
  class Node {
     int data;
     Node next;
     Node prev;
  }
*/

Node SortedInsert(Node head,int data) {
  
    Node n= new Node();
    n.data=data;
    n.next=null;
    n.prev=null;
    
    if(head==null)
        return n;
    if(head.data > data)
        {
        
        n.next=head;
        head.prev=n;
        return n;
    }
    
    Node temp=head;
    
    while(temp.next!=null)
        {
           
         if(temp.next.data > data)
             {
             
               n.next=temp.next;
               n.prev=temp.next.prev;
               temp.next=n;
               n.next.prev=n;
               return head;
         }
        temp=temp.next;
        
    }
    
    temp.next=n;
    n.prev=temp;
    return head;
    
}




In python3 :



"""
 Insert a node into a sorted doubly linked list
 head could be None as well for empty list
 Node is defined as
 
 class Node(object):
 
   def __init__(self, data=None, next_node=None, prev_node = None):
       self.data = data
       self.next = next_node
       self.prev = prev_node

 return the head node of the updated list 
"""
def SortedInsert(head, data):
    new = Node(data=data)
    tmp = head
    while tmp.data <= data and tmp.next != None and tmp.next.data <= data:
        tmp = tmp.next
    new.prev = tmp
    new.next = tmp.next
    tmp.next = new
    if new.next != None:
        new.next.prev = new
    return head
  





In C :



// Complete the sortedInsert function below.

/*
 * For your reference:
 *
 * DoublyLinkedListNode {
 *     int data;
 *     DoublyLinkedListNode* next;
 *     DoublyLinkedListNode* prev;
 * };
 *
 */
DoublyLinkedListNode* sortedInsert(DoublyLinkedListNode* head, int data) {
    
    DoublyLinkedListNode *New = create_doubly_linked_list_node(data);
    if (!head)
    {
        head = New;
        return head;
    }
    else if (data < (head->data))
    {
        New->next = head; 
        head->prev = New;
        New->prev = NULL;
        head = New;
        return head; 
    }
    else 
    {
        DoublyLinkedListNode *temp = head;
        while ( ((temp->next) != NULL) && ((temp->next->data) <= data))
            temp = temp->next;
        
        if (temp->next != NULL)
        {
            DoublyLinkedListNode *next = temp->next;
            next->prev = New;
            New->next = next;
        }
        else 
            New->next = NULL;
            
        temp->next = New;
        New->prev = temp;
    }
    return head; 
}
                        








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