exercism-c/linked-list

Linked List

Welcome to Linked List on Exercism's C Track. If you need help running the tests or submitting your code, check out HELP.md.

Instructions

Implement a doubly linked list.

Like an array, a linked list is a simple linear data structure. Several common data types can be implemented using linked lists, like queues, stacks, and associative arrays.

A linked list is a collection of data elements called nodes. In a singly linked list each node holds a value and a link to the next node. In a doubly linked list each node also holds a link to the previous node.

You will write an implementation of a doubly linked list. Implement a Node to hold a value and pointers to the next and previous nodes. Then implement a List which holds references to the first and last node and offers an array-like interface for adding and removing items:

• push (insert value at back);
• pop (remove value at back);
• shift (remove value at front).
• unshift (insert value at front);

To keep your implementation simple, the tests will not cover error conditions. Specifically: pop or shift will never be called on an empty list.

If you want to know more about linked lists, check Wikipedia.

Source

Created by

• @wolf99

Contributed to by

• @patricksjackson
• @QLaille
• @ryanplusplus
• @siebenschlaefer

Based on

Classic computer science topic