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Learning Data Structures? Master in 6 simple steps.

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Learning a new Data Structure?

⬘ First, check its behavior for the below attributes
➊ Linearity
➋ Memory Allocation
➌ Connectivity
➍ Ordering
➎ Uniqueness

⬙ Then, implement
➏ Common Operations

➊ Linearity

  ❍  Linear
  ❍  Non-linear
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✧ It says about the traversal path.

➋ Memory Allocation

  ❍  Contiguous
  ❍  Non-contiguous
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✧ It says about how elements are stored in physical memory.

➌ Connectivity

  ❍  One-Directional
  ❍  Bi-Directional
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✧ It says about how 2 elements are connected to each other.

➍ Ordering

  ❍  Ordered
  ❍  Unordered
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✧ It says if the fetching of elements is always predictive or randomized.

➎ Uniqueness

  ❍  Only Unique Elements
  ❍  Duplicates are allowed
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✧ It says if insertion of an element is restricted when a similar element already exists.

➏ Common Operations

  ❍  Traversal
  ❍  Insertion
  ❍  Deletion
  ❍  Get
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✧ These are the common operations performed on all data structures.

Example ➊ : Array

➤  Linear
➤  Contiguous
➤  One-Directional
➤  Ordered
➤  Duplicates are allowed
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Example ➋ : Set

In case of Array based implementation,

➤  Linear
➤  Contiguous
➤  One-Directional
➤  Ordered
➤  Only Unique Elements
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Example ➌ : Hash Table

➤  Linear
➤  Non-Contiguous
➤  One-Directional
➤  Unordered
➤  Only Unique Keys
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Example ➍ : Doubly Linked List

➤  Linear
➤  Non-Contiguous
➤  Bi-Directional
➤  Ordered
➤  Duplicates are allowed
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Example ➎ : Tree

➤  Non-Linear
➤  Non-Contiguous
➤  Mostly One-Directional
➤  Ordered
➤  Duplicates are allowed
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