Starting Out with Java: From Control Structures through Data Structures (4th Edition) (What's New in Computer Science)
Starting Out with Java: From Control Structures through Data Structures (4th Edition) (What's New in Computer Science)
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ISBN: 9780134787961
Author: Tony Gaddis, Godfrey Muganda
Publisher: PEARSON
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Chapter 19, Problem 5SA

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Store the elements of a list using linked allocation:

  • The linked allocation stores each element using a pointer to the memory location of its successor.
  • The linked allocation is used for linked list.
  • In linked allocation, there no need to allocate consecutive memory locations to store the elements of list.
  • In Java, a linked list is executed as a sequence of nodes.
    • Here, each node contains an element and a reference to the next node in the list.
  • In a linked list, each element consists of two things such as the value and a reference to the next node. The final node contains a reference to “null”.
    • The entry point into a linked list is called the list head...

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