Template:List data structure comparison
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| Linked list | Array | Dynamic array |
Balanced tree |
Random access list | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Indexing | Θ(n) | Θ(1) | Θ(1) | Θ(log n) | Θ(log n) |
| Insert/delete at beginning | Θ(1) | N/A | Θ(n) | Θ(log n) | Θ(1) |
| Insert/delete at end | Θ(n) last element is unknown Θ(1) last element is known |
N/A | Θ(1) amortized | Θ(log n) | Θ(log n) updating |
| Insert/delete in middle | search time + Θ(1)[1][2][3] |
N/A | Θ(n) | Θ(log n) | Θ(log n) updating |
| Wasted space (average) | Θ(n) | 0 | Θ(n)[4] | Θ(n) | Θ(n) |
References
- ↑ Gerald Kruse. CS 240 Lecture Notes: Linked Lists Plus: Complexity Trade-offs. Juniata College. Spring 2008.
- ↑ Day 1 Keynote - Bjarne Stroustrup: C++11 Style at GoingNative 2012 on channel9.msdn.com from minute 45 or foil 44
- ↑ Number crunching: Why you should never, ever, EVER use linked-list in your code again at kjellkod.wordpress.com
- ↑ Brodnik, Andrej; Carlsson, Svante; Sedgewick, Robert; Munro, JI; Demaine, ED (1999), Resizable Arrays in Optimal Time and Space (Technical Report CS-99-09) (PDF), Department of Computer Science, University of Waterloo