programming-examples/ruby/Data_Structures/singly_linked_list.rb

# This file contains the Ruby code from book of
# "Data Structures and Algorithms
# with Object-Oriented Design Patterns in Ruby"
# by Bruno R. Preiss.
#
# Copyright (c) 2004 by Bruno R. Preiss, P.Eng.  All rights reserved.

class SinglyLinkedList
  class Element
    attr_accessor :data, :succ

    def initialize(list, data, succ)
      @list, @data, @succ = list, data, succ
    end

    def insert_after(item)
      @succ = Element.new(@list, item, @succ)

      if @list.tail.equal?(self)
        @list.tail = @succ
      end
    end

    def insert_before(item)
      tmp = Element.new(@list, item, self)

      if @list.head.equal?(self)
        @list.head = tmp
      else
        prevElem = @list.head
        while not prevElem.nil? and not prevElem.succ.equal?(self)
          prevElem = prevElem.succ
        end
        prevElem.succ = tmp
      end
    end
  end

  attr_accessor :head, :tail

  def initialize
    @head = nil
    @tail = nil
  end

  def purge
    @head = nil
    @tail = nil
  end

  def empty?
    @head.nil?
  end

  def first
    if @head.nil?
      raise Error
    else
      @head.data
    end
  end

  def last
    if @tail.nil?
      raise Error
    else
      @tail.data
    end
  end

  def prepend(elem)
    temp = Element.new(self, elem, @head)

    @tail = temp if @head.nil?
    @head = temp
  end

  def append(elem)
    temp = Element.new(self, elem, nil)

    if @head.nil?
      @head = temp
    else
      @tail.succ = temp
    end
    
    @tail = temp
  end

  def clone
    linked_list = SinglyLinkedList.new

    elem = @head
    while not elem.nil?
      linked_list.append elem.data
      elem = @head.succ
    end

    linked_list
  end

  def extract
    elem = @head
    
    prevElem = nil
    while not elem.nil? and not elem.data.equal?(item)
      prevElem = elem
      elem = elem.succ
    end

    raise ArgumentError if elem.nil?

    if elem == @head
      @head = elem.succ
    else
      prevElem.succ = elem.succ
    end

    if elem == @tail
      @tail = prevElem
    end
  end

  def each
    elem = @head
    while not elem.nil?
      yield ptr.data
      elem = elem.succ
    end
  end
end