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This is an example of documentation generated by ZigDoc, an alternative to Zig's built-in Auto Doc feature. See also examples in other modes/formats. The project being documented here (as the example) is the Zig standard library. Public Struct

DoublyLinkedList

Public Struct

A doubly-linked list has a pair of pointers to both the head and tail of the list. List elements have pointers to both the previous and next elements in the sequence. The list can be traversed both forward and backward. Some operations that take linear O(n) time with a singly-linked list can be done without traversal in constant O(1) time with a doubly-linked list:

  • Removing an element.
  • Inserting a new element before an existing element.
  • Pushing or popping an element from the end of the list.

Fields

first: ?*Node = null
last: ?*Node = null

Namespaces

Structs

Functions

pub fn assert(ok: bool) void

Invokes detectable illegal behavior when ok is false.

In debug and safe modes, calls to this function are always generated, and the unreachable statement triggers a panic.

In fast and small modes, calls to this function are optimized away, and in fact the optimizer is able to use the assertion in its heuristics.

Inside a test block, it is best to use the testing module rather than this function, because this function may not detect a test failure in fast and small mode. Outside of a test block, this assert function is the correct function to use.

pub fn insertAfter(list: *DoublyLinkedList, existing_node: *Node, new_node: *Node) void
pub fn insertBefore(list: *DoublyLinkedList, existing_node: *Node, new_node: *Node) void
pub fn concatByMoving(list1: *DoublyLinkedList, list2: *DoublyLinkedList) void

Concatenate list2 onto the end of list1, removing all entries from the former.

Arguments: list1: the list to concatenate onto list2: the list to be concatenated

pub fn append(list: *DoublyLinkedList, new_node: *Node) void

Insert a new node at the end of the list.

Arguments: new_node: Pointer to the new node to insert.

pub fn prepend(list: *DoublyLinkedList, new_node: *Node) void

Insert a new node at the beginning of the list.

Arguments: new_node: Pointer to the new node to insert.

pub fn remove(list: *DoublyLinkedList, node: *const Node) void

Remove a node from the list. Assumes the node is in the list.

Arguments: node: Pointer to the node to be removed.

pub fn popLast(list: *DoublyLinkedList) ?*Node

Remove and return a pointer to the last node in the list.

pub fn popLast(list: *DoublyLinkedList) ?*Node

Remove and return a pointer to the last node in the list.

pub fn popFirst(list: *DoublyLinkedList) ?*Node

Remove and return a pointer to the first node in the list.

pub fn len(list: DoublyLinkedList) usize

Iterate over all nodes, returning the count.

This operation is O(N). Consider tracking the length separately rather than computing it.

File

DoublyLinkedList.zig
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//! A doubly-linked list has a pair of pointers to both the head and
//! tail of the list. List elements have pointers to both the previous
//! and next elements in the sequence. The list can be traversed both
//! forward and backward. Some operations that take linear O(n) time
//! with a singly-linked list can be done without traversal in constant
//! O(1) time with a doubly-linked list:
//!
//! * Removing an element.
//! * Inserting a new element before an existing element.
//! * Pushing or popping an element from the end of the list.

const std = @import("std.zig");
const debug = std.debug;
const assert = debug.assert;
const testing = std.testing;
const DoublyLinkedList = @This();

first: ?*Node = null,
last: ?*Node = null,

/// This struct contains only the prev and next pointers and not any data
/// payload. The intended usage is to embed it intrusively into another data
/// structure and access the data with `@fieldParentPtr`.
pub const Node = struct {
    prev: ?*Node = null,
    next: ?*Node = null,
};

pub fn insertAfter(list: *DoublyLinkedList, existing_node: *Node, new_node: *Node) void {
    new_node.prev = existing_node;
    if (existing_node.next) |next_node| {
        // Intermediate node.
        new_node.next = next_node;
        next_node.prev = new_node;
    } else {
        // Last element of the list.
        new_node.next = null;
        list.last = new_node;
    }
    existing_node.next = new_node;
}

pub fn insertBefore(list: *DoublyLinkedList, existing_node: *Node, new_node: *Node) void {
    new_node.next = existing_node;
    if (existing_node.prev) |prev_node| {
        // Intermediate node.
        new_node.prev = prev_node;
        prev_node.next = new_node;
    } else {
        // First element of the list.
        new_node.prev = null;
        list.first = new_node;
    }
    existing_node.prev = new_node;
}

/// Concatenate list2 onto the end of list1, removing all entries from the former.
///
/// Arguments:
///     list1: the list to concatenate onto
///     list2: the list to be concatenated
pub fn concatByMoving(list1: *DoublyLinkedList, list2: *DoublyLinkedList) void {
    const l2_first = list2.first orelse return;
    if (list1.last) |l1_last| {
        l1_last.next = list2.first;
        l2_first.prev = list1.last;
    } else {
        // list1 was empty
        list1.first = list2.first;
    }
    list1.last = list2.last;
    list2.first = null;
    list2.last = null;
}

/// Insert a new node at the end of the list.
///
/// Arguments:
///     new_node: Pointer to the new node to insert.
pub fn append(list: *DoublyLinkedList, new_node: *Node) void {
    if (list.last) |last| {
        // Insert after last.
        list.insertAfter(last, new_node);
    } else {
        // Empty list.
        list.prepend(new_node);
    }
}

/// Insert a new node at the beginning of the list.
///
/// Arguments:
///     new_node: Pointer to the new node to insert.
pub fn prepend(list: *DoublyLinkedList, new_node: *Node) void {
    if (list.first) |first| {
        // Insert before first.
        list.insertBefore(first, new_node);
    } else {
        // Empty list.
        list.first = new_node;
        list.last = new_node;
        new_node.prev = null;
        new_node.next = null;
    }
}

/// Remove a node from the list.
/// Assumes the node is in the list.
///
/// Arguments:
///     node: Pointer to the node to be removed.
pub fn remove(list: *DoublyLinkedList, node: *const Node) void {
    if (node.prev) |prev_node| {
        // Intermediate node.
        prev_node.next = node.next;
    } else {
        // First element of the list.
        list.first = node.next;
    }

    if (node.next) |next_node| {
        // Intermediate node.
        next_node.prev = node.prev;
    } else {
        // Last element of the list.
        list.last = node.prev;
    }
}

/// Remove and return a pointer to the last node in the list.
pub fn popLast(list: *DoublyLinkedList) ?*Node {
    const last = list.last orelse return null;
    list.remove(last);
    return last;
}

/// Deprecated in favor of `popLast`
pub const pop = popLast;

/// Remove and return a pointer to the first node in the list.
pub fn popFirst(list: *DoublyLinkedList) ?*Node {
    const first = list.first orelse return null;
    list.remove(first);
    return first;
}

/// Iterate over all nodes, returning the count.
///
/// This operation is O(N). Consider tracking the length separately rather than
/// computing it.
pub fn len(list: DoublyLinkedList) usize {
    var count: usize = 0;
    var it: ?*const Node = list.first;
    while (it) |n| : (it = n.next) count += 1;
    return count;
}

test "basics" {
    const L = struct {
        data: u32,
        node: DoublyLinkedList.Node = .{},
    };
    var list: DoublyLinkedList = .{};

    var one: L = .{ .data = 1 };
    var two: L = .{ .data = 2 };
    var three: L = .{ .data = 3 };
    var four: L = .{ .data = 4 };
    var five: L = .{ .data = 5 };

    list.append(&two.node); // {2}
    list.append(&five.node); // {2, 5}
    list.prepend(&one.node); // {1, 2, 5}
    list.insertBefore(&five.node, &four.node); // {1, 2, 4, 5}
    list.insertAfter(&two.node, &three.node); // {1, 2, 3, 4, 5}

    // Traverse forwards.
    {
        var it = list.first;
        var index: u32 = 1;
        while (it) |node| : (it = node.next) {
            const l: *L = @fieldParentPtr("node", node);
            try testing.expect(l.data == index);
            index += 1;
        }
    }

    // Traverse backwards.
    {
        var it = list.last;
        var index: u32 = 1;
        while (it) |node| : (it = node.prev) {
            const l: *L = @fieldParentPtr("node", node);
            try testing.expect(l.data == (6 - index));
            index += 1;
        }
    }

    _ = list.popFirst(); // {2, 3, 4, 5}
    _ = list.popLast(); // {2, 3, 4}
    list.remove(&three.node); // {2, 4}

    // peek first and last elements of the list
    try testing.expect(@as(*L, @fieldParentPtr("node", list.first.?)).data == 2);
    try testing.expect(@as(*L, @fieldParentPtr("node", list.last.?)).data == 4);

    // list length
    try testing.expect(list.len() == 2);
}

test "concatenation" {
    const L = struct {
        data: u32,
        node: DoublyLinkedList.Node = .{},
    };
    var list1: DoublyLinkedList = .{};
    var list2: DoublyLinkedList = .{};

    var one: L = .{ .data = 1 };
    var two: L = .{ .data = 2 };
    var three: L = .{ .data = 3 };
    var four: L = .{ .data = 4 };
    var five: L = .{ .data = 5 };

    list1.append(&one.node);
    list1.append(&two.node);
    list2.append(&three.node);
    list2.append(&four.node);
    list2.append(&five.node);

    list1.concatByMoving(&list2);

    try testing.expect(list1.last == &five.node);
    try testing.expect(list1.len() == 5);
    try testing.expect(list2.first == null);
    try testing.expect(list2.last == null);
    try testing.expect(list2.len() == 0);

    // Traverse forwards.
    {
        var it = list1.first;
        var index: u32 = 1;
        while (it) |node| : (it = node.next) {
            const l: *L = @fieldParentPtr("node", node);
            try testing.expect(l.data == index);
            index += 1;
        }
    }

    // Traverse backwards.
    {
        var it = list1.last;
        var index: u32 = 1;
        while (it) |node| : (it = node.prev) {
            const l: *L = @fieldParentPtr("node", node);
            try testing.expect(l.data == (6 - index));
            index += 1;
        }
    }

    // Swap them back, this verifies that concatenating to an empty list works.
    list2.concatByMoving(&list1);

    // Traverse forwards.
    {
        var it = list2.first;
        var index: u32 = 1;
        while (it) |node| : (it = node.next) {
            const l: *L = @fieldParentPtr("node", node);
            try testing.expect(l.data == index);
            index += 1;
        }
    }

    // Traverse backwards.
    {
        var it = list2.last;
        var index: u32 = 1;
        while (it) |node| : (it = node.prev) {
            const l: *L = @fieldParentPtr("node", node);
            try testing.expect(l.data == (6 - index));
            index += 1;
        }
    }
}