Data Structures Using C

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Contents
Preface to the Second Edition
Preface
About the Author
Chapter 1 : Overview of C
	1.1 The History
	1.2 Characters Used in C
	1.3 Data Types
		1.3.1 Integer Data Type (int)
		1.3.2 Character Data Type (char)
		1.3.3 The Floating point (float) Data Type
	1.4 C Tokens
		1.4.1 Identifiers
		1.4.2 Keywords
		1.4.3 Variables
		1.4.4 Constants
	1.5 Structure of a C Program
		1.5.1 Our First Program
	1.6 printf() and scanf() Functions
		1.6.1 How to Display Data using printf() Function
		1.6.2 How to Read Data from Keyboard using scanf()
	1.7 Comments
	1.8 Escape Sequence (Backslash Character Constants)
	1.9 Operators and Expressions
		1.9.1 Arithmetic Operators
		1.9.2 Relational and logical Operators
		1.9.3 Conditional Operator
		1.9.4 Order of Evaluation of Expressions
		1.9.5 Some Special Operators
		1.9.6 Assignment Operator
		1.9.7 Bitwise Shift Operators
	1.10 Flow of Control
		1.10.1 The Compound Statement
		1.10.2 Selective Execution (Conditional Statements)
		1.10.3 Repetitive Execution (Iterative Statements)
		1.10.4 The exit() Function
		1.10.5 Nested Loops
		1.10.6 The Goto Statement (Unconditional Branching)
	1.11 Input–Output Functions (I/O)
		1.11.1 Buffered I/O
		1.11.2 Single Character Functions
		1.11.3 String-based Functions
	1.12 Arrays
	1.13 Structures
		1.13.1 Defining a Structure in C
		1.13.2 Referencing Structure Elements
		1.13.3 Arrays of Structures
		1.13.4 Initializing Structures
		1.13.5 Assignment of Complete Structures
		1.13.6 Nested Structures
	1.14 User-defined Data Types
		1.14.1 Enumerated Data Types
	1.15 Unions
	1.16 Functions
		1.16.1 Function Prototypes
		1.16.2 Calling a Function
		1.16.3 Parameter Passing in Functions
		1.16.4 Returning Values from Functions
		1.16.5 Passing Structures to Functions
	1.17 Recursion
		1.17.1 Types of Recursion
		1.17.2 Tower of Hanoi
Chapter 2 : Data Structures and Algorithms: An Introduction
	2.1 Overview
	2.2 Concept of Data Structures
		2.2.1 Choice of Right Data Structures
		2.2.2 Types of Data Structures
		2.2.3 Basic Terminology Related with Data Structures
	2.3 Design of a Suitable Algorithm
		2.3.1 How to Develop an Algorithm?
		2.3.2 Stepwise Refinement
		2.3.3 Using Control Structures
	2.4 Algorithm Analysis
		2.4.1 Big-Oh Notation
Chapter 3 : Arrays:Searching and Sorting
	3.1 Introduction
	3.2 One-dimensional Arrays
		3.2.1 Traversal
		3.2.2 Selection
		3.2.3 Searching
		3.2.4 Insertion and Deletion
		3.2.5 Sorting
	3.3 Multi-dimensional Arrays
	3.4 Representation of Arrays in Physical Memory
		3.4.1 Physical Address Computation of Elements of One-dimensional Arrays
		3.4.2 Physical Address Computation of Elements of Two-dimensional Arrays
	3.5 Applications of Arrays
		3.5.1 Polynomial Representation and Operations
		3.5.2 Sparse Matrix Representation
Chapter 4 : Stacks and Queues
	4.1 Stacks
		4.1.1 Stack Operations
	4.2 Applications of Stacks
		4.2.1 Arithmetic Expressions
	4.3 Queues
		4.3.1 Queue Operations
		4.3.2 Circular Queue
		4.3.3 Priority Queue
		4.3.4 The Deque
Chapter 5 : Pointers
	5.1 Introduction
		5.1.1 The ’&’ Operator
		5.1.2 The ’*’ Operator
	5.2 Pointer Variables
		5.2.1 Dangling Pointers
	5.3 Pointers and Arrays
	5.4 Array of Pointers
	5.5 Pointers and Structures
	5.6 Dynamic Allocation
		5.6.1 Self Referential Structures
Chapter 6 : Linked Lists
	6.1 Introduction
	6.2 Linked Lists
	6.3 Operations on Linked Lists
		6.3.1 Creation of a Linked List
		6.3.2 Travelling a Linked List
		6.3.3 Searching a Linked List
		6.3.4 Insertion in a Linked List
		6.3.5 Deleting a Node from a Linked List
	6.4 Variations of Linked Lists
		6.4.1 Circular Linked Lists
		6.4.2 Doubly Linked List
	6.5 The Concept of Dummy Nodes
	6.6 Linked Stacks
	6.7 Linked Queues
	6.8 Comparison of Sequential and Linked Storage
	6.9 Solved Problems
Chapter 7 : Tree
	7.1 Introduction
	7.2 Basic Terminology
	7.3 Binary Trees
		7.3.1 Properties of Binary Trees
	7.4 Representation of a Binary Tree
		7.4.1 Linear Representation of a Binary Tree
		7.4.2 Linked Representation of a Binary Tree
		7.4.3 Traversal of Binary Trees
	7.5 Types of Binary Trees
		7.5.1 Expression Tree
		7.5.2 Binary Search Tree
		7.5.3 Heap Trees
		7.5.4 Threaded Binary Trees
	7.6 Weighted Binary Trees and Huffman Algorithm
		7.6.1 Huffman Algorithm
		7.6.2 Huffman Codes
	7.7 Dynamic Dictionary Coding
Chapter 8 : Graphs
	8.1 Introduction
	8.2 Graph Terminology
	8.3 Representation of Graphs
		8.3.1 Array-based Representation of Graphs
		8.3.2 Linked Representation of a Graph
		8.3.3 Set Representation of Graphs
	8.4 Operations of Graphs
		8.4.1 Insertion Operation
		8.4.2 Deletion Operation
		8.4.3 Traversal of a Graph
		8.4.4 Spanning Trees
		8.4.5 Shortest Path Problem
	8.5 Applications of Graphs
Chapter 9 : Files
	9.1 Data and Information
		9.1.1 Data
		9.1.2 Information
	9.2 File Concepts
	9.3 File Organization
	9.4 Files in C
	9.5 Files and Streams
	9.6 Working with Files Using I/O Stream
		9.6.1 Opening of a File
		9.6.2 Unformatted File I/O Operations
		9.6.3 Formatted File I/O Operations
		9.6.4 Reading or Writing Blocks of Data in Files
	9.7 Sequential File Organization
		9.7.1 Creating a Sequential File
		9.7.2 Reading and Searching a Sequential File
		9.7.3 Appending a Sequential File
		9.7.4 Updating a Sequential File
	9.8 Direct File Organization
	9.9 Indexed Sequential Organization
		9.9.1 Searching a Record
		9.9.2 Addition/Deletion of a Record
		9.9.3 Storage Devices for Indexed Sequential Files
		9.9.4 Multilevel Indexed Files
	9.10 Choice of File Organization
	9.11 Graded Problems
Chapter 10 : Advanced Data Structures
	10.1 AVL Trees
		10.1.1 Searching an AVL Tree
		10.1.2 Inserting a Node in an AVL Tree
	10.2 Sets
		10.2.1 Representation of Sets
		10.2.2 Operations on Sets
		10.2.3 Applications of Sets
	10.3 Skip Lists
	10.4 B-Trees
		10.4.1 Searching a Key in a B-Tree
		10.4.2 Inserting a Key in a B-Tree
		10.4.3 Deleting a Key from a B-Tree
		10.4.4 Advantages of B-Trees
	10.5 Searching by Hashing
		10.5.1 Types of Hashing Functions
		10.5.2 Requirements for Hashing Algorithms
		10.5.3 Overflow Management (Collision Handling)
Appendix A; ASCII Codes (Character Sets)
Appendix B; Table of Format Specifiers
Appendix C; Escape Sequences
Appendix D; Trace of Huffman Algorithm
Index