JavaScript Exercises: Get the index of a given element in a Doubly Linked lists

JavaScript Data Structures: Exercise-12 with Solution

Get the index of an element in a DLL

Write a JavaScript program to get the index of an element in a Doubly Linked lists.

Sample Solution:

JavaScript Code:

class Node {
	// Constructor function for creating a new node with a given value
	constructor(value) {
		this.value = value; // Assign the given value to the node
		this.next = null; // Initialize the pointer to the next node as null
		this.previous = null; // Initialize the pointer to the previous node as null
	}
}

class DoublyLinkedList {
	// Constructor function for creating a new doubly linked list with a head node having the given value
	constructor(value) {
		// Initialize the head node with the given value and no next or previous node
		this.head = {
			value: value, // Store the value of the head node
			next: null, // Pointer to the next node in the list, initially set to null
			previous: null // Pointer to the previous node in the list, initially set to null
		};
		this.length = 0; // Initialize the length of the list to 0
		this.tail = this.head; // Set the tail node to the head node initially
	}

	// Method to add a new node at the end of the list
	add(newNode) {
		if (this.head === null) { // Check if the list is empty
			this.head = newNode; // If empty, set the new node as the head
			this.tail = newNode; // Also set the new node as the tail
		} else { // If list is not empty
			newNode.previous = this.tail; // Set the previous pointer of the new node to the current tail node
			this.tail.next = newNode; // Set the next pointer of the current tail node to the new node
			this.tail = newNode; // Update the tail node to the new node
		}
		this.length++; // Increment the length of the list
	}

	// Method to find the index of a given element in the list
	index_of(el) {
		let current = this.head; // Start from the head of the list
		let index = 0; // Initialize the index counter
		while (current) { // Iterate through the list until reaching the end
			if (current.value === el) { // Check if the value of the current node matches the given element
				return index; // If found, return the current index
			}
			current = current.next; // Move to the next node
			index++; // Increment the index counter
		}
		return -1; // Return -1 if the element is not found in the list
	}

	// Method to print the values of the nodes in the list
	printList() {
		let current = this.head; // Start from the head of the list
		let result = []; // Array to store the values of the nodes
		while (current !== null) { // Iterate through the list until reaching the end
			result.push(current.value); // Push the value of the current node to the array
			current = current.next; // Move to the next node
		}
		console.log(result.join(' ')); // Log the values of the nodes separated by space
		return this; // Return the DoublyLinkedList object for chaining
	}
}

// Create a new instance of the DoublyLinkedList class
let numList = new DoublyLinkedList();
// Add nodes to the list
numList.add(new Node(2));
numList.add(new Node(3));
numList.add(new Node(4));
numList.add(new Node(5));
numList.add(new Node(6));
numList.add(new Node(7));
console.log("Original Doubly Linked Lists:");
numList.printList();
// Find the index of certain elements in the list
result = numList.index_of(2);
console.log("Index of 2 in the said link list: " + result);
result = numList.index_of(7);
console.log("Index of 7 in the said link list: " + result);
result = numList.index_of(1);
console.log("Index of 1 in the said link list: " + result);
result = numList.index_of(9);
console.log("Index of 9 in the said link list: " + result);

Output:

Original Doubly Linked Lists:
 2 3 4 5 6 7
Index of 2 in the said link list: 1
Index of 7 in the said link list: 6
Index of 1 in the said link list: -1
Index of 9 in the said link list: -1 

Flowchart:

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