It can be posited that strings are the most important data type in computing. Without character strings, all we have is a calculator. It is strings which allow us to compose documents, read and send emails, program in anything higher level than binary,
Digital Search Trees are an interesting data structure. Often times they are used as a gentle introduction to bit-oriented data structures, such as PATRICIA tries. Having just covered some other bit focused data structures and algorithms in the previou
Since their inception, Binary Search Tree's have come to be one of the most fundamental data structures in programming. Shortly after their initial development it was realized that with a bit more work we could gurantee a worst case performance of loga
It's no secret that when it comes to search structures, hash tables are fast. Performance wise, a hashtable can be much faster than any of the ordered search tree's frequently discussed in my posts. If your data doesn't require a
Binary Search Tree's are great. A couple dozen lines of code yields you with an efficient ordered collection suitable for all kinds of stuff from sets to symbol tables. A couple dozen more lines, and that efficiency can be guaranteed through self balan