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JavaScript Data Structures - Doubly Linked List

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Problem

A doubly linked list is a linear data structure that represents a collection of elements, where each element points both to the next and the previous one. The first element in the doubly linked list is the head and the last element is the tail.
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Each element of a doubly linked list data structure must have the following properties:

value: The value of the element
next: A pointer to the next element in the linked list (null if there is none)

Solution

class DoublyLinkedList {
  constructor() {
    this.nodes = [];
  }

  get size() {
    return this.nodes.length;
  }

  get head() {
    return this.size ? this.nodes[0] : null;
  }

  get tail() {
    return this.size ? this.nodes[this.size - 1] : null;
  }

  insertAt(index, value) {
    const previousNode = this.nodes[index - 1] || null;
    const nextNode = this.nodes[index] || null;
    const node = { value, next: nextNode, previous: previousNode };

    if (previousNode) previousNode.next = node;
    if (nextNode) nextNode.previous = node;
    this.nodes.splice(index, 0, node);
  }

  insertFirst(value) {
    this.insertAt(0, value);
  }

  insertLast(value) {
    this.insertAt(this.size, value);
  }

  getAt(index) {
    return this.nodes[index];
  }

  removeAt(index) {
    const previousNode = this.nodes[index - 1] || null;
    const nextNode = this.nodes[index + 1] || null;

    if (previousNode) previousNode.next = nextNode;
    if (nextNode) nextNode.previous = previousNode;

    return this.nodes.splice(index, 1);
  }

  clear() {
    this.nodes = [];
  }

  reverse() {
    this.nodes = this.nodes.reduce((acc, { value }) => {
      const nextNode = acc[0] || null;
      const node = { value, next: nextNode, previous: null };
      if (nextNode) nextNode.previous = node;
      return [node, ...acc];
    }, []);
  }

  *[Symbol.iterator]() {
    yield* this.nodes;
  }
}

Each element of a doubly linked list data structure must have the following properties:

value: The value of the element
next: A pointer to the next element in the linked list (null if there is none)
previous: A pointer to the previous element in the linked list (null if there is none)

The main properties of a doubly linked list data structure are:

size: The number of elements in the doubly linked list

Code Snippets

class DoublyLinkedList {
  constructor() {
    this.nodes = [];
  }

  get size() {
    return this.nodes.length;
  }

  get head() {
    return this.size ? this.nodes[0] : null;
  }

  get tail() {
    return this.size ? this.nodes[this.size - 1] : null;
  }

  insertAt(index, value) {
    const previousNode = this.nodes[index - 1] || null;
    const nextNode = this.nodes[index] || null;
    const node = { value, next: nextNode, previous: previousNode };

    if (previousNode) previousNode.next = node;
    if (nextNode) nextNode.previous = node;
    this.nodes.splice(index, 0, node);
  }

  insertFirst(value) {
    this.insertAt(0, value);
  }

  insertLast(value) {
    this.insertAt(this.size, value);
  }

  getAt(index) {
    return this.nodes[index];
  }

  removeAt(index) {
    const previousNode = this.nodes[index - 1] || null;
    const nextNode = this.nodes[index + 1] || null;

    if (previousNode) previousNode.next = nextNode;
    if (nextNode) nextNode.previous = previousNode;

    return this.nodes.splice(index, 1);
  }

  clear() {
    this.nodes = [];
  }

  reverse() {
    this.nodes = this.nodes.reduce((acc, { value }) => {
      const nextNode = acc[0] || null;
      const node = { value, next: nextNode, previous: null };
      if (nextNode) nextNode.previous = node;
      return [node, ...acc];
    }, []);
  }

  *[Symbol.iterator]() {
    yield* this.nodes;
  }
}

const list = new DoublyLinkedList();

list.insertFirst(1);
list.insertFirst(2);
list.insertFirst(3);
list.insertLast(4);
list.insertAt(3, 5);

list.size;                      // 5
list.head.value;                // 3
list.head.next.value;           // 2
list.tail.value;                // 4
list.tail.previous.value;       // 5
[...list.map(e => e.value)];    // [3, 2, 1, 5, 4]

list.removeAt(1);               // 2
list.getAt(1).value;            // 1
list.head.next.value;           // 1
[...list.map(e => e.value)];    // [3, 1, 5, 4]

list.reverse();
[...list.map(e => e.value)];    // [4, 5, 1, 3]

list.clear();
list.size;                      // 0

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