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Given a linked list. We need to find unique elements in the linked list i.e, those elements which are not repeated in the linked list or those elements whose frequency is 1. If No such elements are present in list so Print ” No Unique Elements”.

Examples:  

Input : 1 -> 4 -> 4 -> 2 -> 3 -> 5 -> 3 -> 4 -> 5
Output :1 2 

Input : 4 -> 5 -> 2 -> 5 -> 1 -> 4 -> 1 -> 2
Output :No Unique Elements

Method 1 (Using Two Loops): This is the simple way where two loops are used. Outer loop is used to pick the elements one by one and inner loop compares the picked element with rest of the elements. If Element is not equal to other elements then Print that Element. 

  • Time Complexity : O(N * n)

Method 2 (Sorting): Sort the elements using Merge Sort. O(n Log n). Now Traverse List in linear time and check if current element is not equal to previous element then Print O(N) 
Please note that this method doesn’t preserve the original order of elements.

  • Time Complexity: O(NLogN) 

Method 3 (Hashing): We use the concept of Hash table Here, We traverse the link list from head to end. For every newly encountered element, we put it in the hash table after that we again traverse list and Print those elements whose frequency is 1.

  • Time Complexity : O(N) 

Below is the Implementation of this

C++




// C++ Program to Find the Unique elements in
// linked lists
#include <bits/stdc++.h>
using namespace std;
 
/* Linked list node */
struct Node {
    int data;
    struct Node* next;
};
 
/* Function to insert a node at the beginning of
   the linked list */
void push(struct Node** head_ref, int new_data)
{
    struct Node* new_node = new Node;
    new_node->data = new_data;
    new_node->next = *head_ref;
    *head_ref = new_node;
}
 
// function to Find the unique elements in linked lists
void uniqueElements(struct Node* head)
{
    // Initialize hash array that store the
    // frequency of each element of list
    unordered_map<int, int> hash;
 
    for (Node *temp=head; temp!=NULL; temp=temp->next)
        hash[temp->data]++;
 
    int count = 0;
    for (Node *temp=head; temp!=NULL; temp=temp->next) {
 
        // Check whether the frequency of current
        // element is 1 or not
        if (hash[temp->data] == 1) {
            cout << temp->data << " ";
            count++;
        }
    }
 
    // If No unique element in list
    if (count == 0)
        cout << " No Unique Elements ";
}
 
// Driver program to test above
int main()
{
    struct Node* head = NULL;
 
    // creating linked list
    push(&head, 5);
    push(&head, 4);
    push(&head, 3);
    push(&head, 5);
    push(&head, 3);
    push(&head, 2);
    push(&head, 4);
    push(&head, 4);
    push(&head, 1);
    uniqueElements(head);
    return 0;
}


Java




// Java Program to Find the Unique elements
// in linked lists
import java.util.*;
class GFG
{
 
/* Linked list node */
static class Node
{
    int data;
    Node next;
};
static Node head;
 
/* Function to insert a node at the
beginning of the linked list */
static void push(Node head_ref, int new_data)
{
    Node new_node = new Node();
    new_node.data = new_data;
    new_node.next = head_ref;
    head_ref = new_node;
    head = head_ref;
}
 
// function to Find the unique elements
// in linked lists
static void uniqueElements(Node head)
{
    // Initialize hash array that store the
    // frequency of each element of list
    HashMap<Integer,
            Integer> hash = new HashMap<Integer,
                                        Integer>();
 
    for (Node temp = head;
              temp != null; temp = temp.next)
    {
        if(hash.containsKey(temp.data))
        {
            hash.put(temp.data,
            hash.get(temp.data) + 1);
        }
        else
        {
            hash.put(temp.data, 1);
        }
    }
 
    int count = 0;
    for (Node temp = head;
              temp != null; temp = temp.next)
    {
 
        // Check whether the frequency of current
        // element is 1 or not
        if (hash.get(temp.data) == 1)
        {
            System.out.print(temp.data + " ");
            count++;
        }
    }
 
    // If No unique element in list
    if (count == 0)
        System.out.print(" No Unique Elements ");
}
 
// Driver Code
public static void main(String[] args)
{
    head = null;
 
    // creating linked list
    push(head, 5);
    push(head, 4);
    push(head, 3);
    push(head, 5);
    push(head, 3);
    push(head, 2);
    push(head, 4);
    push(head, 4);
    push(head, 1);
    uniqueElements(head);
}
}
 
// This code is contributed by Rajput-Ji


Python3




# Python3 Program to Find the Unique elements in
# linked lists
import sys
import math
 
# Linked list node
class Node:
    def __init__(self,data):
        self.data = data
        self.next = None
 
# Function to insert a node at the beginning of
# the linked list
def push(head,data):
    if not head:
        return Node(data)
    temp = Node(data)
    temp.next = head
    head = temp
    return head
 
# function to Find the unique elements in linked lists
def uniqueElements(head):
 
    # Initialize hash array that store the
    # frequency of each element of list
    _map = {}
    temp = head
    while(temp):
        d = temp.data
        if d in _map:
            _map[d]=_map.get(d)+1
        else:
            _map[d] = 1
        temp = temp.next
    count = 0
    for i in _map:
 
        # Check whether the frequency of current
        # element is 1 or not
        if _map.get(i) == 1:
            count += 1
            print("{} ".format(i),end="")
     
    # If No unique element in list
    if count == 0:
        print("No Unique Elements")
 
# Driver program to test above
if __name__=='__main__':
 
    # creating linked list
    head = None
    head = push(head,5)
    head = push(head,4)
    head = push(head,3)
    head = push(head,5)
    head = push(head,3)
    head = push(head,2)
    head = push(head,4)
    head = push(head,4)
    head = push(head,1)
    uniqueElements(head)
 
# This code is Contributed by Vikash Kumar 37


C#




// C# Program to Find the Unique elements
// in linked lists
using System;
using System.Collections.Generic;
 
class GFG
{
 
/* Linked list node */
public class Node
{
    public int data;
    public Node next;
};
static Node head;
 
/* Function to insert a node at the
beginning of the linked list */
static void push(Node head_ref,
                 int new_data)
{
    Node new_node = new Node();
    new_node.data = new_data;
    new_node.next = head_ref;
    head_ref = new_node;
    head = head_ref;
}
 
// function to Find the unique elements
// in linked lists
static void uniqueElements(Node head)
{
     
    // Initialize hash array that store the
    // frequency of each element of list
    Dictionary<int,
               int> hash = new Dictionary<int,
                                          int>();
 
    for (Node temp = head;
              temp != null; temp = temp.next)
    {
        if(hash.ContainsKey(temp.data))
        {
            hash[temp.data] = hash[temp.data] + 1;
        }
        else
        {
            hash.Add(temp.data, 1);
        }
    }
 
    int count = 0;
    for (Node temp = head;
              temp != null; temp = temp.next)
    {
 
        // Check whether the frequency of
        // current element is 1 or not
        if (hash[temp.data] == 1)
        {
            Console.Write(temp.data + " ");
            count++;
        }
    }
 
    // If No unique element in list
    if (count == 0)
        Console.Write(" No Unique Elements ");
}
 
// Driver Code
public static void Main(String[] args)
{
    head = null;
 
    // creating linked list
    push(head, 5);
    push(head, 4);
    push(head, 3);
    push(head, 5);
    push(head, 3);
    push(head, 2);
    push(head, 4);
    push(head, 4);
    push(head, 1);
    uniqueElements(head);
}
}
 
// This code is contributed by 29AjayKumar


Javascript




<script>
      // JavaScript Program to Find the Unique elements
      // in linked lists
      /* Linked list node */
      class Node {
        constructor() {
          this.data = 0;
          this.next = null;
        }
      }
      var head = null;
 
      /* Function to insert a node at the
beginning of the linked list */
      function push(head_ref, new_data) {
        var new_node = new Node();
        new_node.data = new_data;
        new_node.next = head_ref;
        head_ref = new_node;
        head = head_ref;
      }
 
      // function to Find the unique elements
      // in linked lists
      function uniqueElements(head) {
        // Initialize hash array that store the
        // frequency of each element of list
        var hash = {};
 
        for (var temp = head; temp != null; temp = temp.next) {
          if (hash.hasOwnProperty(temp.data)) {
            hash[temp.data] = hash[temp.data] + 1;
          } else {
            hash[temp.data] = 1;
          }
        }
 
        var count = 0;
        for (var temp = head; temp != null; temp = temp.next) {
          // Check whether the frequency of
          // current element is 1 or not
          if (hash[temp.data] == 1) {
            document.write(temp.data + " ");
            count++;
          }
        }
 
        // If No unique element in list
        if (count == 0) document.write(" No Unique Elements ");
      }
 
      // Driver Code
      head = null;
 
      // creating linked list
      push(head, 5);
      push(head, 4);
      push(head, 3);
      push(head, 5);
      push(head, 3);
      push(head, 2);
      push(head, 4);
      push(head, 4);
      push(head, 1);
      uniqueElements(head);
       
      // This code is contributed by rdtank.
    </script>


Output

1 2 

Time Complexity : O(N) 
Auxiliary Space : O(N) 



Last Updated : 19 Dec, 2022
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