We have discussed Insertion Sort for arrays. In this article, we are going to discuss Insertion Sort for a linked list.
Below is a simple insertion sort algorithm for a linked list.
1) Create an empty sorted (or result) list 2) Traverse the given list, do following for every node. ......a) Insert current node in sorted way in sorted or result list. 3) Change head of given linked list to head of sorted (or result) list.
Recommended: Please try your approach on {IDE} first, before moving on to the solution
The main step is (2.a) which has been covered in the below post.
Sorted Insert for Singly Linked List
Below is the implementation of the above algorithm
// C program to sort link list // using insertion sort #include <stdio.h> #include <stdlib.h> struct node {
int data;
struct node* next;
}; struct node* head = NULL;
struct node* sorted = NULL;
void push( int val)
{ /* allocate node */
struct node* newnode
= ( struct node*) malloc ( sizeof ( struct node));
newnode->data = val;
/* link the old list of the new node */
newnode->next = head;
/* move the head to point to the new node */
head = newnode;
} /* * function to insert a new_node in a list. Note that
* this function expects a pointer to head_ref as this
* can modify the head of the input linked list
* (similar to push())
*/
void sortedInsert( struct node* newnode)
{ /* Special case for the head end */
if (sorted == NULL || sorted->data >= newnode->data) {
newnode->next = sorted;
sorted = newnode;
}
else {
struct node* current = sorted;
/* Locate the node before the point of insertion
*/
while (current->next != NULL
&& current->next->data < newnode->data) {
current = current->next;
}
newnode->next = current->next;
current->next = newnode;
}
} // function to sort a singly linked list // using insertion sort void insertionsort()
{ struct node* current = head;
// Traverse the given linked list and insert every
// node to sorted
while (current != NULL) {
// Store next for next iteration
struct node* next = current->next;
// insert current in sorted linked list
sortedInsert(current);
// Update current
current = next;
}
// Update head to point to sorted linked list
head = sorted;
} /* Function to print linked list */ void printlist( struct node* head)
{ while (head != NULL) {
printf ( "%d->" , head->data);
head = head->next;
}
printf ( "NULL" );
} // Driver program to test above functions int main()
{ push(5);
push(20);
push(4);
push(3);
push(30);
printf ( "Linked List before sorting:\n" );
printlist(head);
printf ( "\n" );
insertionsort(head);
printf ( "Linked List after sorting:\n" );
printlist(head);
} // This code is contributed by Sornodeep Chandra |
// C++ program to sort link list // using insertion sort #include <bits/stdc++.h> using namespace std;
struct Node {
int val;
struct Node* next;
Node( int x)
{
val = x;
next = NULL;
}
}; class LinkedlistIS {
public :
Node* head;
Node* sorted;
void push( int val)
{
/* allocate node */
Node* newnode = new Node(val);
/* link the old list of the new node */
newnode->next = head;
/* move the head to point to the new node */
head = newnode;
}
// function to sort a singly linked list using insertion
// sort
void insertionSort(Node* headref)
{
// Initialize sorted linked list
sorted = NULL;
Node* current = headref;
// Traverse the given linked list and insert every
// node to sorted
while (current != NULL) {
// Store next for next iteration
Node* next = current->next;
// insert current in sorted linked list
sortedInsert(current);
// Update current
current = next;
}
// Update head_ref to point to sorted linked list
head = sorted;
}
/*
* function to insert a new_node in a list. Note that
* this function expects a pointer to head_ref as this
* can modify the head of the input linked list
* (similar to push())
*/
void sortedInsert(Node* newnode)
{
/* Special case for the head end */
if (sorted == NULL || sorted->val >= newnode->val) {
newnode->next = sorted;
sorted = newnode;
}
else {
Node* current = sorted;
/* Locate the node before the point of insertion
*/
while (current->next != NULL
&& current->next->val < newnode->val) {
current = current->next;
}
newnode->next = current->next;
current->next = newnode;
}
}
/* Function to print linked list */
void printlist(Node* head)
{
while (head != NULL) {
cout << head->val << " " ;
head = head->next;
}
}
}; // Driver program to test above functions int main()
{ LinkedlistIS list;
list.head = NULL;
list.push(5);
list.push(20);
list.push(4);
list.push(3);
list.push(30);
cout << "Linked List before sorting" << endl;
list.printlist(list.head);
cout << endl;
list.insertionSort(list.head);
cout << "Linked List After sorting" << endl;
list.printlist(list.head);
} // This code is contributed by nirajgusain5 |
// Java program to sort link list // using insertion sort public class LinkedlistIS
{ node head;
node sorted;
class node
{
int val;
node next;
public node( int val)
{
this .val = val;
}
}
void push( int val)
{
/* allocate node */
node newnode = new node(val);
/* link the old list of the new node */
newnode.next = head;
/* move the head to point to the new node */
head = newnode;
}
// function to sort a singly linked list using insertion sort
void insertionSort(node headref)
{
// Initialize sorted linked list
sorted = null ;
node current = headref;
// Traverse the given linked list and insert every
// node to sorted
while (current != null )
{
// Store next for next iteration
node next = current.next;
// insert current in sorted linked list
sortedInsert(current);
// Update current
current = next;
}
// Update head_ref to point to sorted linked list
head = sorted;
}
/*
* function to insert a new_node in a list. Note that
* this function expects a pointer to head_ref as this
* can modify the head of the input linked list
* (similar to push())
*/
void sortedInsert(node newnode)
{
/* Special case for the head end */
if (sorted == null || sorted.val >= newnode.val)
{
newnode.next = sorted;
sorted = newnode;
}
else {
node current = sorted;
/* Locate the node before the point of insertion */
while (current.next != null && current.next.val < newnode.val)
{
current = current.next;
}
newnode.next = current.next;
current.next = newnode;
}
}
/* Function to print linked list */
void printlist(node head)
{
while (head != null )
{
System.out.print(head.val + " " );
head = head.next;
}
}
// Driver program to test above functions
public static void main(String[] args)
{
LinkedlistIS list = new LinkedlistIS();
list.push( 5 );
list.push( 20 );
list.push( 4 );
list.push( 3 );
list.push( 30 );
System.out.println( "Linked List before Sorting.." );
list.printlist(list.head);
list.insertionSort(list.head);
System.out.println( "\nLinkedList After sorting" );
list.printlist(list.head);
}
} // This code is contributed by Rishabh Mahrsee |
# Python implementation of above algorithm # Node class class Node:
# Constructor to initialize the node object
def __init__( self , data):
self .data = data
self . next = None
# function to sort a singly linked list using insertion sort def insertionSort(head_ref):
# Initialize sorted linked list
sorted = None
# Traverse the given linked list and insert every
# node to sorted
current = head_ref
while (current ! = None ):
# Store next for next iteration
next = current. next
# insert current in sorted linked list
sorted = sortedInsert( sorted , current)
# Update current
current = next
# Update head_ref to point to sorted linked list
head_ref = sorted
return head_ref
# function to insert a new_node in a list. Note that this # function expects a pointer to head_ref as this can modify the # head of the input linked list (similar to push()) def sortedInsert(head_ref, new_node):
current = None
# Special case for the head end */
if (head_ref = = None or (head_ref).data > = new_node.data):
new_node. next = head_ref
head_ref = new_node
else :
# Locate the node before the point of insertion
current = head_ref
while (current. next ! = None and
current. next .data < new_node.data):
current = current. next
new_node. next = current. next
current. next = new_node
return head_ref
# BELOW FUNCTIONS ARE JUST UTILITY TO TEST sortedInsert # Function to print linked list */ def printList(head):
temp = head
while (temp ! = None ):
print ( temp.data, end = " " )
temp = temp. next
# A utility function to insert a node # at the beginning of linked list def push( head_ref, new_data):
# allocate node
new_node = Node( 0 )
# put in the data
new_node.data = new_data
# link the old list of the new node
new_node. next = (head_ref)
# move the head to point to the new node
(head_ref) = new_node
return head_ref
# Driver program to test above functions a = None
a = push(a, 5 )
a = push(a, 20 )
a = push(a, 4 )
a = push(a, 3 )
a = push(a, 30 )
print ( "Linked List before sorting " )
printList(a) a = insertionSort(a)
print ( "\nLinked List after sorting " )
printList(a) # This code is contributed by Arnab Kundu |
// C# program to sort link list // using insertion sort using System;
public class LinkedlistIS
{ public node head;
public node sorted;
public class node
{
public int val;
public node next;
public node( int val)
{
this .val = val;
}
}
void push( int val)
{
/* allocate node */
node newnode = new node(val);
/* link the old list of the new node */
newnode.next = head;
/* move the head to point to the new node */
head = newnode;
}
// function to sort a singly
// linked list using insertion sort
void insertionSort(node headref)
{
// Initialize sorted linked list
sorted = null ;
node current = headref;
// Traverse the given
// linked list and insert every
// node to sorted
while (current != null )
{
// Store next for next iteration
node next = current.next;
// insert current in sorted linked list
sortedInsert(current);
// Update current
current = next;
}
// Update head_ref to point to sorted linked list
head = sorted;
}
/*
* function to insert a new_node in a list. Note that
* this function expects a pointer to head_ref as this
* can modify the head of the input linked list
* (similar to push())
*/
void sortedInsert(node newnode)
{
/* Special case for the head end */
if (sorted == null || sorted.val >= newnode.val)
{
newnode.next = sorted;
sorted = newnode;
}
else
{
node current = sorted;
/* Locate the node before the point of insertion */
while (current.next != null &&
current.next.val < newnode.val)
{
current = current.next;
}
newnode.next = current.next;
current.next = newnode;
}
}
/* Function to print linked list */
void printlist(node head)
{
while (head != null )
{
Console.Write(head.val + " " );
head = head.next;
}
}
// Driver code
public static void Main(String[] args)
{
LinkedlistIS list = new LinkedlistIS();
list.push(5);
list.push(20);
list.push(4);
list.push(3);
list.push(30);
Console.WriteLine( "Linked List before Sorting.." );
list.printlist(list.head);
list.insertionSort(list.head);
Console.WriteLine( "\nLinkedList After sorting" );
list.printlist(list.head);
}
} // This code contributed by Rajput-Ji |
<script> // javascript program to sort link list // using insertion sort var head = null ;
var sorted = null ;
class node {
constructor(val) {
this .val = val;
this .next = null ;
}
}
function push(val) {
/* allocate node */
var newnode = new node(val);
/* link the old list of the new node */
newnode.next = head;
/* move the head to point to the new node */
head = newnode;
}
// function to sort a singly linked list using insertion sort
function insertionSort( headref) {
// Initialize sorted linked list
var sorted = null ;
var current = headref;
// Traverse the given linked list and insert every
// node to sorted
while (current != null ) {
// Store next for next iteration
var next = current.next;
// insert current in sorted linked list
sortedInsert(current);
// Update current
current = next;
}
// Update head_ref to point to sorted linked list
head = sorted;
}
/*
* function to insert a new_node in a Note that this function expects a
* pointer to head_ref as this can modify the head of the input linked list
* (similar to push())
*/
function sortedInsert( newnode) {
/* Special case for the head end */
if (sorted == null || sorted.val >= newnode.val) {
newnode.next = sorted;
sorted = newnode;
} else {
var current = sorted;
/* Locate the node before the point of insertion */
while (current.next != null && current.next.val < newnode.val) {
current = current.next;
}
newnode.next = current.next;
current.next = newnode;
}
}
/* Function to print linked list */
function printlist( head) {
while (head != null ) {
document.write(head.val + " " );
head = head.next;
}
}
// Driver program to test above functions
push(5);
push(20);
push(4);
push(3);
push(30);
document.write( "Linked List before Sorting..<br/>" );
printlist(head);
insertionSort(head);
document.write( "<br/>LinkedList After sorting<br/>" );
printlist(sorted);
// This code contributed by aashish1995 </script> |
Output:
Linked List before sorting 30 3 4 20 5 Linked List after sorting 3 4 5 20 30
Time and space complexity analysis:
In the worst case, we might have to traverse all nodes of the sorted list for inserting a node. And there are “n” such nodes.
Thus Time Complexity: O(n)*O(n)=O(n^2)
Space Complexity: No extra space is required depending on the size of the input. Thus Space complexity is constant- O(1).