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Data Structures for Coding Interviews in C#

Singly Linked Lists vs. Doubly Linked Lists

Examine how the two renditions of the linked list structure fare against each other.

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Which is better?

DLLs have a few advantages over SLLs, but these perks do not come without a cost:

  • Doubly linked lists can be traversed in both directions, which makes them more compatible with complex algorithms.
  • Nodes in doubly linked lists require extra memory to store the previousElement pointer.
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