Codepath

Barbie Linked List

Unit 5 Session 2 (Click for link to problem statements)

U-nderstand

Understand what the interviewer is asking for by using test cases and questions about the problem.

  • What is the correct order for linking the nodes based on the given list?
    • The nodes should be linked in the order they appear: Barbie -> President Barbie -> Weird Barbie -> Ken.

P-lan

Plan the solution with appropriate visualizations and pseudocode.

General Idea: Initialize each named node and link them together to represent the sequence given in the array.

1) Create nodes for each character in the given order using the `Node` class.
2) Set the `next` attribute of each node to point to the subsequent node, forming a chain from the first to the last.

⚠️ Common Mistakes

  • Linking nodes in the wrong order, which would misrepresent the sequence given.
  • Forgetting to initialize one of the nodes, which would break the continuity of the list.

I-mplement

og_barbie = Node("Barbie")
president_barbie = Node("President Barbie")
weird_barbie = Node("Weird Barbie")
ken = Node("Ken")

og_barbie.next = president_barbie
president_barbie.next = weird_barbie
weird_barbie.next = ken
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