| Peek (index) |
Mutate (insert or delete) at … | Excess space, average | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Beginning | End | Middle | |||
| Linked list | Θ(n) | Θ(1) | Θ(1), known end element; Θ(n), unknown end element |
Θ(n)[1][2] | Θ(n) |
| Array | Θ(1) | — | — | — | 0 |
| Dynamic array | Θ(1) | Θ(n) | Θ(1) amortized | Θ(n) | Θ(n)[3] |
| Balanced tree | Θ(log n) | Θ(log n) | Θ(log n) | Θ(log n) | Θ(n) |
| Random-access list | Θ(log n)[4] | Θ(1) | —[4] | —[4] | Θ(n) |
| Hashed array tree | Θ(1) | Θ(n) | Θ(1) amortized | Θ(n) | Θ(√n) |
References
- ^ Day 1 Keynote - Bjarne Stroustrup: C++11 Style at GoingNative 2012 on channel9.msdn.com from minute 45 or foil 44
- ^ Number crunching: Why you should never, ever, EVER use linked-list in your code again at kjellkod.wordpress.com
- ^ Brodnik, Andrej; Carlsson, Svante; Sedgewick, Robert; Munro, JI; Demaine, ED (1999), Resizable Arrays in Optimal Time and Space (Technical Report CS-99-09) (PDF), Department of Computer Science, University of Waterloo
- ^ a b c Chris Okasaki (1995). "Purely Functional Random-Access Lists". Proceedings of the Seventh International Conference on Functional Programming Languages and Computer Architecture: 86–95. doi:10.1145/224164.224187.