Learn Data Structures and

Algorithms with Golang

Level up your Go programming skills to develop faster and

more efficient code

Bhagvan Kommadi

BIRMINGHAM - MUMBAI
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Bhagvan Kommadi, the founder of Quantica Computacao and Architect Corner, has
around 18 years' experience in the industry, ranging from large-scale enterprise
development to incubating software product startups. He has a master's degree in
Industrial Systems Engineering from the Georgia Institute of Technology (1997) and a
bachelor's degree in Aerospace Engineering from the IIT Madras (1993). He is a member of
the IFX forum and an individual member of Oracle JCP.

He has developed Go-based blockchain solutions in the retail, education, banking, and
financial service sectors. He has experience of building high-transactional applications
using Java, Python, Go, Ruby, and JavaScript frameworks.
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programming using Basic on a ZX Spectrum many, many years ago. Later, he worked in
the web development domain. He has used Ruby on Rails for over 8 years. Having used
Ruby for a long time, he discovered Clojure in early 2009, and liked the simplicity of the
language. Besides Ruby and Clojure, he is interested in Go and ReasonML development.

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 Table of Contents
Preface 1

Section 1: Section 1: Introduction to Data Structures and

Algorithms and the Go Language
Chapter 1: Data Structures and Algorithms 7
Technical requirements 8
Classification of data structures and structural design patterns 9
Classification of data structures 9
Lists 10
Tuples 12
Heaps 13
Structural design patterns 15
Adapter 16
Bridge 17
drawShape method 18
drawContour method 19
Composite 20
Decorator 22
Facade 24
Flyweight 28
Private class data 31
Proxy 33
Representation of algorithms 35
Flow chart 35
Pseudo code 36
Complexity and performance analysis 36
Complexity analysis of algorithms 37
Big O notation 38
Linear complexity 39
Quadratic complexity 40
Cubic complexity 41
Logarithmic complexity 42
Brute force algorithms 45
Divide and conquer algorithms 46
Backtracking algorithms 47
Summary 50
Questions and exercises 50
Further reading 51
Chapter 2: Getting Started with Go for Data Structures and Algorithms 52
Technical requirements 53
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Arrays 53
Slices 54
The len function 55
Slice function 55
Two-dimensional slices 56
Maps 59
Database operations 60
The GetCustomer method 60
The InsertCustomer method 62
Variadic functions 63
The update operation 64
The delete operation 65
CRUD web forms 66
The defer and panic statements 69
The InsertCustomer method 70
The UpdateCustomer method 70
The DeleteCustomer method 71
CRM web application 71
The Create function 72
The Insert function 72
The Alter function 73
The Update function 73
The Delete function 74
The main method 74
The Header template 75
The Footer template 75
The Menu template 76
The Create template 76
The Update template 76
The View template 77
Summary 79
Questions 79
Further reading 80

Section 2: Section 2: Basic Data Structures and Algorithms

using Go
Chapter 3: Linear Data Structures 82
Technical requirements 82
Lists 83
LinkedList 83
The Node class 83
The LinkedList class 84
The AddToHead method 84
The IterateList method 85
The LastNode method 86
The AddToEnd method 86

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The NodeWithValue method 87

The AddAfter method 87
The main method 88
Doubly linked list 89
The NodeBetweenValues method 89
The AddToHead method 90
AddAfter method 91
The AddToEnd method 92
The main method 93
Sets 94
The AddElement method 94
The DeleteElement method 95
The ContainsElement method 96
The main method – contains element 96
The InterSect method 97
The Union method 97
The main method – intersection and union 98
Tuples 99
Queues 100
The New method 101
The Add method 101
The main method – queues 102
Synchronized queue 103
The New method 104
The StartTicketIssue method 105
The EndTicketIssue method 105
The ticketIssue method 106
The StartPass method 106
The EndPass method 106
The passenger method 107
The main method 107
Stacks 108
The New method 109
The Push method 109
The Pop method 110
The main method 111
Summary 111
Questions 112
Further reading 112
Chapter 4: Non-Linear Data Structures 113
Technical requirements 113
Trees 114
Binary search tree 114
The BinarySearchTree class 115
The InsertElement method 115
The insertTreeNode method 116
The inOrderTraverse method 116

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The inOrderTraverseTree method 117

The PreOrderTraverseTree method 117
The preOrderTraverseTree method 117
The PostOrderTraverseTree method 118
The postOrderTraverseTree method 118
The MinNode method 118
The MaxNode method 119
The SearchNode method 120
The searchNode method 120
The RemoveNode method 120
The removeNode method 121
The String method 122
The stringify method 122
The main method 123
Adelson, Velski, and Landis (AVL) tree 124
The KeyValue interface 124
The TreeNode class 124
The opposite method 125
The singleRotation method 125
The doubleRotation method 125
The adjustBalance method 126
The BalanceTree method 126
The insertRNode method 127
The InsertNode method 128
The RemoveNode method 128
The removeBalance method 129
The removeRNode method 129
The main method 131
B+ tree 133
B-tree 133
T-tree 133
Tables 134
The Table class 134
The Row class 134
The Column class 134
The printTable method 135
The main method 135
Symbol tables 136
Containers 136
Circular linked list 137
The hash functions 138
Summary 140
Questions 140
Further reading 141
Chapter 5: Homogeneous Data Structures 142
Technical requirements 143
Two-dimensional arrays 143
Row matrix 144
Column matrix 144

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Lower triangular matrix 145

Upper triangular matrix 145
Null matrix 146
Identity matrix 147
Symmetric matrix 148
Basic 2D matrix operations 148
The add method 148
The subtract method 149
The multiply method 150
The transpose method 151
The determinant method 151
The inverse method 151
Zig-zag matrix 152
Spiral matrix 154
Boolean matrix 156
The printMatrix method 158
The main method 158
Multi-dimensional arrays 159
Tensors 160
Summary 162
Questions 162
Further reading 163
Chapter 6: Heterogeneous Data Structures 164
Technical requirements 164
Linked lists 165
Singly linked lists 165
The CreateLinkedList method 166
The ReverseLinkedList method 166
The main method 167
Doubly linked lists 168
Circular-linked lists 169
The CircularQueue class 169
The NewQueue method 170
The IsUnUsed method 170
The IsComplete method 170
The Add method 171
The MoveOneStep method 171
The main method 171
Ordered lists 172
The ToString method 173
The SortByAge type 174
The Thing class 175
The ByFactor function type 176
The Sort method 176
Thing sorter class 176
The len, swap, and less methods 177
The main method 177

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The struct type 179

The multiSorter class 179
The Sort method 180
The OrderBy method 180
The len method 180
The Swap method 180
The less method 181
The main method 181
Unordered lists 183
The UnOrderedList class 184
The AddtoHead method 184
The IterateList method 184
The main method 185
Summary 185
Questions 186
Further reading 186
Chapter 7: Dynamic Data Structures 187
Technical requirements 188
Dictionaries 188
DictVal type 189
Dictionary class 189
Put method 189
Remove method 190
Contains method 190
Find method 191
Reset method 191
NumberOfElements method 191
GetKeys method 192
GetValues method 192
The main method 193
TreeSets 193
InsertTreeNode method 194
Delete method 195
InOrderTraverseTree method 195
The inOrderTraverseTree method 195
PreOrderTraverseTree method 196
The preOrderTraverseTree method 196
Search method 196
The String method 197
The main method 197
Synchronized TreeSets 198
Mutable TreeSets 199
RemoveNode method 199
Treeset.bst 200
Sequences 200
Farey sequence 200
String method 201

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The g method 201

The main method 202
Fibonacci sequence 203
FibonacciNumber method 204
Main method 204
Look-and-say 205
Thue–Morse 207
Summary 209
Questions 209
Further reading 210
Chapter 8: Classic Algorithms 211
Technical requirements 212
Sorting 212
Bubble 212
Selection 214
The swap method 215
The main method 215
Insertion 216
InsertionSorter method 217
The main method 217
Shell 218
The power method 219
The main method 220
Merge 220
MergeSorter method 221
JoinArrays method 222
The main method 222
Quick 223
The divideParts method 224
The swap method 225
The main method 225
Searching 226
Linear 227
Binary 228
Interpolation 229
Recursion 231
Hashing 232
The CreateHashMutliple method 233
The XOR method 233
The main method 234
Summary 234
Questions 235
Further reading 235

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Section 3: Section 3: Advanced Data Structures and

Algorithms using Go
Chapter 9: Network and Sparse Matrix Representation 237
Technical requirements 238
Network representation using graphs 238
The Link class 239
The NewSocialGraph method 239
The AddLink method 239
The PrintLinks method 240
The main method 240
Test 241
Representing a social network 242
The NewSocialGraph method 243
The AddEntity method 243
The AddLink method 244
The PrintLinks method 244
The main method 245
Map layouts 246
The MapLayout class 247
The NewMapLayout method 247
The AddPlace method 247
The AddLink method 248
The PrintLinks method 248
The main method 249
Test 250
Knowledge graphs 251
The KnowledgeGraph class 252
The NewKnowledgeGraph method 252
The AddClass method 252
The AddLink method 253
The PrintLinks method 253
The main method 254
Test 255
Sparse matrix representation using a list of lists 256
SparseMatrix class 257
The Shape method 257
The NumNonZero method 257
The LessThan method 257
The Equal method 258
The GetValue method 258
The SetValue method 259
The NewSparseMatrix method 260
The main method 260
Summary 261
Questions 261
Further reading 262
Chapter 10: Memory Management 263

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Technical requirements 263

Garbage collection 264
The ReferenceCounter class 265
The newReferenceCounter method 265
The Stack class 266
The Stack class – a new method 266
The main method 267
Reference counting 268
Simple reference counting 268
Deferred reference counting 270
One-bit reference counting 270
Weighted reference counting 270
The mark-and-sweep algorithm 271
The generational collection algorithm 272
Cache management 273
The CacheObject class 274
The IfExpired method 274
The Cache class 275
The NewCache method 275
The GetObject method 275
The SetValue method 276
The main method 276
Space allocation 277
Pointers 278
The addOne method 279
The main method 279
Concepts – Go memory management 280
Profiling 280
Summary 281
Questions 282
Further reading 282
Appendix A: Next Steps 283
Technical requirements 283
Learning outcomes 283
Key takeaways 284
Next steps 284
Chapter 1 – Data Structures and Algorithms 284
Chapter 2 – Getting Started with Go for Data Structures and Algorithms 285
Chapter 3 – Linear Data Structures 285
Chapter 4 – Non-Linear Data Structures 285
Chapter 5 – Homogeneous Data Structures 286
Chapter 6 – Heterogeneous Data Structures 287
Chapter 7 – Dynamic Data Structures 287
Chapter 8 – Classic Algorithms 288
Chapter 9 – Network and Sparse Matrix Representation 288
Chapter 10 – Memory Management 289

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Tips and techniques 290

Using channel with a timeout interval 290
Using context instead of channel 292
Logging with the line number 293
Go tool usage 295
Go environment variables 295
Test table 296
Importing packages 297
Panic, defer, and recover 297
Other Books You May Enjoy 299
Index 302

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 Preface
Learn Data Structures and Algorithms with Go covers topics related to simple and advanced
concepts in computer programming. The primary objective is to choose the correct
algorithm and data structures for a problem. This book explains the concepts for comparing
algorithm complexity and data structures in terms of code performance and efficiency.

Golang has been the buzzword for the last two years, with tremendous improvements
being seen in this area. Many developers and organizations are slowly migrating to Golang,
adopting its fast, lightweight, and inbuilt concurrency features. This means we need to have
a solid foundation in data structures and algorithms with this growing language.

Who this book is for

This comprehensive book is for developers who want to understand how to select the best
data structures and algorithms that will help to solve specific problems. Some basic
knowledge of Go programming would be an added advantage.

This book is for anyone who wants to learn how to write efficient programs and use the
proper data structures and algorithms.

What this book covers

Chapter 1, Data Structures and Algorithms, focuses on the definition of abstract data types,
classifying data structures into linear, non-linear, homogeneous, heterogeneous, and
dynamic types. Abstract data types, such as container, list, set, map, graph, stack, and
queue, are presented in this chapter. This chapter also covers the performance analysis of
data structures, as well as the correct choice of data structures and structural design
patterns.

Chapter 2, Getting Started with Go for Data Structures and Algorithms, covers Go-specific data
structures, such as arrays, slices, two-dimensional slices, maps, structs, and channels.
Variadic functions, deferred function calls, and panic and recover operations are
introduced. Slicing operations, such as enlarging using append and copy, assigning parts,
appending a slice, and appending part of a slice, are also presented in this chapter.
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Chapter 3, Linear Data Structures, covers linear data structures such as lists, sets, tuples,
stacks, and heaps. The operations related to these types, including insertion, deletion,
updating, reversing, and merging are shown with various code samples. In this chapter, we
present the complexity analysis of various data structure operations that display accessing,
search, insertion, and deletion times.

Chapter 4, Non-Linear Data Structures, covers non-linear data structures, such as trees,
tables, containers, and hash functions. Tree types, including binary tree, binary search tree,
T-tree, treap, symbol table, B- tree, and B+ tree, are explained with code examples and
complexity analysis. Hash function data structures are presented, along with examples in
cryptography for a variety of scenarios, such as open addressing, linear probing, universal
hashing, and double hashing.

Chapter 5, Homogeneous Data Structures, covers homogeneous data structures such as two-
dimensional and multi-dimensional arrays. Array shapes, types, literals, printing,
construction, indexing, modification, transformation, and views are presented together
with code examples and performance analysis. Matrix representation, multiplication,
addition, subtraction, inversion, and transpose scenarios are shown to demonstrate the
usage of multi-dimensional arrays.

Chapter 6, Heterogeneous Data Structures, covers heterogeneous data structures, such as

linked lists, ordered, and unordered lists. We present the singly linked list, doubly linked
list, and circular linked list, along with code samples and efficiency analysis. Ordered and
unordered lists from HTML 3.0 are shown to demonstrate the usage of lists and storage
management.

Chapter 7, Dynamic Data Structures, covers dynamic data structures, such as dictionaries,
TreeSets, and sequences. Synchronized TreeSets and mutable TreeSets are covered in this
chapter along with Go code exhibits. Sequence types including Farey, Fibonacci, look-and-
say, and Thue-Morse, are discussed with Go programs. This chapter also explains the usage
anti-patterns of dictionaries, TreeSets, and sequences.

Chapter 8, Classic Algorithms, covers pre-order, post-order, in-order, level-order tree

traversals and linked list traversals. Sorting algorithms, such as bubble, selection, insertion,
shell, merge, and quick are explained with code exhibits. Search algorithms, as well as
linear, sequential, binary, and interpolation methods, are also covered in this chapter.
Recursion and hashing are shown by means of code samples.

Chapter 9, Network and Sparse Matrix Representation, covers data structures such as graphs
and lists of lists. Different use cases from real-life applications, such as social network
representation, map layouts, and knowledge catalogs, are shown with code examples and
efficiency analysis.

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Chapter 10, Memory Management, covers dynamic data structures, such as AVL trees and
stack frames. Garbage collection, cache management, and space allocation algorithms are
presented with code samples and efficiency analysis. Garbage collection algorithms, such as
simple/deferred/one-bit/weighted reference counting, mark and sweep, and generational
collection, are explained with an analysis of their advantages and disadvantages.

Appendix, Next Steps, shares the learning outcomes for the reader arising from the book. The
code repository links and key takeaways are presented. References are included for the
latest data structures and algorithms. Tips and techniques are provided to keep yourself
updated with the latest on data structures and algorithms.

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Section 1: Introduction to Data
Structures and Algorithms and
the Go Language
We will be introducing the abstract data types, definition, and classification of data
structures. Readers will be well-versed with performance analysis of algorithms and
choosing appropriate data structures for structural design patterns after reading this part.

This section contains the following chapters:

Chapter 1, Data Structures and Algorithms

Chapter 2, Getting Started with Go for Data Structures and Algorithms
 1
Data Structures and Algorithms
A data structure is the organization of data to reduce the storage space used and to reduce
the difficulty while performing different tasks. Data structures are used to handle and work
with large amounts of data in various fields, such as database management and internet
indexing services.

In this chapter, we will focus on the definition of abstract datatypes, classifying data
structures into linear, nonlinear, homogeneous, heterogeneous, and dynamic types.
Abstract datatypes, such as Container, List, Set, Map, Graph, Stack, and Queue, are
presented in this chapter. We will also cover the performance analysis of data structures,
choosing the right data structures, and structural design patterns.

The reader can start writing basic algorithms using the right data structures in Go. Given a
problem, choosing the data structure and different algorithms will be the first step. After
this, doing performance analysis is the next step. Time and space analysis for different
algorithms helps compare them and helps you choose the optimal one. It is essential to
have basic knowledge of Go to get started.

In this chapter, we will cover the following topics:

Classification of data structures and structural design patterns

Representation of algorithms
Complexity and performance analysis
Brute force algorithms
Divide and conquer algorithms
Backtracking algorithms
Data Structures and Algorithms Chapter 1

Technical requirements
Install Go version 1.10 from https:/​/​golang.​org/​doc/​install for your operating system.

The code files for this chapter can be found at the following GitHub URL: https:/​/​github.
com/​PacktPublishing/​Learn-​Data-​Structures-​and-​Algorithms-​with-​Golang/​tree/
master/​Chapter01.

Check the installation of Go by running the hello world program at https:/​/​github.​com/

PacktPublishing/​Learn-​Data-​Structures-​and-​Algorithms-​with-​Golang/​tree/​master/
hello_​world:

//main package has examples shown

// in Hands-On Data Structures and algorithms with Go book
package main

// importing fmt package

import (
"fmt"
)
// main method
func main() {
fmt.Println("Hello World")
}

Run the following commands:

go build
./hello_world

The following screenshot displays the output:

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Let's take a look at the classification of data structures and structural design patterns in the
next section.

Classification of data structures and

structural design patterns
You can choose a data structure by using classification. In this section, we discuss data
structure classification in detail. The design patterns related to the data structure are
covered after the classification.

In the next section, we'll take a look at classification of data structures.

Classification of data structures

The term data structure refers to the organization of data in a computer's memory, in order
to retrieve it quickly for processing. It is a scheme for data organization to decouple the
functional definition of a data structure from its implementation. A data structure is chosen
based on the problem type and the operations performed on the data.

If the situation requires various datatypes within a data structure, we can choose
heterogeneous data structures. Linked, ordered, and unordered lists are grouped as
heterogeneous data structures. Linear data structures are lists, sets, tuples, queues, stacks,
and heaps. Trees, tables, and containers are categorized as nonlinear data structures. Two-
dimensional and multidimensional arrays are grouped as homogeneous data structures.
Dynamic data structures are dictionaries, tree sets, and sequences.

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The classification of Data Structures is show in the following diagram:

Let's take a look at lists, tuples and heaps in the next sections.

Lists
A list is a sequence of elements. Each element can be connected to another with a link in a
forward or backward direction. The element can have other payload properties. This data
structure is a basic type of container. Lists have a variable length and developer can remove
or add elements more easily than an array. Data items within a list need not be contiguous
in memory or on disk. Linked lists were proposed by Allen Newell, Cliff Shaw, and Herbert
A. Simon at RAND Corporation.

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To get started, a list can be used in Go, as shown in the following example; elements are
added through the PushBack method on the list, which is in the container/list
package:
//main package has examples shown
// in Hands-On Data Structures and algorithms with Go book
package main

// importing fmt and container list packages

import (
"fmt"
"container/list")

// main method
func main() {
var intList list.List
intList.PushBack(11)
intList.PushBack(23)
intList.PushBack(34)

for element := intList.Front(); element != nil; element=element.Next()

{
fmt.Println(element.Value.(int))
}
}

The list is iterated through the for loop, and the element's value is accessed through the
Value method.

Run the following commands:

go run list.go

The following screenshot displays the output:

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Let's take a look at Tuples in the next section.

Tuples
A tuple is a finite sorted list of elements. It is a data structure that groups data. Tuples are
typically immutable sequential collections. The element has related fields of different
datatypes. The only way to modify a tuple is to change the fields. Operators such as + and *
can be applied to tuples. A database record is referred to as a tuple. In the following
example, power series of integers are calculated and the square and cube of the integer is
returned as a tuple:
//main package has examples shown
// in Hands-On Data Structures and algorithms with Go book
package main

// importing fmt package

import (
"fmt"

)
//gets the power series of integer a and returns tuple of square of a
// and cube of a
func powerSeries(a int) (int,int) {

return a*a, a*a*a

The main method calls the powerSeries method with 3 as a parameter. The square and
cube values are returned from the method:

// main method
func main() {

var square int

var cube int
square, cube = powerSeries(3)

fmt.Println("Square ", square, "Cube", cube)

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Run the following commands:

go run tuples.go

The following screenshot displays the output:

The tuples can be named in the powerSeries function, as shown in the following code:
func powerSeries(a int) (square int, cube int) {

square = a*a

cube = square*a
return

If there is an error, it can be passed with tuples, as shown in the following code:
func powerSeries(a int) (int, int, error) {

square = a*a

cube = square*a
return square,cube,nil

Heaps
A heap is a data structure that is based on the heap property. The heap data structure is
used in selection, graph, and k-way merge algorithms. Operations such as finding,
merging, insertion, key changes, and deleting are performed on heaps. Heaps are part of
the container/heap package in Go. According to the heap order (maximum heap)
property, the value stored at each node is greater than or equal to its children.

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If the order is descending, it is referred to as a maximum heap; otherwise, it's a minimum

heap. The heap data structure was proposed by J.W.J. Williams in 1964 for a heap sorting
algorithm. It is not a sorted data structure, but partially ordered. The following example
shows how to use the container/heap package to create a heap data structure:
//main package has examples shown
//in Hands-On Data Structures and algorithms with Go book
package main

// importing fmt package and container/heap

import (
"container/heap"
"fmt"
)
// integerHeap a type
type IntegerHeap []int

// IntegerHeap method - gets the length of integerHeap

func (iheap IntegerHeap) Len() int { return len(iheap) }

// IntegerHeap method - checks if element of i index is less than j index

func (iheap IntegerHeap) Less(i, j int) bool { return iheap[i] < iheap[j] }
// IntegerHeap method -swaps the element of i to j index
func (iheap IntegerHeap) Swap(i, j int) { iheap[i], iheap[j] = iheap[j],
iheap[i] }

IntegerHeap has a Push method that pushes the item with the interface:

//IntegerHeap method -pushes the item

func (iheap *IntegerHeap) Push(heapintf interface{}) {

*iheap = append(*iheap, heapintf.(int))

}
//IntegerHeap method -pops the item from the heap
func (iheap *IntegerHeap) Pop() interface{} {
var n int
var x1 int
var previous IntegerHeap = *iheap
n = len(previous)
x1 = previous[n-1]
*iheap = previous[0 : n-1]
return x1
}

// main method
func main() {
var intHeap *IntegerHeap = &IntegerHeap{1,4,5}

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heap.Init(intHeap)
heap.Push(intHeap, 2)
fmt.Printf("minimum: %d\n", (*intHeap)[0])
for intHeap.Len() > 0 {
fmt.Printf("%d \n", heap.Pop(intHeap))
}
}

Run the following commands:

go run heap.go

The following screenshot displays the output:

Let's take a look at structural design patterns in the next section

Structural design patterns

Structural design patterns describe the relationships between the entities. They are used to
form large structures using classes and objects. These patterns are used to create a system
with different system blocks in a flexible manner. Adapter, bridge, composite, decorator,
facade, flyweight, private class data, and proxy are the Gang of Four (GoF) structural
design patterns. The private class data design pattern is the other design pattern covered in
this section.

We will take a look at adapter and bridge design patterns in the next sections.

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Adapter
The adapter pattern provides a wrapper with an interface required by the API client to link
incompatible types and act as a translator between the two types. The adapter uses the
interface of a class to be a class with another compatible interface. When requirements
change, there are scenarios where class functionality needs to be changed because of
incompatible interfaces.

The dependency inversion principle can be adhered to by using the adapter pattern, when a
class defines its own interface to the next level module interface implemented by an
adapter class. Delegation is the other principle used by the adapter pattern. Multiple
formats handling source-to-destination transformations are the scenarios where the adapter
pattern is applied.

The adapter pattern comprises the target, adaptee, adapter, and client:

Target is the interface that the client calls and invokes methods on the adapter
and adaptee.
The client wants the incompatible interface implemented by the adapter.
The adapter translates the incompatible interface of the adaptee into an interface
that the client wants.

Let's say you have an IProcessor interface with a process method, the Adapter class
implements the process method and has an Adaptee instance as an attribute. The
Adaptee class has a convert method and an adapterType instance variable. The
developer while using the API client calls the process interface method to invoke
convert on Adaptee. The code is as follows:

//main package has examples shown

// in Hands-On Data Structures and algorithms with Go book
package main
// importing fmt package
import (
"fmt"
)
//IProcess interface
type IProcess interface {
process()
}
//Adapter struct
type Adapter struct {
adaptee Adaptee
}

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The Adapter class has a process method that invokes the convert method on adaptee:
//Adapter class method process
func (adapter Adapter) process() {
fmt.Println("Adapter process")
adapter.adaptee.convert()
}
//Adaptee Struct
type Adaptee struct {
adapterType int
}
// Adaptee class method convert
func (adaptee Adaptee) convert() {
fmt.Println("Adaptee convert method")
}
// main method
func main() {
var processor IProcess = Adapter{}
processor.process()
}

Run the following commands:

go run adapter.go

The following screenshot displays the output:

Let's take a look at Bridge pattern in the next section.

Bridge
Bridge decouples the implementation from the abstraction. The abstract base class can be
subclassed to provide different implementations and allow implementation details to be
modified easily. The interface, which is a bridge, helps in making the functionality of
concrete classes independent from the interface implementer classes. The bridge patterns
allow the implementation details to change at runtime.

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The bridge pattern demonstrates the principle, preferring composition over inheritance. It
helps in situations where one should subclass multiple times orthogonal to each other.
Runtime binding of the application, mapping of orthogonal class hierarchies, and platform
independence implementation are the scenarios where the bridge pattern can be applied.

The bridge pattern components are abstraction, refined abstraction, implementer, and
concrete implementer. Abstraction is the interface implemented as an abstract class that
clients invoke with the method on the concrete implementer. Abstraction maintains a has-
a relationship with the implementation, instead of an is-a relationship. The has-
a relationship is maintained by composition. Abstraction has a reference of the
implementation. Refined abstraction provides more variations than abstraction.

Let's say IDrawShape is an interface with the drawShape method. DrawShape implements
the IDrawShape interface. We create an IContour bridge interface with
the drawContour method. The contour class implements the IContour interface. The
ellipse class will have a, b , r properties and drawShape (an instance of DrawShape). The
ellipse class implements the contour bridge interface to implement
the drawContour method. The drawContour method calls the drawShape method on
the drawShape instance.

The following code demonstrates the bridge implementation:

//main package has examples shown
// in Hands-On Data Structures and algorithms with Go book
package main
// importing fmt package
import (
"fmt"
)
//IDrawShape interface
type IDrawShape interface {
drawShape(x[5] float32,y[5] float32)
}
//DrawShape struct
type DrawShape struct{}

drawShape method
The drawShape method draws the shape given the coordinates, as shown in the following
code:
// DrawShape struct has method draw Shape with float x and y coordinates
func (drawShape DrawShape) drawShape(x[5] float32, y[5] float32) {
fmt.Println("Drawing Shape")
}

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//IContour interace
type IContour interface {
drawContour(x[5] float32 ,y[5] float32)
resizeByFactor(factor int)
}
//DrawContour struct
type DrawContour struct {
x[5] float32
y[5] float32
shape DrawShape
factor int
}

drawContour method
The drawContour method of the DrawContour class calls the drawShape method on the
shape instance, this is shown in the following code:

//DrawContour method drawContour given the coordinates

func (contour DrawContour) drawContour(x[5] float32,y[5] float32) {
fmt.Println("Drawing Contour")
contour.shape.drawShape(contour.x,contour.y)
}
//DrawContour method resizeByFactor given factor
func (contour DrawContour) resizeByFactor(factor int) {
contour.factor = factor
}
// main method
func main() {
var x = [5]float32{1,2,3,4,5}
var y = [5]float32{1,2,3,4,5}
var contour IContour = DrawContour{x,y,DrawShape{},2}
contour.drawContour(x,y)
contour.resizeByFactor(2)
}

Run the following commands:

go run bridge.go

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The following screenshot displays the output:

We will take a look at Composite, Decorator, Facade and Flyweight design patterns in the
next sections.

Composite
A composite is a group of similar objects in a single object. Objects are stored in a tree form
to persist the whole hierarchy. The composite pattern is used to change a hierarchical
collection of objects. The composite pattern is modeled on a heterogeneous collection. New
types of objects can be added without changing the interface and the client code. You can
use the composite pattern, for example, for UI layouts on the web, for directory trees, and
for managing employees across departments. The pattern provides a mechanism to access
the individual objects and groups in a similar manner.

The composite pattern comprises the component interface, component class, composite,
and client:

The component interface defines the default behavior of all objects and behaviors
for accessing the components of the composite.
The composite and component classes implement the component interface.
The client interacts with the component interface to invoke methods in the
composite.

Let's say there is an IComposite interface with the perform method and
BranchClass that implements IComposite and has the addLeaf, addBranch, and
perform methods. The Leaflet class implements IComposite with the perform
method. BranchClass has a one-to-many relationship with leafs and branches.
Iterating over the branch recursively, one can traverse the composite tree, as shown in the
following code:
//main package has examples shown
// in Hands-On Data Structures and algorithms with Go book
package main
// importing fmt package

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import (
"fmt"
)
// IComposite interface
type IComposite interface {
perform()
}
// Leaflet struct
type Leaflet struct {
name string
}
// Leaflet class method perform
func (leaf *Leaflet) perform() {
fmt.Println("Leaflet " + leaf.name)
}
// Branch struct
type Branch struct {
leafs []Leaflet
name string
branches[]Branch
}

The perform method of the Branch class calls the perform method on branch and leafs,
as seen in the code:
// Branch class method perform
func (branch *Branch) perform() {
fmt.Println("Branch: " + branch.name)
for _, leaf := range branch.leafs {
leaf.perform()
}
for _, branch := range branch.branches {
branch.perform()
}
}
// Branch class method add leaflet
func (branch *Branch) add(leaf Leaflet) {
branch.leafs = append(branch.leafs, leaf)
}

As shown in the following code, the addBranch method of the Branch class adds a new
branch:

//Branch class method addBranch branch

func (branch *Branch) addBranch(newBranch Branch) {
branch.branches = append(branch.branches,newBranch)
}
//Branch class method getLeaflets

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func (branch *Branch) getLeaflets() []Leaflet {

return branch.leafs
}
// main method
func main() {
var branch = &Branch{name:"branch 1"}
var leaf1 = Leaflet{name:"leaf 1"}
var leaf2 = Leaflet{name:"leaf 2"}
var branch2 = Branch{name:"branch 2"}
branch.add(leaf1)
branch.add(leaf2)
branch.addBranch(branch2)
branch.perform()
}

Run the following commands:

go run composite.go

The following screenshot displays the output:

Let's take a look at Decorator pattern in the next section.

Decorator
In a scenario where class responsibilities are removed or added, the decorator pattern is
applied. The decorator pattern helps with subclassing when modifying functionality,
instead of static inheritance. An object can have multiple decorators and run-time
decorators. The single responsibility principle can be achieved using a
decorator. The decorator can be applied to window components and graphical object
modeling. The decorator pattern helps with modifying existing instance attributes and
adding new methods at run-time.

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The decorator pattern participants are the component interface, the concrete component
class, and the decorator class:

The concrete component implements the component interface.

The decorator class implements the component interface and provides
additional functionality in the same method or additional methods. The
decorator base can be a participant representing the base class for all decorators.

Let 's say IProcess is an interface with the process method. ProcessClass implements
an interface with the process method. ProcessDecorator implements the process
interface and has an instance of ProcessClass. ProcessDecorator can add more
functionality than ProcessClass, as shown in the following code:
//main package has examples shown
// in Hands-On Data Structures and algorithms with Go book
package main
// importing fmt package
import (
"fmt"
)
// IProcess Interface
type IProcess interface {
process()
}
//ProcessClass struct
type ProcessClass struct{}
//ProcessClass method process
func (process *ProcessClass) process() {
fmt.Println("ProcessClass process")
}
//ProcessDecorator struct
type ProcessDecorator struct {
processInstance *ProcessClass
}

In the following code, the ProcessDecorator class process method invokes the process
method on the decorator instance of ProcessClass:
//ProcessDecorator class method process
func (decorator *ProcessDecorator) process() {
if decorator.processInstance == nil {
fmt.Println("ProcessDecorator process")
} else {
fmt.Printf("ProcessDecorator process and ")
decorator.processInstance.process()
}

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}
//main method
func main() {
var process = &ProcessClass{}
var decorator = &ProcessDecorator{}
decorator.process()
decorator.processInstance = process
decorator.process()
}

Run the following commands:

go run decorator.go

The following screenshot displays the output:

Let's take a look at Facade pattern in the next section.

Facade
Facade is used to abstract subsystem interfaces with a helper. The facade design pattern is
used in scenarios when the number of interfaces increases and the system gets complicated.
Facade is an entry point to different subsystems, and it simplifies the dependencies
between the systems. The facade pattern provides an interface that hides the
implementation details of the hidden code.

A loosely coupled principle can be realized with a facade pattern. You can use a facade to
improve poorly designed APIs. In SOA, a service facade can be used to incorporate changes
to the contract and implementation.

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The facade pattern is made up of the facade class, module classes, and a client:

The facade delegates the requests from the client to the module classes. The
facade class hides the complexities of the subsystem logic and rules.
Module classes implement the behaviors and functionalities of the module
subsystem.
The client invokes the facade method. The facade class functionality can be
spread across multiple packages and assemblies.

For example, account, customer, and transaction are the classes that have account,
customer, and transaction creation methods. BranchManagerFacade can be used by the
client to create an account, customer, and transaction:
//main package has examples shown
// in Hands-On Data Structures and algorithms with Go book
package main
// importing fmt package
import (
"fmt"
)
//Account struct
type Account struct{
id string
accountType string
}
//Account class method create - creates account given AccountType
func (account *Account) create(accountType string) *Account{
fmt.Println("account creation with type")
account.accountType = accountType
return account
}
//Account class method getById given id string
func (account *Account) getById(id string) *Account {
fmt.Println("getting account by Id")
return account
}

The account class has the deleteById method, which is used to delete an account with a
given ID, as shown in the following code:
//Account class method deleteById given id string
func (account *Account) deleteById(id string)() {
fmt.Println("delete account by id")
}
//Customer struct
type Customer struct{

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name string
id int
}

In the following code, the customer class has a method that creates a new customer with
name:

//Customer class method create - create Customer given name

func (customer *Customer) create(name string) *Customer {
fmt.Println("creating customer")
customer.name = name
return customer
}
//Transaction struct
type Transaction struct{
id string
amount float32
srcAccountId string
destAccountId string
}

As shown in the following code, the transaction class has the create method for
creating a transaction:
//Transaction class method create Transaction
func (transaction *Transaction) create(srcAccountId string, destAccountId
string,amount float32) *Transaction {
fmt.Println("creating transaction")
transaction.srcAccountId = srcAccountId
transaction.destAccountId = destAccountId
transaction.amount = amount
return transaction
}
//BranchManagerFacade struct
type BranchManagerFacade struct {
account *Account
customer *Customer
transaction *Transaction
}
//method NewBranchManagerFacade
func NewBranchManagerFacade() *BranchManagerFacade {
return &BranchManagerFacade{ &Account{}, &Customer{}, &Transaction{}}
}

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BranchManagerFacade has the createCustomerAccount method, which calls

the create method on the customer class instance, as shown in the following code:
//BranchManagerFacade class method createCustomerAccount
func (facade *BranchManagerFacade) createCustomerAccount(customerName
string, accountType string) (*Customer,*Account) {
var customer = facade.customer.create(customerName)
var account = facade.account.create(accountType)
return customer, account
}
//BranchManagerFacade class method createTransaction
func (facade *BranchManagerFacade) createTransaction(srcAccountId string,
destAccountId string, amount float32) *Transaction {
var transaction =
facade.transaction.create(srcAccountId,destAccountId,amount)
return transaction
}

The main method calls the NewBranchManagerFacade method to create a facade. The
methods on facade are invoked to create customer and account:
//main method
func main() {
var facade = NewBranchManagerFacade()
var customer *Customer
var account *Account
customer, account = facade.createCustomerAccount("Thomas Smith",
"Savings")
fmt.Println(customer.name)
fmt.Println(account.accountType)
var transaction = facade.createTransaction("21456","87345",1000)
fmt.Println(transaction.amount)
}

Run the following commands:

go run facade.go

The following screenshot displays the output:

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Let's take a look at Flyweight pattern in the next section.

Flyweight
Flyweight is used to manage the state of an object with high variation. The pattern allows
us to share common parts of the object state among multiple objects, instead of each object
storing it. Variable object data is referred to as extrinsic state, and the rest of the object state
is intrinsic. Extrinsic data is passed to flyweight methods and will never be stored within it.
Flyweight pattern helps reduce the overall memory usage and the object initializing
overhead. The pattern helps create interclass relationships and lower memory to a
manageable level.

Flyweight objects are immutable. Value objects are a good example of the flyweight pattern.
Flyweight objects can be created in a single thread mode, ensuring one instance per value.
In a concurrent thread scenario, multiple instances are created. This is based on the equality
criterion of flyweight objects.

The participants of the flyweight pattern are the FlyWeight interface,

ConcreteFlyWeight, FlyWeightFactory, and the Client classes:

The FlyWeight interface has a method through which flyweights can get and act
on the extrinsic state.
ConcreteFlyWeight implements the FlyWeight interface to represent
flyweight objects.
FlyweightFactory is used to create and manage flyweight objects. The client
invokes FlyweightFactory to get a flyweight object. UnsharedFlyWeight can
have a functionality that is not shared.
Client classes

Let's say DataTransferObject is an interface with the getId method.

DataTransferObjectFactory creates a data transfer object through
getDataTransferObject by the DTO type. The DTO types are customer, employee,
manager, and address, as shown in the following code:
//main package has examples shown
// in Hands-On Data Structures and algorithms with Go book
package main
// importing fmt package
import (
"fmt"
)
//DataTransferObjectFactory struct

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type DataTransferObjectFactory struct {

pool map[string] DataTransferObject
}
//DataTransferObjectFactory class method getDataTransferObject
func (factory DataTransferObjectFactory) getDataTransferObject(dtoType
string) DataTransferObject {
var dto = factory.pool[dtoType]
if dto == nil {
fmt.Println("new DTO of dtoType: " + dtoType)
switch dtoType{
case "customer":
factory.pool[dtoType] = Customer{id:"1"}
case "employee":
factory.pool[dtoType] = Employee{id:"2"}
case "manager":
factory.pool[dtoType] = Manager{id:"3"}
case "address":
factory.pool[dtoType] = Address{id:"4"}
}
dto = factory.pool[dtoType]
}

return dto
}

In the following code, the DataTransferObject interface is implemented by the

Customer class:

// DataTransferObject interface
type DataTransferObject interface {
getId() string
}
//Customer struct
type Customer struct {
id string //sequence generator
name string
ssn string
}
// Customer class method getId
func (customer Customer) getId() string {
//fmt.Println("getting customer Id")
return customer.id
}
//Employee struct
type Employee struct {
id string
name string
}

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//Employee class method getId

func (employee Employee) getId() string {
return employee.id
}
//Manager struct
type Manager struct {
id string
name string
dept string
}

The DataTransferObject interface is implemented by the Manager class, as shown in the

following code:
//Manager class method getId
func (manager Manager) getId() string {
return manager.id
}
//Address struct
type Address struct {
id string
streetLine1 string
streetLine2 string
state string
city string
}
//Address class method getId
func (address Address) getId() string{
return address.id
}
//main method
func main() {
var factory =
DataTransferObjectFactory{make(map[string]DataTransferObject)}
var customer DataTransferObject =
factory.getDataTransferObject("customer")
fmt.Println("Customer ",customer.getId())
var employee DataTransferObject =
factory.getDataTransferObject("employee")
fmt.Println("Employee ",employee.getId())
var manager DataTransferObject = factory.getDataTransferObject("manager")
fmt.Println("Manager",manager.getId())
var address DataTransferObject = factory.getDataTransferObject("address")
fmt.Println("Address",address.getId())
}

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Run the following commands:

go run flyweight.go

The following screenshot displays the output:

We will take a look at Private class and Proxy data patterns in the next sections.

Private class data

The private class data pattern secures the data within a class. This pattern encapsulates the
initialization of the class data. The write privileges of properties within the private class are
protected, and properties are set during construction. The private class pattern prints the
exposure of information by securing it in a class that retains the state. The encapsulation of
class data initialization is a scenario where this pattern is applicable.

Account is a class with account details and a customer name. AccountDetails is the
private attribute of Account , and CustomerName is the public attribute. JSON marshaling
of Account has CustomerName as a public property. AccountDetails is the package
property in Go (modeled as private class data):
//main package has examples shown
// in Hands-On Data Structures and algorithms with Go book
package main
// importing fmt and encoding/json packages
import (
"encoding/json"
"fmt"
)
//AccountDetails struct
type AccountDetails struct {
id string
accountType string
}
//Account struct

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type Account struct {

details *AccountDetails
CustomerName string
}
// Account class method setDetails
func (account *Account) setDetails(id string, accountType string) {
account.details = &AccountDetails{id, accountType}
}

As shown in the following code, the Account class has the getId method, which returns
the id private class attribute:
//Account class method getId
func (account *Account) getId() string{
return account.details.id
}
//Account class method getAccountType
func (account *Account) getAccountType() string{
return account.details.accountType
}

The main method calls the Account initializer with CustomerName. The details of the
account are set details with the setDetails method:
// main method
func main() {
var account *Account = &Account{CustomerName: "John Smith"}
account.setDetails("4532","current")
jsonAccount, _ := json.Marshal(account)
fmt.Println("Private Class hidden",string(jsonAccount))
fmt.Println("Account Id",account.getId())
fmt.Println("Account Type",account.getAccountType())
}

Run the following commands:

go run privateclass.go

The following screenshot displays the output:

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Let's take a look at Proxy pattern in the next section.

Proxy
The proxy pattern forwards to a real object and acts as an interface to others. The proxy
pattern controls access to an object and provides additional functionality. The additional
functionality can be related to authentication, authorization, and providing rights of access
to the resource-sensitive object. The real object need not be modified while providing
additional logic. Remote, smart, virtual, and protection proxies are the scenarios where this
pattern is applied. It is also used to provide an alternative to extend functionality with
inheritance and object composition. A proxy object is also referred to as a surrogate, handle,
or wrapper.

The proxy pattern comprises the subject interface, the RealSubject class, and the Proxy
class:

Subject is an interface for the RealObject and Proxy class.

The RealSubject object is created and maintained as a reference in the Proxy
class. RealSubject is resource sensitive, required to be protected, and expensive
to create. RealObject is a class that implements the IRealObject interface. It
has a performAction method.
VirtualProxy is used to access RealObject and invoke the performAction
method.

The following code shows an implementation of proxy pattern:

//main package has examples shown
// in Hands-On Data Structures and algorithms with Go book
package main
// importing fmt package
import (
"fmt"
)
//IRealObject interface
type IRealObject interface {
performAction()
}
//RealObject struct
type RealObject struct{}
RealObject class implements IRealObject interface. The class has method
performAction.
//RealObject class method performAction
func (realObject *RealObject) performAction() {
fmt.Println("RealObject performAction()")

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}
//VirtualProxy struct
type VirtualProxy struct {
realObject *RealObject
}
//VirtualProxy class method performAction
func (virtualProxy *VirtualProxy) performAction() {
if virtualProxy.realObject == nil {
virtualProxy.realObject = &RealObject{}
}
fmt.Println("Virtual Proxy performAction()")
virtualProxy.realObject.performAction()
}
// main method
func main() {
var object VirtualProxy = VirtualProxy{}
object.performAction()
}

Run the following commands:

go run virtualproxy.go

The following screenshot displays the output:

Now that we know the classification of data structures and the design patterns used, let's
go ahead and take a look at the representation of algorithms.

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Representation of algorithms
A flow chart and pseudo code are methods of representing algorithms. An algorithm shows
the logic of how a problem is solved. A flow chart has different representation symbols
such as Entry, Exit, Task, Input/Output, Decision Point, and Inter Block. A structured
program consists of a series of these symbols to perform a specific task. Pseudo code has
documentation, action, and flow control keywords to visualize an algorithm. The
documentation keywords are TASK and REM. SET, PUT, and GET are the action
keywords.

Let's take a look at the different representations of algorithms, that is, flow charts and
Pseudo code in the next sections.

Flow chart
The flow control keywords are SET, LOOP, (WHILE, UNTIL), REP, and POST. The
following flow chart shows a formula or an algorithm to calculate the dividend given a
number of shares, the face value, and the dividend percentage. The start and end are the
Entry and Exit symbols. The input number of shares, share face value, and dividend
percentage use the Input symbol. The compute dividend and output dividend use the Task
symbol and Output symbol respectively:

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In the next section, we'll take a look at pseudo code, representation of algorithms.

Pseudo code
Pseudo code is a high-level design of a program or algorithm. Sequence and selection are
two constructs used in pseudo code. Pseudo code is easier than a flow chart visualizes the
algorithm while pseudo code can be easily modified and updated. Errors in design can be
caught very early in pseudo code. This saves the cost of fixing defects later.

To give an example, we want to find the max value in an array of length n. The pseudo code
will be written as follows:
maximum(arr) {
n <- len(arr)
max <- arr[0]
for k <- 0,n do {
If arr[k] > max {
max <- arr[k]
}
}
return max
}

Now that we know the different ways to represent the algorithm, let's take a look at how
we can monitor its complexity and performance in the next section.

Complexity and performance analysis

The efficiency of an algorithm is measured through various parameters, such as CPU time,
memory, disk, and network. The complexity is how the algorithm scales when the number
of input parameters increases. Performance is a measure of time, space, memory, and other
parameters. Algorithms are compared by their processing time and resource consumption.
Complexity measures the parameters and is represented by the Big O notation.

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Complexity analysis of algorithms

The complexity of an algorithm is measured by the speed of the algorithm. Typically, the
algorithm will perform differently based on processor speed, disk speed, memory, and
other hardware parameters. Hence, asymptotical complexity is used to measure the
complexity of an algorithm. An algorithm is a set of steps to be processed by different
operations to achieve a task. The time taken for an algorithm to complete is based on the
number of steps taken.

Let's say an algorithm iterates through an array, m, of size 10 and update the elements to
the sum of index and 200. The computational time will be 10*t, where t is the time taken to
add two integers and update them to an array. The next step will be printing them after
iterating over an array. The t time parameter will vary with the hardware of the computer
used. Asymptotically, the computational time grows as a factor of 10, as shown in the
following code:
//main package has examples shown
// in Hands-On Data Structures and algorithms with Go book
package main
// importing fmt package
import (
"fmt"
)
// main method
func main() {
var m [10]int
var k int
for k = 0; k < 10; k++ {
m[k] = k + 200
fmt.Printf("Element[%d] = %d\n", k, m[k] )
}
}

Run the following commands:

go run complexity.go

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The following screenshot displays the output:

Let's take a look at the different complexity types in the next sections.

Big O notation
The T(n) time function represents the algorithm complexity based on Big O notation. T(n) =
O(n) states that an algorithm has a linear time complexity. Using Big O notation, the
constant time, linear time, logarithmic time, cubic time, and quadratic time complexity are
different complexity types for an algorithm.

Linear time, O(n), is used as a measure of complexity in scenarios such as linear search,
traversing, and finding the minimum and maximum number of array elements. ArrayList
and queue are data structures that have these methods. An algorithm that has logarithmic
time, O(log n), is a binary search in a tree data structure. Bubble sort, selection sort, and
insertion sort algorithms have complexity of quadratic time, O(n2). Big Omega Ω and big
Theta Θ are notations for the lower and upper bounds for a particular algorithm.

The worst case, best case, average case, and amortized run-time complexity is used for
analysis of algorithms. Amortized run-time complexity is referred to as 2n. Asymptotically,
it will tend to O(1).

Big O notation is also used to determine how much space is consumed by the algorithm.
This helps us find the best and worst case scenarios, relative to space and time.

Let's take a look at linear complexity in the next section.

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Linear complexity
An algorithm is of linear complexity if the processing time or storage space is directly
proportional to the number of input elements to be processed. In Big O notation, linear
complexity is presented as O(n). String matching algorithms such as the Boyer-Moore and
Ukkonen have linear complexity.

Linear complexity, O(n), is demonstrated in an algorithm as follows:

//main package has examples shown
// in Go Data Structures and algorithms book
package main
// importing fmt package
import (
"fmt"
)
// main method
func main() {
var m [10]int
var k int
for k = 0; k < 10; k++ {
m[k] = k * 200
fmt.Printf("Element[%d] = %d\n", k, m[k] )
}
}

Run the following commands:

go run linear_complexity.go

The following screenshot displays the output:

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Let's take a look at quadratic complexity in the next section.

Quadratic complexity
An algorithm is of quadratic complexity if the processing time is proportional to the square
of the number of input elements. In the following case, the complexity of the algorithm is
10*10 = 100. The two loops have a maximum of 10. The quadratic complexity for a
2
multiplication table of n elements is O(n ).

Quadratic complexity, O(n2), is shown in the following example:

//main package has examples shown
// in Go Data Structures and algorithms book
package main
// importing fmt package
import (
"fmt"
)
// main method
func main() {
var k,l int
for k = 1; k <= 10; k++ {
fmt.Println(" Multiplication Table", k)
for l=1; l <= 10; l++ {
var x int = l *k
fmt.Println(x)
}
}
}

Run the following commands:

go run quadratic_complexity.go

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The following screenshot displays the output:

Let's take a look at cubic complexity in the next section.

Cubic complexity
In the case of cubic complexity, the processing time of an algorithm is proportional to the
cube of the input elements. The complexity of the following algorithm is 10*10*10 = 1,000.
The three loops have a maximum of 10. The cubic complexity for a matrix update is O(n3).

Cubic complexity O(n3) is explained in the following example:

//main package has examples shown
// in Hands-On Data Structures and algorithms with Go book
package main
// importing fmt package
import (
"fmt"
)
// main method
func main() {
var k,l,m int
var arr[10][10][10] int

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for k = 0; k < 10; k++ {

for l=0; l < 10; l++ {
for m=0; m < 10; m++ {
arr[k][l][m] = 1
fmt.Println("Element value ",k,l,m," is", arr[k][l][m])
}
}
}
}

Run the following commands:

go run cubic_complexity.go

The following screenshot displays the output:

Let's take a look at logarithmic complexity in the next section.

Logarithmic complexity
An algorithm is of logarithmic complexity if the processing time is proportional to the
logarithm of the input elements. The logarithm base is typically 2. The following tree is a
binary tree with LeftNode and RightNode. The insert operation is of O(log n) complexity,
where n is the number of nodes.

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Logarithmic complexity is presented as follows:

//main package has examples shown
// in Hands-On Data Structures and algorithms with Go book
package main
// importing fmt package
import (
"fmt"
)
// Tree struct
type Tree struct {
LeftNode *Tree
Value int
RightNode *Tree
}

As shown in the following code, the Tree class has the insert method, which inserts the
element given m is the integer element:
// Tree insert method for inserting at m position
func (tree *Tree) insert( m int) {
if tree != nil {
if tree.LeftNode == nil {
tree.LeftNode = &Tree{nil,m,nil}
} else {
if tree.RightNode == nil {
tree.RightNode = &Tree{nil,m,nil}
} else {
if tree.LeftNode != nil {
tree.LeftNode.insert(m)
} else {
tree.RightNode.insert(m)
}
}
}
} else {
tree = &Tree{nil,m,nil}
}
}
//print method for printing a Tree
func print(tree *Tree) {
if tree != nil {
fmt.Println(" Value",tree.Value)
fmt.Printf("Tree Node Left")
print(tree.LeftNode)
fmt.Printf("Tree Node Right")
print(tree.RightNode)
} else {

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fmt.Printf("Nil\n")
}
}

The main method calls the insert method on tree to insert the 1, 3, 5, and 7 elements, as
shown in the following code:
// main method
func main() {
var tree *Tree = &Tree{nil,1,nil}
print(tree)
tree.insert(3)
print(tree)
tree.insert(5)
print(tree)
tree.LeftNode.insert(7)
print(tree)
}

Run the following commands:

go run tree.go

The following screenshot displays the output:

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Now that we know about the complexities in algorithms and analyzing their performance,
let's take a look at brute force algorithms in the next section.

Brute force algorithms

A brute force algorithm solves a problem based on the statement and the problem
definition. Brute force algorithms for search and sort are sequential search and selection
sort. Exhaustive search is another brute force algorithm where the solution is in a set of
candidate solutions with definitive properties. The space in which the search happens is a
state and combinatorial space, which consists of permutations, combinations, or subsets.

Brute Force algorithms are known for wide applicability and simplicity in solving complex
problems. Searching, string matching, and matrix multiplication are some scenarios where
they are used. Single computational tasks can be solved using brute force algorithms. They
do not provide efficient algorithms. The algorithms are slow and non-performant.
Representation of a brute force algorithm is shown in the following code:
//main package has examples shown
//in Hands-On Data Structures and algorithms with Go book
package main
// importing fmt package
import (
"fmt"
)
//findElement method given array and k element
func findElement(arr[10] int, k int) bool {
var i int
for i=0; i< 10; i++ {
if arr[i]==k {
return true
}
}
return false
}
// main method
func main() {
var arr = [10]int{1,4,7,8,3,9,2,4,1,8}
var check bool = findElement(arr,10)
fmt.Println(check)
var check2 bool = findElement(arr,9)
fmt.Println(check2)
}

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Run the following commands:

go run bruteforce.go

The following screenshot displays the output:

After brute force algorithms, let's cover divide and conquer algorithms in the next section.

Divide and conquer algorithms

A divide and conquer algorithm breaks a complex problem into smaller problems and
solves these smaller problems. The smaller problem will be further broken down till it is a
known problem. The approach is to recursively solve the sub-problems and merge the
solutions of the sub-problems.

Recursion, quick sort, binary search, fast Fourier transform, and merge sort are good
examples of divide and conquer algorithms. Memory is efficiently used with these
algorithms. Performance is sometimes an issue in the case of recursion. On multiprocessor
machines, these algorithms can be executed on different processors after breaking them
down into sub-problems. A divide and conquer algorithm is shown in the following code:
//main package has examples shown
// in Hands-On Data Structures and algorithms with Go book
package main
// importing fmt package
import (
"fmt"
)

As shown in the following code, the Fibonacci method takes the k integer parameter and
returns the Fibonacci number for k. The method uses recursion to calculate the Fibonacci
numbers. The recursion algorithm is applied by dividing the problem into the k-1 integer
and the k-2 integer:
// fibonacci method given k integer
func fibonacci(k int) int {
if k<=1{

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return 1
}
return fibonacci(k-1)+fibonacci(k-2)
}
// main method
func main() {
var m int = 5
for m=0; m < 8; m++ {
var fib = fibonacci(m)
fmt.Println(fib)
}
}

Run the following commands:

go run divide.go

The following screenshot displays the output:

Let's take a look at what backtracking algorithms are in the next section.

Backtracking algorithms
A backtracking algorithm solves a problem by constructing the solution incrementally.
Multiple options are evaluated, and the algorithm chooses to go to the next component of
the solution through recursion. Backtracking can be a chronological type or can traverse the
paths, depending on the problem that you are solving.

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Backtracking is an algorithm that finds candidate solutions and rejects a candidate on the
basis of its feasibility and validity. Backtracking is useful in scenarios such as finding a
value in an unordered table. It is faster than a brute force algorithm, which rejects a large
number of solutions in an iteration. Constraint satisfaction problems such as parsing, rules
engine, knapsack problems, and combinatorial optimization are solved using backtracking.

The following is an example of a backtracking algorithm. The problem is to identify the

combinations of elements in an array of 10 elements whose sum is equal to 18. The
findElementsWithSum method recursively tries to find the combination. Whenever the
sum goes beyond the k target, it backtracks:
//main package has examples shown
// in Hands-On Data Structures and algorithms with Go book
package main
// importing fmt package
import (
"fmt"
)
//findElementsWithSum of k from arr of size
func findElementsWithSum(arr[10] int,combinations[19] int,size int, k int,
addValue int, l int, m int) int {
var num int = 0
if addValue > k {
return -1
}
if addValue == k {
num = num +1
var p int =0
for p=0; p < m; p++ {
fmt.Printf("%d,",arr[combinations[p]])
}
fmt.Println(" ")
}
var i int
for i=l; i< size; i++ {
//fmt.Println(" m", m)
combinations[m] = l
findElementsWithSum(arr,combinations,size,k,addValue+arr[i],l,m+1)
l = l+1
}
return num
}
// main method
func main() {
var arr = [10]int{1,4,7,8,3,9,2,4,1,8}
var addedSum int = 18
var combinations [19]int

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findElementsWithSum(arr,combinations,10,addedSum,0,0,0)
//fmt.Println(check)//var check2 bool = findElement(arr,9)
//fmt.Println(check2)
}

Run the following commands:

go run backtracking.go

The following screenshot displays the output:

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Summary
This chapter covered the definition of abstract datatypes, classifying data structures into
linear, nonlinear, homogeneous, heterogeneous, and dynamic types. Abstract datatypes
such as container, list, set, map, graph, stack, and queue were presented in this chapter. The
chapter covered the performance analysis of data structures and structural design patterns.

We looked at the classification of data structures and structural design patterns. You can
use algorithms such as brute force, divide and conquer, and backtracking by calculating the
complexity and performance analysis. The choice of algorithm and the use of design
patterns and data structures are the key takeaways.

In the next chapter, we will discuss data structures in Go. The following data structures will
be covered:

Arrays
Slices
Two-dimensional slices
Maps

Questions and exercises

1. Give an example where you can use a composite pattern.
2. For an array of 10 elements with a random set of integers, identify the maximum
and minimum. Calculate the complexity of the algorithm.
3. To manage the state of an object, which structural pattern is relevant?
4. A window is sub-classed to add a scroll bar to make it a scrollable window.
Which pattern is applied in this scenario?
5. Find the complexity of a binary tree search algorithm.
6. Identify the submatrices of 2x2 in a 3x3 matrix. What is the complexity of the
algorithm that you have used?
7. Explain with a scenario the difference between brute force and backtracking
algorithms.

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8. A rules engine uses backtracking to identify the rules affected by the change.
Show an example where backtracking identifies the affected rules.
9. Draw a flow chart for the algorithm of the calculation of profit-loss given the cost
price, selling price, and quantity.
10. Write the pseudo code for an algorithm that compares the strings and identifies
the substring within a string.

Further reading
The following books are recommended if you want to find out more about Gang of Four
design patterns, algorithms, and data structures:

Design Patterns, by Erich Gamma, Richard Helm, Ralph Johnson, and John
Vlissides
Introduction to Algorithms – Third Edition, by Thomas H. Cormen, Charles E.
Leiserson, Ronald L. Rivest, and Clifford Stein
Data structures and Algorithms: An Easy Introduction, by Rudolph Russell

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Getting Started with Go for
Data Structures and Algorithms
The Go programming language has been rapidly adopted by developers for building web
applications. With its impressive performance and ease of development, Go enjoys the
support of a wide variety of open source frameworks for building scalable and highly
performant web services and apps. The migration to Golang has taken place mainly
because of its fast, lightweight, and inbuilt concurrency features. This brings with it the
need to learn data structures and algorithms with this growing language.

In data structures, a collection of elements of a single type is called an array. Slices are
similar to arrays except that they have unusual properties. Slice operations such as
enlarging a slice using append and copy methods, assigning parts of a slice, appending a
slice, and appending a part of a slice are presented with code samples. Database operations
and CRUD web forms are the scenarios in which Go data structures and algorithms are
demonstrated.

In this chapter, we will discuss the following Go language-specific data structures:

Arrays
Slices
Two-dimensional slices
Maps
Database operations
Variadic functions
CRUD web forms
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Technical requirements
Install Go Version 1.10 at https:/​/​golang.​org/​doc/​install, depending on your operating
system.

The code files for this chapter can be found at the following GitHub URL: https:/​/​github.
com/​PacktPublishing/​Learn-​Data-​Structures-​and-​Algorithms-​with-​Golang/​tree/
master/​Chapter02.

In this chapter, database operations require the github.com/go-sql-

driver/mysql package. In addition to this, MySQL (4.1+) needs to be installed from
https:/​/​dev.​mysql.​com/​downloads/​mysql/​.

Run the following command:

go get -u github.com/go-sql-driver/mysql

Arrays
Arrays are the most famous data structures in different programming languages. Different
data types can be handled as elements in arrays such as int, float32, double, and others.
The following code snippet shows the initialization of an array (arrays.go):
var arr = [5]int {1,2,4,5,6}

An array's size can be found with the len() function. A for loop is used for accessing all
the elements in an array, as follows:
var i int
for i=0; i< len(arr); i++ {
fmt.Println("printing elements ",arr[i]
}

In the following code snippet, the range keyword is explained in detail. The range
keyword can be used to access the index and value for each element:
var value int
for i, value = range arr{
fmt.Println(" range ",value)
}

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The _ blank identifier is used if the index is ignored. The following code shows how a _
blank identifier can be used:
for _, value = range arr{
fmt.Println("blank range",value)
}

Run the following command:

go run arrays.go

The following screenshot displays the output:

Go arrays are not dynamic but have a fixed size. To add more elements than the size, a
bigger array needs to be created and all the elements of the old one need to be copied. An
array is passed as a value through functions by copying the array. Passing a big array to a
function might be a performance issue.

Now that we have covered what arrays are, let's take a look at slices in the next section.

Slices
Go Slice is an abstraction over Go Array. Multiple data elements of the same type are
allowed by Go arrays. The definition of variables that can hold several data elements of the
same type are allowed by Go Array, but it does not have any provision of inbuilt methods
to increase its size in Go. This shortcoming is taken care of by Slices. A Go slice can be
appended to elements after the capacity has reached its size. Slices are dynamic and can
double the current capacity in order to add more elements.

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Let's take a look at the len function in the next section.

The len function

The len() function gives the current length of slice, and the capacity of slice can be
obtained using the cap() function. The following code sample shows the basic slice
creation and appending a slice (basic_slice.go):
var slice = []int{1,3,5,6}
slice = append(slice, 8)
fmt.Println(“Capacity”, cap(slice))
fmt.Println(“Length”, len(slice))

Run the following command to execute the preceding code:

go run basic_slice.go

The following screenshot displays the output:

Let's take a look at the slice function in the next section.

Slice function
Slices are passed by referring to functions. Big slices can be passed to functions without
impacting performance. Passing a slice as a reference to a function is demonstrated in the
code as follows (slices.go):
//twiceValue method given slice of int type
func twiceValue(slice []int) {
var i int
var value int
for i, value = range slice {
slice[i] = 2*value
}
}
// main method
func main() {

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var slice = []int{1,3,5,6}

twiceValue(slice)
var i int
for i=0; i< len(slice); i++ {
fmt.Println(“new slice value”, slice[i])
}
}

Run the following command:

go run slices.go

The following screenshot displays the output:

Now that we know what slices are, let's move on to two-dimensional slices in the next
section.

Two-dimensional slices
Two-dimensional slices are descriptors of a two-dimensional array. A two-dimensional
slice is a contiguous section of an array that is stored away from the slice itself. It holds
references to an underlying array. A two-dimensional slice will be an array of arrays, while
the capacity of a slice can be increased by creating a new slice and copying the contents of
the initial slice into the new one. This is also referred to as a slice of slices. The following is
an example of a two-dimensional array. A 2D array is created and the array elements are
initialized with values.

twodarray.go is the code exhibit that's presented in the following code:

//main package has examples shown

// in Go Data Structures and algorithms book
package main
// importing fmt package
import (
"fmt"
)
// main method

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func main() {
var TwoDArray [8][8]int
TwoDArray[3][6] = 18
TwoDArray[7][4] = 3
fmt.Println(TwoDArray)
}

Run the following command:

go run twodarray.go

The following screenshot displays the output:

For dynamic allocation, we use slice of slices. In the following code, slice of slices is
explained as two-dimensional slices—twodslices.go:
// in Go Data Structures and algorithms book
package main
// importing fmt package
import (
"fmt"
)
// main method
func main() {
var rows int
var cols int
rows = 7
cols = 9
var twodslices = make([][]int, rows)
var i int
for i = range twodslices {
twodslices[i] = make([]int,cols)
}
fmt.Println(twodslices)
}

Run the following commands:

go run twodslices.go

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The following screenshot displays the output:

The append method on the slice is used to append new elements to the slice. If the slice
capacity has reached the size of the underlying array, then append increases the size by
creating a new underlying array and adding the new element. slic1 is a sub slice of arr
starting from zero to 3 (excluded), while slic2 is a sub slice of arr starting from 1
(inclusive) to 5 (excluded). In the following snippet, the append method calls on slic2 to
add a new 12 element (append_slice.go):
var arr = [] int{5,6,7,8,9}
var slic1 = arr[: 3]
fmt.Println("slice1",slic1)
var slic2 = arr[1:5]
fmt.Println("slice2",slic2)
var slic3 = append(slic2, 12)
fmt.Println("slice3",slic3)

Run the following commands:

go run append_slice.go

The following screenshot displays the output:

Now that we have covered what two-dimensional slices are, let's take a look at maps in the
next section.

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Maps
Maps are used to keep track of keys that are types, such as integers, strings, float, double,
pointers, interfaces, structs, and arrays. The values can be of different types. In the
following example, the language of the map type with a key integer and a value string is
created (maps.go):
var languages = map[int]string {
3: “English”,
4: “French”,
5: “Spanish”
}

Maps can be created using the make method, specifying the key type and the value type.
Products of a map type with a key integer and value string are shown in the following code
snippet:
var products = make(map[int]string)
products[1] = “chair”
products[2] = “table”

A for loop is used for iterating through the map. The languages map is iterated as follows:
var i int
var value string
for i, value = range languages {
fmt.Println("language",i, “:",value)
}
fmt.Println("product with key 2",products[2])

Retrieving value and deleting slice operations using the products map is shown in the
following code:
fmt.Println(products[2])
delete(products,”chair”)
fmt.Println("products",products)

Run the following commands:

go run maps.go

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The following screenshot displays the output:

Now that we've covered maps, let's move on to database operations.

Database operations
In this section, we will take a look at some of database operations using appropriate
examples.

Let's start with the GetCustomer method in the next section.

The GetCustomer method

The GetCustomer method retrieves the Customer data from the database. To start with,
the create database operation is shown in the following example. Customer is the table
with the Customerid, CustomerName, and SSN attributes. The GetConnection method
returns the database connection, which is used to query the database. The query then
returns the rows from the database table. In the following code, database operations are
explained in detail (database_operations.go):
//main package has examples shown
// in Hands-On Data Structures and algorithms with Go book
package main

// importing fmt,database/sql, net/http, text/template package

import (
"fmt"
"database/sql"
_ "github.com/go-sql-driver/mysql"
)

// Customer Class
type Customer struct {
CustomerId int

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CustomerName string
SSN string
}
// GetConnection method which returns sql.DB
func GetConnection() (database *sql.DB) {
databaseDriver := "mysql"
databaseUser := "newuser"
databasePass := "newuser"
databaseName := "crm"
database, error := sql.Open(databaseDriver,
databaseUser+":"+databasePass+"@/"+databaseName)
if error != nil {
panic(error.Error())
}
return database
}
// GetCustomers method returns Customer Array
func GetCustomers() []Customer {
var database *sql.DB
database = GetConnection()

var error error

var rows *sql.Rows
rows, error = database.Query("SELECT * FROM Customer ORDER BY
Customerid DESC")
if error != nil {
panic(error.Error())
}
var customer Customer
customer = Customer{}

var customers []Customer

customers= []Customer{}
for rows.Next() {
var customerId int
var customerName string
var ssn string
error = rows.Scan(&customerId, &customerName, &ssn)
if error != nil {
panic(error.Error())
}
customer.CustomerId = customerId
customer.CustomerName = customerName
customer.SSN = ssn
customers = append(customers, customer)
}

defer database.Close()

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return customers
}

//main method
func main() {

var customers []Customer

customers = GetCustomers()
fmt.Println("Customers",customers)

Run the following commands:

go run database_operations.go

The following screenshot displays the output:

Let's take a look at the InsertCustomer method in the next section.

The InsertCustomer method

The INSERT operation is as follows. The InsertCustomer method takes the Customer
parameter and creates a prepared statement for the INSERT statement. The statement is
used to execute the insertion of customer rows into the table, as shown in the following
snippet:
// InsertCustomer method with parameter customer
func InsertCustomer(customer Customer) {
var database *sql.DB
database= GetConnection()

var error error

var insert *sql.Stmt
insert,error = database.Prepare("INSERT INTO
CUSTOMER(CustomerName,SSN) VALUES(?,?)")
if error != nil {
panic(error.Error())
}
insert.Exec(customer.CustomerName,customer.SSN)

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defer database.Close()

Let's take a look at the variadic functions in the next section.

Variadic functions
A function in which we pass an infinite number of arguments, instead of passing them one
at a time, is called a variadic function. The type of the final parameter is preceded by an
ellipsis (...), while declaring a variadic function; this shows us that the function might be
called with any number of arguments of this type.

Variadic functions can be invoked with a variable number of parameters. fmt.Println is a

common variadic function, as follows:
//main method
func main() {
var customers []Customer
customers = GetCustomers()
fmt.Println("Before Insert",customers)
var customer Customer
customer.CustomerName = "Arnie Smith"
customer.SSN = "2386343"
InsertCustomer(customer)
customers = GetCustomers()
fmt.Println("After Insert",customers)
}

Run the following commands:

go run database_operations.go

The following screenshot displays the output:

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Let's start the update operation in the next section.

The update operation

The update operation is as follows. The UpdateCustomer method takes the Customer
parameter and creates a prepared statement for the UPDATE statement. The statement is
used to update a customer row in the table:
// Update Customer method with parameter customer
func UpdateCustomer(customer Customer){
var database *sql.DB
database= GetConnection()
var error error
var update *sql.Stmt
update,error = database.Prepare("UPDATE CUSTOMER SET CustomerName=?,
SSN=? WHERE CustomerId=?")
if error != nil {
panic(error.Error())
}
update.Exec(customer.CustomerName,customer.SSN,customer.CustomerId)
defer database.Close()
}
// main method
func main() {
var customers []Customer
customers = GetCustomers()
fmt.Println("Before Update",customers)
var customer Customer
customer.CustomerName = "George Thompson"
customer.SSN = "23233432"
customer.CustomerId = 5
UpdateCustomer(customer)
customers = GetCustomers()
fmt.Println("After Update",customers)
}

Run the following commands:

go run database_operations.go

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The following screenshot displays the output:

Let's take a look at the delete operation in the next section.

The delete operation

The delete operation is as follows. The DeleteCustomer method takes the
Customer parameter and creates a prepared statement for the DELETE statement. The
statement is used to execute the deletion of a customer row in the table:
// Delete Customer method with parameter customer
func deleteCustomer(customer Customer){
var database *sql.DB
database= GetConnection()
var error error
var delete *sql.Stmt
delete,error = database.Prepare("DELETE FROM Customer WHERE
Customerid=?")
if error != nil {
panic(error.Error())
}
delete.Exec(customer.CustomerId)
defer database.Close()
}
// main method
func main() {
var customers []Customer
customers = GetCustomers()
fmt.Println("Before Delete",customers)
var customer Customer
customer.CustomerName = "George Thompson"
customer.SSN = "23233432"
customer.CustomerId = 5
deleteCustomer(customer)
customers = GetCustomers()
fmt.Println("After Delete",customers)

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Run the following commands:

go run database_operations.go

The following screenshot displays the output:

Now that we are done with variadic functions, let's go ahead and look at CRUD web forms
in the next section.

CRUD web forms

In this section, we will explain web forms using basic examples, showing you how to
perform various actions.

To start a basic HTML page with the Go net/http package, the web forms example is as
follows (webforms.go). This has a welcome greeting in main.html:
//main package has examples shown
// in Hands-On Data Structures and algorithms with Go book
package main
// importing fmt, database/sql, net/http, text/template package
import (
"net/http"
"text/template"
"log")
// Home method renders the main.html
func Home(writer http.ResponseWriter, reader *http.Request) {
var template_html *template.Template
template_html = template.Must(template.ParseFiles("main.html"))
template_html.Execute(writer,nil)
}
// main method
func main() {
log.Println("Server started on: http://localhost:8000")
http.HandleFunc("/", Home)

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http.ListenAndServe(":8000", nil)
}

The code for main.html is as follows:

<html>
<body>
<p> Welcome to Web Forms</p>
</body>
</html>

Run the following commands:

go run webforms.go

The following screenshot displays the output:

The web browser output is shown in the following screenshot:

The CRM application is built with web forms as an example to demonstrate

CRUD operations. We can use the database operations we built in the previous section. In
the following code, the crm database operations are presented. The crm database
operations consist of CRUD methods such as CREATE, READ, UPDATE, and DELETE customer
operations. The GetConnection method retrieves the database connection for performing
the database operations (crm_database_operations.go):
//main package has examples shown
// in Hands-On Data Structures and algorithms with Go book
package main
// importing fmt,database/sql, net/http, text/template package
import (
"database/sql"
_ "github.com/go-sql-driver/mysql"
)
// Customer Class

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type Customer struct {

CustomerId int
CustomerName string
SSN string
}
// GetConnection method which returns sql.DB
func GetConnection() (database *sql.DB) {
databaseDriver := "mysql"
databaseUser := "newuser"
databasePass := "newuser"
databaseName := “crm"
database, error := sql.Open(databaseDriver,
databaseUser+”:"+databasePass+"@/"+databaseName)
if error != nil {
panic(error.Error())
}
return database
}

As shown in the following code, the GetCustomerById method takes the customerId
parameter to look up in the customer database. The GetCustomerById method returns the
customer object:
//GetCustomerById with parameter customerId returns Customer
func GetCustomerById(customerId int) Customer {
var database *sql.DB
database = GetConnection()
var error error
var rows *sql.Rows
rows, error = database.Query("SELECT * FROM Customer WHERE
CustomerId=?",customerId)
if error != nil {
panic(error.Error())
}
var customer Customer
customer = Customer{}
for rows.Next() {
var customerId int
var customerName string
var SSN string
error = rows.Scan(&customerId, &customerName, &SSN)
if error != nil {
panic(error.Error())
}
customer.CustomerId = customerId
customer.CustomerName = customerName
customer.SSN = SSN

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Now that we have covered CRUD web forms, let's move on to defer and panic in the next
section.

The defer and panic statements

The defer statement defers the execution of the function until the surrounding function
returns. The panic function stops the current flow and control. Deferred functions are
executed normally after the panic call. In the following code example, the defer call gets
executed even when the panic call is invoked:
defer database.Close()
return customer
}
// GetCustomers method returns Customer Array
func GetCustomers() []Customer {
var database *sql.DB
database = GetConnection()
var error error
var rows *sql.Rows
rows, error = database.Query("SELECT * FROM Customer ORDER BY
Customerid DESC")
if error != nil {
panic(error.Error())
}
var customer Customer
customer = Customer{}
var customers []Customer
customers= []Customer{}
for rows.Next() {
var customerId int
var customerName string
var ssn string
error = rows.Scan(&customerId, &customerName, &ssn)
if error != nil {
panic(error.Error())
}
customer.CustomerId = customerId
customer.CustomerName = customerName
customer.SSN = ssn
customers = append(customers, customer)
}
defer database.Close()
return customers

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Let's take a look at the InsertCustomer, UpdateCustomer, and DeleteCustomer

methods in the following sections.

The InsertCustomer method

In the following code, the InsertCustomer method takes customer as a parameter to
execute the SQL statement for inserting into the CUSTOMER table:
// InsertCustomer method with parameter customer
func InsertCustomer(customer Customer) {
var database *sql.DB
database= GetConnection()
var error error
var insert *sql.Stmt
insert,error = database.Prepare("INSERT INTO
CUSTOMER(CustomerName,SSN) VALUES(?,?)")
if error != nil {
panic(error.Error())
}
insert.Exec(customer.CustomerName,customer.SSN)
defer database.Close()
}

The UpdateCustomer method

The UpdateCustomer method prepares the UPDATE statement by passing the
CustomerName and SSN from the customer object; this is shown in the following code:

// Update Customer method with parameter customer

func UpdateCustomer(customer Customer) {
var database *sql.DB
database= GetConnection()
var error error
var update *sql.Stmt
update,error = database.Prepare("UPDATE CUSTOMER SET CustomerName=?,
SSN=? WHERE CustomerId=?")
if error != nil {
panic(error.Error())
}
update.Exec(customer.CustomerName,customer.SSN,customer.CustomerId)
defer database.Close()
}

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The DeleteCustomer method

The DeleteCustomer method deletes the customer that's passed by executing the DELETE
statement:
// Delete Customer method with parameter customer
func DeleteCustomer(customer Customer) {
var database *sql.DB
database= GetConnection()
var error error
var delete *sql.Stmt
delete,error = database.Prepare("DELETE FROM Customer WHERE
Customerid=?")
if error != nil {
panic(error.Error())
}
delete.Exec(customer.CustomerId)
defer database.Close()
}

Let's take a look at the CRM web application in the next section.

CRM web application

The CRM web application is shown as follows, with various web paths handled. The CRM
application code is shown in the following code. The Home function executes the Home
template with the writer parameter and the customers array (crm_app.go):
//main package has examples shown
// in Hands-On Data Structures and algorithms with Go book
package main

// importing fmt,database/sql, net/http, text/template package

import (
"fmt"
"net/http"
"text/template"
"log"
)

var template_html = template.Must(template.ParseGlob("templates/*"))

// Home - execute Template

func Home(writer http.ResponseWriter, request *http.Request) {
var customers []Customer

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customers = GetCustomers()
log.Println(customers)
template_html.ExecuteTemplate(writer,"Home",customers)

Let's take a look at the Create, Insert, Alter, Update, and Delete functions, as well as
the main method in the following sections.

The Create function

As shown in the following code, the Create function takes the writer and request
parameters to render the Create template:
// Create - execute Template
func Create(writer http.ResponseWriter, request *http.Request) {

template_html.ExecuteTemplate(writer,"Create",nil)
}

The Insert function

The Insert function invokes the GetCustomers method to get an array of customers and
renders the Home template with the writer and customers arrays as parameters by
invoking the ExecuteTemplate method. This is shown in the following code:
// Insert - execute template
func Insert(writer http.ResponseWriter, request *http.Request) {

var customer Customer

customer.CustomerName = request.FormValue("customername")
customer.SSN = request.FormValue("ssn")
InsertCustomer(customer)
var customers []Customer
customers = GetCustomers()
template_html.ExecuteTemplate(writer,"Home",customers)

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The Alter function

The following code shows how the Alter function renders the Home template by invoking
the ExecuteTemplate method with the writer and customers arrays as parameters:
// Alter - execute template
func Alter(writer http.ResponseWriter, request *http.Request) {

var customer Customer

var customerId int
var customerIdStr string
customerIdStr = request.FormValue("id")
fmt.Sscanf(customerIdStr, "%d", &customerId)
customer.CustomerId = customerId
customer.CustomerName = request.FormValue("customername")
customer.SSN = request.FormValue("ssn")
UpdateCustomer(customer)
var customers []Customer
customers = GetCustomers()
template_html.ExecuteTemplate(writer,"Home",customers)

The Update function

The Update function invokes the ExecuteTemplate method with writer and customer
looked up by id. The ExecuteTemplate method renders the UPDATE template:
// Update - execute template
func Update(writer http.ResponseWriter, request *http.Request) {

var customerId int

var customerIdStr string
customerIdStr = request.FormValue("id")
fmt.Sscanf(customerIdStr, "%d", &customerId)
var customer Customer
customer = GetCustomerById(customerId)

template_html.ExecuteTemplate(writer,"Update",customer)

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The Delete function

The Delete method renders the Home template after deleting the customer that's found by
the GetCustomerById method. The View method renders the View template after finding
the customer by invoking the GetCustomerById method:
// Delete - execute Template
func Delete(writer http.ResponseWriter, request *http.Request) {
var customerId int
var customerIdStr string
customerIdStr = request.FormValue("id")
fmt.Sscanf(customerIdStr, "%d", &customerId)
var customer Customer
customer = GetCustomerById(customerId)
DeleteCustomer(customer)
var customers []Customer
customers = GetCustomers()
template_html.ExecuteTemplate(writer,"Home",customers)

}
// View - execute Template
func View(writer http.ResponseWriter, request *http.Request) {
var customerId int
var customerIdStr string
customerIdStr = request.FormValue("id")
fmt.Sscanf(customerIdStr, "%d", &customerId)
var customer Customer
customer = GetCustomerById(customerId)
fmt.Println(customer)
var customers []Customer
customers= []Customer{customer}
customers.append(customer)
template_html.ExecuteTemplate(writer,"View",customers)

The main method

The main method handles the Home, Alter, Create, Update, View, Insert, and Delete
functions with different aliases for lookup and renders the templates appropriately.
HttpServer listens to port 8000 and waits for template alias invocation:

// main method
func main() {
log.Println("Server started on: http://localhost:8000")
http.HandleFunc("/", Home)

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http.HandleFunc("/alter", Alter)
http.HandleFunc("/create", Create)
http.HandleFunc("/update", Update)
http.HandleFunc("/view", View)
http.HandleFunc("/insert", Insert)
http.HandleFunc("/delete", Delete)
http.ListenAndServe(":8000", nil)
}

Let's take a look at the Header, Footer, Menu, Create, Update, and View templates in the
following sections.

The Header template

The Header template has the HTML head and body defined in the code snippet, as follows.
The TITLE tag of the web page is set to CRM and the web page has Customer Management
– CRM as content (Header.tmpl):

{{ define "Header" }}
<!DOCTYPE html>
<html>
<head>
<title>CRM</title>
<meta charset="UTF-8" />
</head>
<body>
<h1>Customer Management – CRM</h1>
{{ end }}

The Footer template

The Footer template has the HTML and BODY close tags defined. The Footer template is
presented in the following code snippet (Footer.tmpl):
{{ define "Footer" }}
</body>
</html>
{{ end }}

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The Menu template

The Menu template has the links defined for Home and Create Customer, as shown in the
following code (Menu.tmpl):
{{ define "Menu" }}
<a href="/">Home</a> |<a href="/create">Create Customer</a>
{{ end }}

The Create template

The Create template consists of Header, Menu, and Footer templates. The form to create
customer fields is found in the create template. This form is submitted to a web
path—/insert, as shown in the following code snippet (Create.tmpl):
{{ define "Create" }}
{{ template "Header" }}
{{ template "Menu" }}
<br>
<h1>Create Customer</h1>
<br>
<br>
<form method="post" action="/insert">
Customer Name: <input type="text" name="customername"
placeholder="customername" autofocus/>
<br>
<br>
SSN: <input type="text" name="ssn" placeholder="ssn"/>
<br>
<br>
<input type="submit" value="Create Customer"/>
</form>
{{ template "Footer" }}
{{ end }}

The Update template

The Update template consists of the Header, Menu, and Footer templates, as follows. The
form to update customer fields is found in the Update template. This form is submitted to a
web path, /alter (Update.tmpl):
{{ define "Update" }}
{{ template "Header" }}

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{{ template "Menu" }}
<br>
<h1>Update Customer</h1>
<br>
<br>
<form method="post" action="/alter">
<input type="hidden" name="id" value="{{ .CustomerId }}" />
Customer Name: <input type="text" name="customername"
placeholder="customername" value="{{ .CustomerName }}" autofocus>
<br>
<br>
SSN: <input type="text" name="ssn" value="{{ .SSN }}"
placeholder="ssn"/>
<br>
<br>
<input type="submit" value="Update Customer"/>
</form>
{{ template "Footer" }}
{{ end }}

The View template

The View template consists of Header, Menu, and Footer templates. The form to view the
customer fields is found in the View template, which is presented in code as follows
(View.tmpl):
{{ define "View" }}
{{ template "Header" }}
{{ template "Menu" }}
<br>
<h1>View Customer</h1>
<br>
<br>
<table border="1">
<tr>
<td>CustomerId</td>
<td>CustomerName</td>
<td>SSN</td>
<td>Update</td>
<td>Delete</td>
</tr>
{{ if . }}
{{ range . }}
<tr>
<td>{{ .CustomerId }}</td>
<td>{{ .CustomerName }}</td>

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<td>{{ .SSN }}</td>

<td><a href="/delete?id={{.CustomerId}}" onclick="return confirm('Are you
sure you want to delete?');">Delete</a> </td>
<td><a href="/update?id={{.CustomerId}}">Update</a> </td>
</tr>
{{ end }}
{{ end }}
</table>
{{ template "Footer" }}
{{ end }}

Run the following commands:

go run crm_app.go crm_database_operations.go

The following screenshot displays the output:

The web browser output is shown in the following screenshot:

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Summary
This chapter introduced database operations and web forms. Now, you will be able to build
web applications that can store data in databases. Arrays, slices, two-dimensional slices,
and maps were covered with code samples. Array methods such as len, iterating through
an array using for, and range were explained in this chapter using code snippets. Two-
dimensional arrays and slice of slices were discussed in the Slices section.

Maps were explained with various scenarios such as adding keys and values, as well as
retrieving and deleting values. Maps of different types, such as strings and integers, were
also discussed in this chapter. Furthermore, variadic functions, deferred function calls, and
panic and recover operations were demonstrated in the Database operations and CRUD web
forms sections.

The CRM application was built as a web application with data persisted in the MySQL
database. Database operations for adding, deleting, updating, and retrieving data were
shown in code snippets. In addition, web forms for creating, updating, deleting, and
viewing customer data were presented using web forms with templates. MySQL driver and
its installation details were provided in the Technical requirements section of this chapter.
How to create a web application using Go was demonstrated with execution details.

The next chapter will have topics related to linear data structures such as lists, sets, tuples,
and stacks.

Questions
1. What is the name of the method to get the size of an array?
2. How do you find the capacity of the slice?
3. How do you initialize the 2D slice of a string type?
4. How do you add an element to the slice?
5. Using code, can you demonstrate how to create a map of key strings and value
strings? Initialize the map with keys and values in the code, iterate them in a
loop, and print the keys and values in the code.

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6. How do you delete a value in a map?

7. What parameters are required for getting a database connection?
8. Which sql.Rows class method makes it possible to read the attributes of the
entity in a table?
9. What does defer do when a database connection is closed?
10. Which method allows the sql.DB class to create a prepared statement?

Further reading
To read more about arrays, maps and slices, the following links are recommended:

Learning Go Data Structures and Algorithms [Video], by Gustavo Chaín

Mastering Go, by Mihalis Tsoukalos

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Section 2: Basic Data
Structures and Algorithms using
Go
We will talk about data structures, including linear, non-linear, homogeneous,
heterogeneous, and dynamic types, as well as classic algorithms. This section covers
different types of lists, trees, arrays, sets, dictionaries, tuples, heaps, queues, and stacks,
along with sorting, recursion, searching, and hashing algorithms.

This section contains the following chapters:

Chapter 3, Linear Data Structures

Chapter 4, Non-Linear Data Structures
Chapter 5, Homogeneous Data Structures
Chapter 6, Heterogeneous Data Structures
Chapter 7, Dynamic Data Structures
Chapter 8, Classic Algorithms
 3
Linear Data Structures
Various applications, such as Facebook, Twitter, and Google, use lists and linear data
structures. As we have discussed previously, data structures allow us to organize vast
swathes of data in a sequential and organized manner, thereby reducing time and effort in
working with such data. Lists, stacks, sets, and tuples are some of the commonly used
linear data structures.

In this chapter, we will discuss these data structures by giving examples of various
procedures involving them. We will discuss the various operations related to these data
structures, such as insertion, deletion, updating, traversing (of lists), reversing, and
merging with various code samples.

We will cover the following linear data structures in this chapter:

Lists
Sets
Tuples
Stacks

Technical requirements
Install Go version 1.10 at https:/​/​golang.​org/​doc/​install, depending on your operating
system.

The code files for this chapter can be found at the following GitHub URL: https:/​/​github.
com/​PacktPublishing/​Learn-​Data-​Structures-​and-​Algorithms-​with-​Golang/​tree/
master/​Chapter03.
Linear Data Structures Chapter 3

Lists
A list is a collection of ordered elements that are used to store list of items. Unlike array
lists, these can expand and shrink dynamically.

Lists also be used as a base for other data structures, such as stack and queue. Lists can be
used to store lists of users, car parts, ingredients, to-do items, and various other such
elements. Lists are the most commonly used linear data structures. These were introduced
in the lisp programming language. In this chapter, linked list and doubly linked list are the
lists we will cover in the Go language.

Let's discuss the operations related to add, update, remove, and lookup on linked list and
doubly linked list in the following section.

LinkedList
LinkedList is a sequence of nodes that have properties and a reference to the next node in
the sequence. It is a linear data structure that is used to store data. The data structure
permits the addition and deletion of components from any node next to another node. They
are not stored contiguously in memory, which makes them different arrays.

The following sections will look at the structures and methods in a linked list.

The Node class

The Node class has an integer typed variable with the name property. The class has
another variable with the name nextNode, which is a node pointer. Linked list will have a
set of nodes with integer properties, as follows:
//Node class
type Node struct {
property int
nextNode *Node
}

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The LinkedList class

The LinkedList class has the headNode pointer as its property. By traversing
to nextNode from headNode, you can iterate through the linked list, as shown in the
following code:
// LinkedList class
type LinkedList struct {
headNode *Node
}

The different methods of the LinkedList class, such as AddtoHead, IterateList,

LastNode, AddtoEnd, NodeWithValue, AddAfter, and the main method, are discussed in
the following sections.

The AddToHead method

The AddToHead method adds the node to the start of the linked list. The
AddToHead method of the LinkedList class has a parameter integer property. The
property is used to initialize the node. A new node is instantiated and its property is set to
the property parameter that's passed. The nextNode points to the current headNode of
linkedList, and headNode is set to the pointer of the new node that's created, as shown
in the following code:
//AddToHead method of LinkedList class
func (linkedList *LinkedList) AddToHead(property int) {
var node = Node{}
node.property = property
if node.nextNode != nil {
node.nextNode = linkedList.headNode
}
linkedList.headNode = &node
}

When the node with the 1 property is added to the head, adding the 1 property to the head
of linkedList sets headNode to currentNode with a value of 1, as you can see in the
following screenshot:

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Let's execute this command using the main method. Here, we have created an instance of a
LinkedList class and added the 1 and 3 integer properties to the head of this instance.
The linked list's headNode property is printed after adding the elements, as follows:
// main method
func main() {
var linkedList LinkedList
linkedList = LinkedList{}
linkedList.AddToHead(1)
linkedList.AddToHead(3)
fmt.Println(linkedList.headNode.property)
}

Run the following commands to execute the linked_list.go file:

go run linked_list.go

After executing the preceding command, we get the following output:

Let's take a look at the IterateList method in the next section.

The IterateList method

The IterateList method of the LinkedList class iterates from the headNode property
and prints the property of the current head node. The iteration happens with the head node
moves to nextNode of the headNode property until the current node is no longer equal to
nil. The following code shows the IterateList method of the LinkedList class:

//IterateList method iterates over LinkedList

func (linkedList *LinkedList) IterateList() {
var node *Node
for node = linkedList.headNode; node != nil; node = node.nextNode {
fmt.Println(node.property)
}
}

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The LastNode method

The LastNode method of LinkedList returns the node at the end of the list. The list is
traversed to check whether nextNode is nil from nextNode of headNode, as follows:
//LastNode method returns the last Node

func (linkedList *LinkedList) LastNode() *Node{

var node *Node
var lastNode *Node
for node = linkedList.headNode; node != nil; node = node.nextNode {
if node.nextNode ==nil {
lastNode = node
}
}
return lastNode
}

The AddToEnd method

The AddToEnd method adds the node at the end of the list. In the following code, the
current lastNode is found and its nextNode property is set as the added node:
//AddToEnd method adds the node with property to the end

func (linkedList *LinkedList) AddToEnd(property int) {

var node = &Node{}
node.property = property
node.nextNode = nil
var lastNode *Node
lastNode = linkedList.LastNode()
if lastNode != nil {
lastNode.nextNode = node
}
}

In the following screenshot, the AddToEnd method is invoked when the node with a
property value of 5 is added to the end. Adding the property through this method creates a
node with a value of 5. The last node of the list has a property value of 5. The
nextNode property of lastNode is nil. The nextNode of lastNode is set to the node with
a value of 5:

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Let's take a look at the NodeWithValue method in the next section.

The NodeWithValue method

In the following code snippet, the NodeWithValue method of LinkedList returns the
node with the property value. The list is traversed and checked to see whether the
property value is equal to the parameter property:

//NodeWithValue method returns Node given parameter property

func (linkedList *LinkedList) NodeWithValue(property int) *Node{

var node *Node
var nodeWith *Node
for node = linkedList.headNode; node != nil; node = node.nextNode {
if node.property == property {
nodeWith = node
break;
}
}
return nodeWith
}

The AddAfter method

The AddAfter method adds the node after a specific node. The AddAfter method of
LinkedList has nodeProperty and property parameters. A node with
the nodeProperty value is retrieved using the NodeWithValue method. A node with
property is created and added after the NodeWith node, as follows:

//AddAfter method adds a node with nodeProperty after node with property

func (linkedList *LinkedList) AddAfter(nodeProperty int,property int) {

var node = &Node{}
node.property = property
node.nextNode = nil
var nodeWith *Node
nodeWith = linkedList.NodeWithValue(nodeProperty)
if nodeWith != nil {
node.nextNode = nodeWith.nextNode
nodeWith.nextNode = node
}
}

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You then get the following output when the AddAfter method is invoked when the node
with a property value of 7 is added after the node with a value of 1. The
nextNode property of the node with a property value of 1 is nil. The nextNode property of
the node with a property value of 1 is set to the node with a value of 5:

Let's take a look at the main method in the next section.

The main method

The main method adds the nodes with integer properties of 1, 3, and 5, as shown in the
following code. A node with an integer property of 7 is added after the node with an
integer property of 1. The IterateList method is invoked on the linkedList instance,
as follows:
// main method
func main() {
var linkedList LinkedList
linkedList = LinkedList{}
linkedList.AddToHead(1)
linkedList.AddToHead(3)
linkedList.AddToEnd(5)
linkedList.AddAfter(1,7)
linkedList.IterateList()
}

The main method adds 1 and 3 to the head of the linked list. 5 is added to the end. 7 is
added after 1. The linked list will be 3, 1, 7, and 5.

Run the following commands to execute the linked_list.go file:

go run linked_list.go

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After executing the preceding command, we get the following output:

Let's take a look at doubly linked list in the next section.

Doubly linked list

In a doubly linked list, all nodes have a pointer to the node they are connected to, on either
side of them, in the list. This means that each node is connected to two nodes, and we can
traverse forward through to the next node or backward through to the previous node.
Doubly linked lists allow insertion, deletion and, obviously, traversing operations. The
node class definition is presented in the following code example:
// Node class
type Node struct {
property int
nextNode *Node
previousNode *Node
}

The following sections explain doubly linked list methods, such as

the NodeBetweenValues, AddToHead, AddAfter, AddToEnd, and main methods.

The NodeBetweenValues method

The NodeBetweenValues method of the LinkedList class returns the node that has a
property lying between the firstProperty and secondProperty values. The method
traverses the list to find out whether the firstProperty and secondProperty integer
properties match on consecutive nodes, as follows:
//NodeBetweenValues method of LinkedList
func (linkedList *LinkedList) NodeBetweenValues(firstProperty
int,secondProperty int) *Node{
var node *Node
var nodeWith *Node
for node = linkedList.headNode; node != nil; node = node.nextNode {

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if node.previousNode != nil && node.nextNode != nil {

if node.previousNode.property == firstProperty &&
node.nextNode.property ==
secondProperty{
nodeWith = node
break;
}
}
}
return nodeWith
}

The example output after the node between the values method was invoked with 1 and 5 is
shown in the following screenshot. The nextNode of the lastNode is set to the node with a
value of 5. The node with a property value of 7 is between the nodes with property values
of 1 and 5:

Let's take a look at the AddToHead method in the next section.

The AddToHead method

The AddToHead method of the doubly LinkedList class sets the previousNode property
of the current headNode of the linked list to the node that's added with property. The node
with property will be set as the headNode of the LinkedList method in the following
code:
//AddToHead method of LinkedList
func (linkedList *LinkedList) AddToHead(property int) {
var node = &Node{}
node.property = property
node.nextNode = nil
if linkedList.headNode != nil {
node.nextNode = linkedList.headNode
linkedList.headNode.previousNode = node
}
linkedList.headNode = node
}

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The example output after the AddToHead method was invoked with property 3 is as
follows. A node with property 3 is created. The headNode property of the list has a
property value of 1. The current node with property 3 has a nextNode property of nil. The
nextNode property of the current node is set to headNode with a property value of 1. The
previous node of the headNode property is set to the current node:

Let's take a look at the AddAfter method in the next section.

AddAfter method
The AddAfter method adds a node after a specific node to a double linked list.
The AddAfter method of the double LinkedList class searches the node whose value is
equal to nodeProperty. The found node is set as the previousNode of the node that was
added with property. The nextNode of the added node will be the nodeWith property's
nextNode. The previousNode of the added node will be the node that was found with
value equal to nodeProperty. The nodeWith node will be updated to the current node. In
the following code, the AddAfter method is shown:
//AddAfter method of LinkedList
func (linkedList *LinkedList) AddAfter(nodeProperty int,property int) {
var node = &Node{}
node.property = property
node.nextNode = nil
var nodeWith *Node
nodeWith = linkedList.NodeWithValue(nodeProperty)
if nodeWith != nil {

node.nextNode = nodeWith.nextNode
node.previousNode = nodeWith
nodeWith.nextNode = node
}
}

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The example output after the AddAfter method is invoked with property 7 is as follows. A
node with property value 7 is created. The nextNode property of the created node is nil.
The nextNode property of the created node is set to headNode with property value 1. The
previousNode property of headNode is set to the current node:

Let's take a look at the AddToEnd method in the next section.

The AddToEnd method

The AddToEnd method adds the node to the end of the double linked list. The AddToEnd
method of the LinkedList class creates a node whose property is set as the integer
parameter property. The method sets the previousNode property of the node that was
added with the current lastNode property as follows. The nextNode of the current
lastNode property is set to a node added with property at the end as follows:

//AddToEnd method of LinkedList

func (linkedList *LinkedList) AddToEnd(property int) {
var node = &Node{}
node.property = property
node.nextNode = nil
var lastNode *Node
lastNode = linkedList.LastNode()
if lastNode != nil {

lastNode.nextNode = node
node.previousNode = lastNode
}
}

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The example output after the AddToEnd method was invoked with property 5 is as follows.
A node with property value 5 is created. The lastNode of the list has property value 1. The
nextNode property of the lastNode is nil. The nextNode of the lastNode is set to the
node with property value 5. The previousNode of the created node is set to the node with
property value 1:

Let's take a look at the main method in the next section.

The main method

In the following code snippet, the main method calls the NodeBetweenValues property
with firstProperty and secondProperty. The node property between values 1 and 5 is
printed:
// main method
func main() {
var linkedList LinkedList
linkedList = LinkedList{}
linkedList.AddToHead(1)
linkedList.AddToHead(3) linkedList.AddToEnd(5)
linkedList.AddAfter(1,7)
fmt.Println(linkedList.headNode.property)
var node *Node
node = linkedList.NodeBetweenValues(1,5)
fmt.Println(node.property)
}

The main method creates a linked list. The nodes are added to the head and end. The node
between values 1 and 5 is searched and its property is printed.

Run the following command to execute the doubly_linked_list.go file:

go run doubly_linked_list.go

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After executing the preceding command, we get the following output:

The next section talks about sets, which are linear data structures.

Sets
A Set is a linear data structure that has a collection of values that are not repeated. A set can
store unique values without any particular order. In the real world, sets can be used to
collect all tags for blog posts and conversation participants in a chat. The data can be of
Boolean, integer, float, characters, and other types. Static sets allow only query operations,
which means operations related to querying the elements. Dynamic and mutable sets allow
for the insertion and deletion of elements. Algebraic operations such as union, intersection,
difference, and subset can be defined on the sets. The following example shows
the Set integer with a map integer key and bool as a value:
//main package has examples shown
// in Hands-On Data Structures and algorithms with Go book
package main
// importing fmt package
import (
"fmt"
)
//Set class
type Set struct {
integerMap map[int]bool
}
//create the map of integer and bool
func (set *Set) New(){
set.integerMap = make(map[int]bool)
}

The AddElement, DeleteElement, ContainsElement, Intersect, Union, and main

methods are discussed in the following sections.

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The AddElement method

The AddElement method adds the element to a set. In the following code snippet, the
AddElement method of the Set class adds the element to integerMap if the element is not
in the Set. The integerMap element has the key integer and value as bool, as shown in
the following code:
// adds the element to the set
func (set *Set) AddElement(element int){
if !set.ContainsElement(element) {
set.integerMap[element] = true
}
}

The example output after invoking the AddElement method with parameter 2 is as
follows. The check is done if there is an element with value 2. If there is no element, the
map is set to true with the key as 2:

Let's take a look at the DeleteElement method in the next section.

The DeleteElement method

The DeleteElement method deletes the element from integerMap using the delete
method. This method removes the element from the integerMap of the set, as follows:
//deletes the element from the set
func (set *Set) DeleteElement(element int) {
delete(set.integerMap,element)
}

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The ContainsElement method

The ContainsElement method of the Set class checks whether or not the element exists
in integerMap. The integerMap element is looked up with a key integer element, as
shown in the following code example:
//checks if element is in the set
func (set *Set) ContainsElement(element int) bool{
var exists bool
_, exists = set.integerMap[element]
return exists
}

The main method – contains element

In the following code snippet, the main method creates Set, invokes the New method, and
adds elements 1 and 2. The check is done if element 1 exists in the set:
// main method
func main() {
var set *Set
set = &Set{}
set.New()
set.AddElement(1)
set.AddElement(2)
fmt.Println(set)
fmt.Println(set.ContainsElement(1))
}

Run the following command to execute the set.go file:

go run set.go

After executing the preceding command, we get the following output:

Let's take a look at the InterSect method in the next section.

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The InterSect method

In the following code, the InterSect method on the Set class returns an
intersectionSet that consists of the intersection of set and anotherSet. The set class
is traversed through integerMap and checked against another Set to see if any elements
exist:
//Intersect method returns the set which intersects with anotherSet

func (set *Set) Intersect(anotherSet *Set) *Set{

var intersectSet = & Set{}
intersectSet.New()
var value int
for(value,_ = range set.integerMap){
if anotherSet.ContainsElement(value) {
intersectSet.AddElement(value)
}
}
return intersectSet
}

The example output after invoking the intersect with the parameter of another Set is as
follows. A new intersectSet is created. The current set is iterated and every value is
checked to see if it is in another set. If the value is in another set, it is added to
the set intersect:

Let's take a look at the Union method in the next section.

The Union method

The Union method on the Set class returns a unionSet that consists of a union of set and
anotherSet. Both sets are traversed through integerMap keys, and union set is updated
with elements from the sets, as follows:
//Union method returns the set which is union of the set with anotherSet

func (set *Set) Union(anotherSet *Set) *Set{

var unionSet = & Set{}

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unionSet.New()
var value int
for(value,_ = range set.integerMap){
unionSet.AddElement(value)
}

for(value,_ = range anotherSet.integerMap){

unionSet.AddElement(value)
}

return unionSet
}

The example output after invoking the union method with the anotherSet parameter is as
follows. A new unionSet is created. The current set and another set values are iterated.
Every value is added to the union set:

Let's take a look at the main method in the next section.

The main method – intersection and union

In the following code snippet, the main method calls intersect and union on the set class,
passing the anotherSet parameter. The intersection and union sets are printed as follows:
// main method
func main() {
var set *Set
set = &Set{}
set.New()
set.AddElement(1)
set.AddElement(2)
fmt.Println("initial set", set)
fmt.Println(set.ContainsElement(1))
var anotherSet *Set

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anotherSet = &Set{}
anotherSet.New()
anotherSet.AddElement(2)
anotherSet.AddElement(4)
anotherSet.AddElement(5) fmt.Println(set.Intersect(anotherSet))
fmt.Println(set.Union(anotherSet))
}

The main method takes two sets and finds the intersection and union of the sets.

Run the following command to execute the set.go file:

go run set.go

After executing the preceding command, we get the following output:

The next section talks about tuples, which are finite ordered sequences of objects.

Tuples
Tuples are finite ordered sequences of objects. They can contain a mixture of other data
types and are used to group related data into a data structure. In a relational database, a
tuple is a row of a table. Tuples have a fixed size compared to lists, and are also faster. A
finite set of tuples in the relational database is referred to as a relation instance. A tuple can
be assigned in a single statement, which is useful for swapping values. Lists usually contain
values of the same data type, while tuples contain different data. For example, we can store
a name, age, and favorite color of a user in a tuple. Tuples were covered in Chapter 1, Data
Structures and Algorithms. The following sample shows a multi-valued expression from a
function's call (tuples.go):
//main package has examples shown
// in Hands-On Data Structures and algorithms with Go book
package main
// importing fmt package
import (
"fmt"
)

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//h function which returns the product of parameters x and y

func h(x int, y int) int {
return x*y
}
// g function which returns x and y parameters after modification
func g(l int, m int) (x int, y int) {
x=2*l
y=4*m
return
}
// main method
func main() {
fmt.Println(h(g()))
}

The main function calls the h function with the g function as its parameter. The g function
returns the tuple x and y integers.

Run the following command to execute the tuples.go file:

go run tuples.go

After executing the preceding command, we get the following output:

The next section talks about queues, which are linear data structures.

Queues
A queue consists of elements to be processed in a particular order or based on priority. A
priority-based queue of orders is shown in the following code, structured as a heap.
Operations such as enqueue, dequeue, and peek can be performed on queue. A queue is a
linear data structure and a sequential collection. Elements are added to the end and are
removed from the start of the collection. Queues are commonly used for storing tasks that
need to be done, or incoming HTTP requests that need to be processed by a server. In real
life, handling interruptions in real-time systems, call handling, and CPU task scheduling
are good examples for using queues.

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The following code shows the queue of Orders and how the Queue type is defined:
// Queue—Array of Orders Type
type Queue []*Order

// Order class
type Order struct {
priority int
quantity int
product string
customerName string
}

The following sections in the chapter discuss the New, Add, and main methods of queue.

The New method

The New method on the Order class assigns the properties from the priority, quantity,
and product parameters for name and customerName. The method initializes the
properties of the order as follows:
// New method initializes with Order with priority, quantity, product,
customerName
func (order *Order) New(priority int, quantity int, product string,
customerName string ){
order.priority = priority
order.quantity = quantity
order.product = product
order.customerName = customerName
}

The Add method

In the following code snippet, the Add method on the Queue class takes the order
parameter and adds it to Queue based on the priority. Based on this, the location of the
order parameter is found by comparing it with the priority parameter:

//Add method adds the order to the queue

func (queue *Queue) Add(order *Order){
if len(*queue) == 0 {
*queue = append(*queue,order)
} else{
var appended bool

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appended = false
var i int
var addedOrder *Order
for i, addedOrder = range *queue {
if order.priority > addedOrder.priority {
*queue = append((*queue)[:i], append(Queue{order}, (*queue)[i:]...)...)
appended = true
break
}
}
if !appended {
*queue = append(*queue, order)
}
}
}

The example output after the add method is invoked with the order parameter is as
follows. The order is checked to see whether or not it exists in the queue. The order is then
appended to the queue:

Let's take a look at the Main method in the next section.

The main method – queues

The main method creates two orders, and the priority of the orders is set to 2 and 1. In the
following code, the queue will first process the order with the higher number on the
priority value:
// main method
func main() {
var queue Queue
queue = make(Queue,0)
var order1 *Order = &Order{}
var priority1 int = 2
var quantity1 int = 20
var product1 string = "Computer"
var customerName1 string = "Greg White"
order1.New(priority1,quantity1,product1, customerName1)
var order2 *Order = &Order{}
var priority2 int = 1
var quantity2 int = 10

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var product2 string = "Monitor"

var customerName2 string = "John Smith"
order2.New(priority2,quantity2,product2, customerName2)
queue.Add(order1)

queue.Add(order2)
var i int
for i=0; i< len(queue); i++ {
fmt.Println(queue[i])
}
}

Run the following commands to execute the queue.go file:

go run queue.go

After executing the preceding command, we get the following output:

Let's take a look at Synchronized queue in the next section.

Synchronized queue
A synchronized queue consists of elements that need to be processed in a particular
sequence. Passenger queue and ticket processing queues are types of synchronized queues,
as follows:
//main package has examples shown
// in Hands-On Data Structures and algorithms with Go book
package main
// importing fmt package
import (
"fmt"
"time"
"math/rand"
)
// constants
const (
messagePassStart = iota
messageTicketStart

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messagePassEnd
messageTicketEnd
)
//Queue class
type Queue struct {
waitPass int
waitTicket int
playPass bool
playTicket bool
queuePass chan int
queueTicket chan int
message chan int
}

We will discuss the different methods of synchronized queue in the following sections.

The New method

The New method on Queue initializes message, queuePass, and queueTicket with nil
values. The make method creates a Queue with a chan integer parameter, as follows:
// New method initializes queue
func (queue *Queue) New() {
queue.message = make(chan int)
queue.queuePass= make(chan int)
queue.queueTicket= make(chan int)
}

In the following code example, the Go routine handles selecting the message based on the
type of message and the respective queue to process it:
go func() {
var message int
for {
select {
case message = <-queue.message:
switch message {
case messagePassStart:
queue.waitPass++
case messagePassEnd:
queue.playPass = false
case messageTicketStart:
queue.waitTicket++
case messageTicketEnd:
queue.playTicket = false
}
if queue.waitPass > 0 && queue.waitTicket > 0 && !queue.playPass &&

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!queue.playTicket {
queue.playPass = true
queue.playTicket = true
queue.waitTicket--
queue.waitPass--
queue.queuePass <- 1
queue.queueTicket <- 1
}
}
}
}()
}

The StartTicketIssue method

The StartTicketIssue method starts the issuing of a ticket for passengers standing in a
queue. The StartTicketIssue method on Queue sends messageTicketStart to the
message queue and queueTicket receives the message. The ticket issue is started by
sending messages to the queue, as follows:
// StartTicketIssue starts the ticket issue
func (Queue *Queue) StartTicketIssue() {
Queue.message <- messageTicketStart
<-Queue.queueTicket
}

The EndTicketIssue method

The EndTicketIssue method finishes the issuing of a ticket to a passenger standing in the
queue. In the following code, the EndTicketIssue method on Queue sends
messageTicketEnd to the message queue. The ticket issue is ended by sending the
message:
// EndTicketIssue ends the ticket issue
func (Queue *Queue) EndTicketIssue() {
Queue.message <- messageTicketEnd
}

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The ticketIssue method

The ticketIssue method starts and finishes the issuing of a ticket to the passenger.
The ticketIssue method invokes the StartTicketIssue and
EndTicketIssue methods after Sleep calls for 10 seconds and two seconds. The ticket is
issued after the ticket is processed, as shown in the following code:
//ticketIssue starts and ends the ticket issue
func ticketIssue(Queue *Queue) {
for {
// Sleep up to 10 seconds.
time.Sleep(time.Duration(rand.Intn(10000)) * time.Millisecond)
Queue.StartTicketIssue()
fmt.Println("Ticket Issue starts")
// Sleep up to 2 seconds.
time.Sleep(time.Duration(rand.Intn(2000)) * time.Millisecond)
fmt.Println("Ticket Issue ends")
Queue.EndTicketIssue()
}
}

The StartPass method

The StartPass method starts the passenger queue moving toward the ticket counter. The
StartPass method on Queue sends messagePassStart to the message queue and
queuePass receives the message. Passengers are moved into the queue as follows:

//StartPass ends the Pass Queue

func (Queue *Queue) StartPass() {
Queue.message <- messagePassStart
<-Queue.queuePass
}

The EndPass method

The EndPass method stops the passenger queue moving toward the ticket counter. The
EndPass method on Queue sends messagePassEnd to the message queue in the following
code. The passenger is moved to the counter for ticket processing, and the passenger is then
out of the queue:
//EndPass ends the Pass Queue
func (Queue *Queue) EndPass() {
Queue.message <- messagePassEnd
}

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The passenger method

The passenger methods starts and ends passenger movement to the queue. The
passenger method invokes the StartPass method, and the EndPass method ends after
sleep calls for 10 seconds and two seconds. The passenger moves into the queue and
reaches the ticket counter, as shown in the following code:
//passenger method starts and ends the pass Queue
func passenger(Queue *Queue) {
//fmt.Println("starting the passenger Queue")
for {
// fmt.Println("starting the processing")
// Sleep up to 10 seconds.
time.Sleep(time.Duration(rand.Intn(10000)) * time.Millisecond)
Queue.StartPass()
fmt.Println(" Passenger starts")
// Sleep up to 2 seconds.
time.Sleep(time.Duration(rand.Intn(2000)) * time.Millisecond)
fmt.Println( " Passenger ends")
Queue.EndPass()
}
}

The main method

The main method calls the passenger and ticketIssue methods after creating a queue.
The passenger enters into the queue and a ticket is issued at the counter in the
processing queue, as explained in the following code:
// main method
func main() {
var Queue *Queue = & Queue{}
//fmt.Println(Queue)
Queue.New()
fmt.Println(Queue)
var i int
for i = 0; i < 10; i++ {
// fmt.Println(i, "passenger in the Queue")
go passenger(Queue)
}
//close(Queue.queuePass)
var j int
for j = 0; j < 5; j++ {
// fmt.Println(i, "ticket issued in the Queue")
go ticketIssue(Queue)
}

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select {}
}

Run the following command to execute the sync_queue.go file:

go run sync_queue.go

After executing the preceding command, we get the following output:

The next section talks about Stacks, which are linear data structures.

Stacks
A stack is a last in, first out structure in which items are added from the top. Stacks are used
in parsers for solving maze algorithms. Push, pop, top, and get size are the typical
operations that are allowed on stack data structures. Syntax parsing, backtracking, and
compiling time memory management are some real-life scenarios where stacks can be used.
An example of stack implementation is as follows (stack.go):
//main package has examples shown
// in Hands-On Data Structures and algorithms with Go book
package main
// importing fmt package
import (
"fmt"
"strconv"

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)
//Element class
type Element struct {
elementValue int
}
// String method on Element class
func (element *Element) String() string {
return strconv.Itoa(element.elementValue)
}

The Element class has elementValue as an attribute. The String method returns the
element's elementValue.

Stacks methods, such as New, Push, Pop, and main are presented in the following sections.

The New method

The New method on the Stack class creates a dynamic array of elements. The Stack class
has the count and array pointer of elements. The code snippet with the Stack class
definition and the New method is as follows:
// NewStack returns a new stack.
func (stack *Stack) New() {
stack.elements = make(*Element[] elements,0)
}
// Stack is a basic LIFO stack that resizes as needed.
type Stack struct {
elements []*Element
elementCount int
}

The Push method

The Push method adds the node to the top of the stack class. In the following code
sample, the Push method on the Stack class adds the element to the elements array and
increases the Count element, while the append method adds the element to the elements of
the stack class:
// Push adds a node to the stack.
func (stack *Stack) Push(element *Element) {
stack.elements = append(stack.elements[:stack.elementCount], element)
stack.elementCount = stack.elementCount + 1
}

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The example output after the push method is invoked with parameter elements as follows.
The element with the value 7 is pushed to the stack. The count of the elements before
pushing to the stack is 2, and, after pushing to the stack, this figure is 3:

Let's take a look at the Pop method in the next section.

The Pop method

The Pop method on the Stack implementation removes the last element from the element
array and returns the element, as shown in the following code. The len method returns the
length of the elements array:
// Pop removes and returns a node from the stack in last to first order.
func (stack *Stack) Pop() *Element {
if stack.elementCount == 0 {
return nil
}
var length int = len(stack.elements)
var element *Element = stack.elements[length -1]
//stack.elementCount = stack.elementCount - 1
if length > 1 {
stack.elements = stack.elements[:length-1]
} else {
stack.elements = stack.elements[0:]
}
stack.elementCount = len(stack.elements)
return element
}

The example output after the Pop method is invoked is as follows. The element value 5 is
passed and added to the Pop method. The count of elements before invoking the Pop
method is 2. The count of the elements after calling the Pop method is 1:

Let's take a look at the main method in the next section.

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The main method

In the following code section, the main method creates a stack, calls the New method, and
pushes the elements after initializing them. The popped-out element value and the order is
printed:
// main method
func main() {
var stack *Stack = & Stack{}
stack.New()
var element1 *Element = &Element{3}
var element2 *Element = &Element{5}
var element3 *Element = &Element{7}
var element4 *Element = &Element{9}
stack.Push(element1)
stack.Push(element2)
stack.Push(element3)
stack.Push(element4)
fmt.Println(stack.Pop(), stack.Pop(), stack.Pop(), stack.Pop())
}

Run the following commands to execute the stack.go file:

go run stack.go

After executing the preceding command, we get the following output:

Summary
This chapter covered the definition of LinkedList, double LinkedList, Tuples, Sets,
Queues, and Stacks. The LinkedList methods – AddToHead, AddToEnd, LastNode, and
iterateList—were also covered in this chapter. In addition, a priority queue was
modeled as a heap of orders to be processed, sync queue was presented as passenger and
ticket processing queues, and tuples were explained in a context in which a function returns
a multivalued expression. The new, push, pop, and string methods for Stack were
explained with code samples.

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In the next chapter, we will cover areas such as the Trees, Tables, Containers, and Hash
functions.

Questions
1. Where can you use double linked list? Please provide an example.
2. Which method on linked list can be used for printing out node values?
3. Which queue was shown with channels from the Go language?
4. Write a method that returns multiple values. What data structure can be used for
returning multiple values?
5. Can set have duplicate elements?
6. Write a code sample showing the union and intersection of two sets.
7. In a linked list, which method is used to find the node between two values?
8. We have elements that are not repeated and unique. What is the correct data
structure that represents the collection?
9. In Go, how do you generate a random integer between the values 3 and 5?
10. Which method is called to check if an element of value 5 exists in the Set?

Further reading
To read more about LinkedLists, Sets, Tuples, and Stacks, consult the following
sources:

Design Patterns, by Erich Gamma, Richard Helm, Ralph Johnson, and John
Vlissides
Introduction to Algorithms – Third Edition, by Thomas H. Cormen, Charles E.
Leiserson, Ronald L. Rivest, and Clifford Stein
Data structures and Algorithms: An Easy Introduction, by Rudolph Russell

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Non-Linear Data Structures
Non-linear data structures are used in cryptography and other areas. A non-linear data
structure is an arrangement in which an element is connected to many elements. These
structures use memory quickly and efficiently. Free contiguous memory is not required for
adding new elements.

The length of the data structures is not important before adding new elements. A non-linear
data structure has multiple levels and a linear one has a single level. The values of the
elements are not organized in a non-linear data structure. The data elements in a non-linear
data structure cannot be iterated in one step. The implementation of these data structures is
complicated.

Tree types such as binary search trees, treaps, and symbol tables are explained in this
chapter.

This chapter covers the following non-linear data structures:

Trees
Tables
Containers
Hash functions

Technical requirements
Install Go version 1.10 from https:/​/​golang.​org/​doc/​install for your OS.

The GitHub URL for the code in this chapter is as follows: https:/​/​github.​com/
PacktPublishing/​Learn-​Data-​Structures-​and-​Algorithms-​with-​Golang/​tree/​master/
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Trees
A tree is a non-linear data structure. Trees are used for search and other use cases. A binary
tree has nodes that have a maximum of two children. A binary search tree consists of nodes
where the property values of the left node are less than the property values of the right
node. The root node is at level zero of a tree. Each child node could be a leaf.

Trees and binary trees were introduced in Chapter 1, Data Structures and Algorithms, while
we were discussing logarithmic complexity. Let's take a closer look at them in the next
section.

Binary search tree

A binary search tree is a data structure that allows for the quick lookup, addition, and
removal of elements. It stores the keys in a sorted order to enable a faster lookup. This data
structure was invented by P. F. Windley, A. D. Booth, A. J. T. Colin, and T. N. Hibbard. On
average, space usage for a binary search tree is of the order O(n), whereas the insert, search,
and delete operations are of the order O(log n). A binary search tree consists of nodes with
properties or attributes:

A key integer
A value integer
The leftNode and rightNode instances of TreeNode

They can be represented in the following code:

// TreeNode class
type TreeNode struct {
key int
value int
leftNode *TreeNode
rightNode *TreeNode
}

In the next section, the BinarySearchTree class implementation is discussed. For this
section, please refer to the binary_search_tree.go file.

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The BinarySearchTree class

In the following code snippet, the BinarySearchTree class consists of a rootNode that's
of the TreeNode type, and lock, which is of the sync.RWMutex type. The binary search tree
is traversed from rootNode by accessing the nodes to the left and right of rootNode:
// BinarySearchTree class
type BinarySearchTree struct {
rootNode *TreeNode
lock sync.RWMutex
}

Now that we know what BinarySearchTree is, let's take a look at its different methods in
the next section.

The InsertElement method

The InsertElement method inserts the element with the given key and value in the binary
search tree. The tree's lock() instance is locked first and the unlock() method is deferred
before inserting the element. The InsertTreeNode method is invoked by passing
rootNode and the node to be created with the key and value, as shown here:

// InsertElement method
func (tree *BinarySearchTree) InsertElement(key int, value int) {
tree.lock.Lock()
defer tree.lock.Unlock()
var treeNode *TreeNode
treeNode= &TreeNode{key, value, nil, nil}
if tree.rootNode == nil {
tree.rootNode = treeNode
} else {
insertTreeNode(tree.rootNode, treeNode)
}
}

The example output for inserting an element with key and value 3 is shown as follows. The
insert element method calls insertTreeNode with rootNode with key 8 and the new
treeNode with key 3:

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The insertTreeNode method

The insertTreenode method inserts the new TreeNode in the binary search tree. In the
following code, the insertTreeNode method takes rootNode and newTreeNode, both of
the TreeNode type, as parameters. Note that newTreeNode is inserted at the right place in
the binary search tree by comparing the key values:
// insertTreeNode function
func insertTreeNode(rootNode *TreeNode, newTreeNode *TreeNode) {
if newTreeNode.key < rootNode.key {
if rootNode.leftNode == nil {
rootNode.leftNode = newTreeNode
} else {
insertTreeNode(rootNode.leftNode, newTreeNode)
}
} else {
if rootNode.rightNode == nil{
rootNode.rightNode = newTreeNode
} else {
insertTreeNode(rootNode.rightNode, newTreeNode)
}
}
}

The inOrderTraverse method

The inOrderTraverse method visits all nodes in order. The RLock() method on the
tree lock instance is called first. The RUnLock() method is deferred on the tree lock
instance before invoking the inOrderTraverseTree method, as presented in the
following code snippet:
// InOrderTraverseTree method
func (tree *BinarySearchTree) InOrderTraverseTree(function func(int)) {
tree.lock.RLock()
defer tree.lock.RUnlock()
inOrderTraverseTree(tree.rootNode, function)
}

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The inOrderTraverseTree method

The inOrderTraverseTree method traverses the left, the root, and the right tree. The
inOrderTraverseTree method takes treeNode of the TreeNode type and function as
parameters. The inOrderTraverseTree method is called on leftNode and rightNode
with function as a parameter. A function is passed with treeNode.value, as shown in
the following code snippet:
// inOrderTraverseTree method
func inOrderTraverseTree(treeNode *TreeNode, function func(int)) {
if treeNode != nil {
inOrderTraverseTree(treeNode.leftNode, function)
function(treeNode.value)
inOrderTraverseTree(treeNode.rightNode, function)
}
}

The PreOrderTraverseTree method

The PreOrderTraverseTree method visits all the tree nodes with preorder traversing.
The tree lock instance is locked first and the Unlock method is deferred before
preOrderTraverseTree is called. In the following code snippet, the
preOrderTraverseTree method is passed with rootNode and function as parameters:

// PreOrderTraverseTree method
func (tree *BinarySearchTree) PreOrderTraverseTree(function func(int)) {
tree.lock.Lock()
defer tree.lock.Unlock()
preOrderTraverseTree(tree.rootNode, function)
}

The preOrderTraverseTree method

The preOrderTraverseTree method is passed with treeNode of the TreeNode type and
function as parameters. The preOrderTraverseTree method is called by passing
leftNode and rightNode with function as parameters. The function is invoked with
treeNode.value, as shown here:

// preOrderTraverseTree method
func preOrderTraverseTree(treeNode *TreeNode, function func(int)) {
if treeNode != nil {
function(treeNode.value)
preOrderTraverseTree(treeNode.leftNode, function)
preOrderTraverseTree(treeNode.rightNode, function)
}

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The PostOrderTraverseTree method

The PostOrderTraverseTree method traverses the nodes in a post order (left, right,
current node). In the following code snippet, the PostOrderTraverseTree method of the
BinarySearchTree class visits all nodes with post-order traversing. The
function method is passed as a parameter to the method. The tree.lock instance is
locked first and the Unlock method is deferred on the tree lock instance before calling the
postOrderTraverseTree method:

// PostOrderTraverseTree method
func (tree *BinarySearchTree) PostOrderTraverseTree(function func(int)) {
tree.lock.Lock()
defer tree.lock.Unlock()
postOrderTraverseTree(tree.rootNode, function)
}

The postOrderTraverseTree method

The postOrderTraverseTree method is passed with treeNode of the TreeNode type
and function as parameters. The postOrderTraverseTree method is called by passing
leftNode and rightNode with function as parameters. In the following code snippet,
function is invoked with treeNode.value as a parameter:

// postOrderTraverseTree method
func postOrderTraverseTree(treeNode *TreeNode, function func(int)) {
if treeNode != nil {
postOrderTraverseTree(treeNode.leftNode, function)
postOrderTraverseTree(treeNode.rightNode, function)
function(treeNode.value)
}
}

The MinNode method

MinNode finds the node with the minimum value in the binary search tree. In the following
code snippet, the RLock method of the tree lock instance is invoked first and the RUnlock
method on the tree lock instance is deferred. The MinNode method returns the element
with the lowest value by traversing from rootNode and checking whether the value of
leftNode is nil:

// MinNode method
func (tree *BinarySearchTree) MinNode() *int {

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tree.lock.RLock()
defer tree.lock.RUnlock()
var treeNode *TreeNode
treeNode = tree.rootNode
if treeNode == nil {
//nil instead of 0
return (*int)(nil)
}
for {
if treeNode.leftNode == nil {
return &treeNode.value
}
treeNode = treeNode.leftNode
}
}

The MaxNode method

MaxNode finds the node with maximum property in the binary search tree. The RLock
method of the tree lock instance is called first and the RUnlock method on the tree lock
instance is deferred. The MaxNode method returns the element with the highest value after
traversing from rootNode and finding a rightNode with a nil value. This is shown in the
following code:
// MaxNode method
func (tree *BinarySearchTree) MaxNode() *int {
tree.lock.RLock()
defer tree.lock.RUnlock()
var treeNode *TreeNode
treeNode = tree.rootNode
if treeNode == nil {
//nil instead of 0
return (*int)(nil)
}
for {
if treeNode.rightNode == nil {
return &treeNode.value
}
treeNode = treeNode.rightNode
}
}

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The SearchNode method

The SearchNode method searches the specified node in the binary search tree. First, the
RLock method of the tree lock instance is called. Then, the RUnlock method on the
tree lock instance is deferred. The SearchNode method of the BinarySearchTree class
invokes the searchNode method with the rootNode and the key integer value
as parameters, as shown here:
// SearchNode method
func (tree *BinarySearchTree) SearchNode(key int) bool {
tree.lock.RLock()
defer tree.lock.RUnlock()
return searchNode(tree.rootNode, key)
}

The searchNode method

In the following code, the searchNode method takes treeNode, a pointer of the TreeNode
type, and a key integer value as parameters. The method returns true or false after
checking whether treeNode with the same value as key exists:
// searchNode method
func searchNode(treeNode *TreeNode, key int) bool {
if treeNode == nil {
return false
}
if key < treeNode.key {
return searchNode(treeNode.leftNode, key)
}
if key > treeNode.key {
return searchNode(treeNode.rightNode, key)
}
return true
}

The RemoveNode method

The RemoveNode method of the BinarySearchTree class removes the element with key
that's passed in. The method takes the key integer value as the parameter. The Lock()
method is invoked on the tree's lock instance first. The Unlock() method of the tree lock
instance is deferred, and removeNode is called with rootNode and the key value as
parameters, as shown here:
// RemoveNode method
func (tree *BinarySearchTree) RemoveNode(key int) {

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tree.lock.Lock()
defer tree.lock.Unlock()
removeNode(tree.rootNode, key)
}

The removeNode method

The removeNode method takes treeNode of the TreeNode type and a key integer value as
parameters. In the following code snippet, the method recursively searches the leftNode
instance of treeNode and the key value of rightNode if it matches the parameter value:
// removeNode method
func removeNode(treeNode *TreeNode, key int) *TreeNode {
if treeNode == nil {
return nil
}
if key < treeNode.key {
treeNode.leftNode = removeNode(treeNode.leftNode, key)
return treeNode
}
if key > treeNode.key {
treeNode.rightNode = removeNode(treeNode.rightNode, key)
return treeNode
}
// key == node.key
if treeNode.leftNode == nil && treeNode.rightNode == nil {
treeNode = nil
return nil
}
if treeNode.leftNode == nil {
treeNode = treeNode.rightNode
return treeNode
}
if treeNode.rightNode == nil {
treeNode = treeNode.leftNode
return treeNode
}
var leftmostrightNode *TreeNode
leftmostrightNode = treeNode.rightNode
for {
//find smallest value on the right side
if leftmostrightNode != nil && leftmostrightNode.leftNode != nil {
leftmostrightNode = leftmostrightNode.leftNode
} else {
break
}
}

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treeNode.key, treeNode.value = leftmostrightNode.key,

leftmostrightNode.value
treeNode.rightNode = removeNode(treeNode.rightNode, treeNode.key)
return treeNode
}

The String method

The String method turns the tree into a string format. At first, the Lock() method is
invoked on the tree lock instance. Then, the Unlock() method of the tree lock instance is
deferred. The String method prints a visual representation of tree:
// String method
func (tree *BinarySearchTree) String() {
tree.lock.Lock()
defer tree.lock.Unlock()
fmt.Println("------------------------------------------------")
stringify(tree.rootNode, 0)
fmt.Println("------------------------------------------------")
}

The stringify method

In the following code snippet, the stringify method takes a treeNode instance of the
TreeNode type and level (an integer) as parameters. The method recursively prints the
tree based on the level:
// stringify method
func stringify(treeNode *TreeNode, level int) {
if treeNode != nil {
format := ""
for i := 0; i < level; i++ {
format += " "
}
format += "---[ "
level++
stringify(treeNode.leftNode, level)
fmt.Printf(format+"%d\n", treeNode.key)
stringify(treeNode.rightNode, level)
}
}

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The main method

In the following code, the main method creates the binary search tree and inserts the
elements 8, 3, 10, 1, and 6 into it. tree is printed by invoking the String method:
// main method
func main() {
var tree *BinarySearchTree = &BinarySearchTree{}
tree.InsertElement(8,8)
tree.InsertElement(3,3)
tree.InsertElement(10,10)
tree.InsertElement(1,1)
tree.InsertElement(6,6)
tree.String()
}

Run the following command to execute the binary_search_tree.go file:

go run binary_search_tree.go

The output is as follows:

The next section talks about AVL tree implementation.

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Adelson, Velski, and Landis (AVL) tree

Adelson, Velski, and Landis pioneered the AVL tree data structure and hence it is named
after them. It consists of height adjusting binary search trees. The balance factor is obtained
by finding the difference between the heights of the left and right sub-trees. Balancing is
done using rotation techniques. If the balance factor is greater than one, rotation shifts the
nodes to the opposite of the left or right sub-trees. The search, addition, and deletion
operations are processed in the order of O(log n).

The following sections talks about the KeyValue interface definition and the TreeNode
class. For this section, please refer to the avl_tree.go file.

The KeyValue interface

The KeyValue interface has the LessThan and EqualTo methods. The LessThan and
EqualTo methods take KeyValue as a parameter and return a Boolean value after checking
the less than or equal to condition. This is shown in the following code:
// KeyValue type
type KeyValue interface {
LessThan(KeyValue) bool
EqualTo(KeyValue) bool
}

The TreeNode class

The TreeNode class has KeyValue, BalanceValue, and LinkedNodes as properties. The
AVL tree is created as a tree of nodes of the TreeNode type, as shown here:
// TreeNode class
type TreeNode struct {
KeyValue KeyValue
BalanceValue int
LinkedNodes [2]*TreeNode
}

Now, let's take a look at the different methods of the TreeNode class.

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The opposite method

The opposite method takes a node value and returns the opposite node's value. In the
following code snippet, the opposite method takes the nodeValue integer as a parameter
and returns the opposite node's value:
//opposite method
func opposite(nodeValue int) int {
return 1 - nodeValue
}

The singleRotation method

The singleRotation method rotates the node opposite to the specified sub-tree. As
shown in the following snippet, the singleRotation function rotates the node opposite
the left or right sub-tree. The method takes the pointer to rootNode and a nodeValue
integer as parameters and returns a TreeNode pointer:
// single rotation method
func singleRotation(rootNode *TreeNode, nodeValue int) *TreeNode {
var saveNode *TreeNode
saveNode = rootNode.LinkedNodes[opposite(nodeValue)]
rootNode.LinkedNodes[opposite(nodeValue)] =
saveNode.LinkedNodes[nodeValue]
saveNode.LinkedNodes[nodeValue] = rootNode
return saveNode
}

The doubleRotation method

Here, the doubleRotation method rotates the node twice. The method returns a
TreeNode pointer, taking parameters such as rootNode, which is a treeNode pointer, and
nodeValue, which is an integer. This is shown in the following code:

// double rotation
func doubleRotation(rootNode *TreeNode, nodeValue int) *TreeNode {
var saveNode *TreeNode
saveNode =
rootNode.LinkedNodes[opposite(nodeValue)].LinkedNodes[nodeValue]
rootNode.LinkedNodes[opposite(nodeValue)].LinkedNodes[nodeValue] =
saveNode.LinkedNodes[opposite(nodeValue)]
saveNode.LinkedNodes[opposite(nodeValue)] =
rootNode.LinkedNodes[opposite(nodeValue)]
rootNode.LinkedNodes[opposite(nodeValue)] = saveNode
saveNode = rootNode.LinkedNodes[opposite(nodeValue)]
rootNode.LinkedNodes[opposite(nodeValue)] =

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saveNode.LinkedNodes[nodeValue]
saveNode.LinkedNodes[nodeValue] = rootNode
return saveNode
}

The implementation of this method is shown in The InsertNode method section, as follows.

The adjustBalance method

The adjustBalance method adjusts the balance of the tree. In the following code snippet,
the adjustBalance method does a double rotation given the balance factor, rootNode,
and nodeValue. The adjustBalance method takes rootNode, which is an instance of the
TreeNode type, nodeValue, and balanceValue (which are both integers) as parameters:

// adjust balance method

func adjustBalance(rootNode *TreeNode, nodeValue int, balanceValue int) {
var node *TreeNode
node = rootNode.LinkedNodes[nodeValue]
var oppNode *TreeNode
oppNode = node.LinkedNodes[opposite(balanceValue)]
switch oppNode.BalanceValue {
case 0:
rootNode.BalanceValue = 0
node.BalanceValue = 0
case balanceValue:
rootNode.BalanceValue = -balanceValue
node.BalanceValue = 0
default:
rootNode.BalanceValue = 0
node.BalanceValue = balanceValue
}
oppNode.BalanceValue= 0
}

The BalanceTree method

The BalanceTree method changes the balance factor by a single or double rotation. The
method takes rootNode (a TreeNode pointer) and nodeValue (an integer) as parameters.
The BalanceTree method returns a TreeNode pointer, as shown here:
// BalanceTree method
func BalanceTree(rootNode *TreeNode, nodeValue int) *TreeNode {
var node *TreeNode
node = rootNode.LinkedNodes[nodeValue]
var balance int
balance = 2*nodeValue - 1

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if node.BalanceValue == balance {
rootNode.BalanceValue = 0
node.BalanceValue = 0
return singleRotation(rootNode, opposite(nodeValue))
}
adjustBalance(rootNode, nodeValue, balance)
return doubleRotation(rootNode, opposite(nodeValue))
}

The insertRNode method

The insertRNode method inserts the node and balances the tree. This
method inserts rootNode with the KeyValue key, as presented in the following code
snippet. The method takes rootNode, which is a TreeNode pointer, and the key as an
integer as parameters. The method returns a TreeNode pointer and a Boolean value if the
rootNode is inserted:

//insertRNode method
func insertRNode(rootNode *TreeNode, key KeyValue) (*TreeNode, bool) {
if rootNode == nil {
return &TreeNode{KeyValue: key}, false
}
var dir int
dir = 0
if rootNode.KeyValue.LessThan(key) {
dir = 1
}
var done bool
rootNode.LinkedNodes[dir], done = insertRNode(rootNode.LinkedNodes[dir],
key)
if done {
return rootNode, true
}
rootNode.BalanceValue = rootNode.BalanceValue+(2*dir - 1)
switch rootNode.BalanceValue {
case 0:
return rootNode, true
case 1, -1:
return rootNode, false
}
return BalanceTree(rootNode, dir), true
}

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The InsertNode method

The InsertNode method inserts a node into the AVL tree. This method takes treeNode,
which is a double TreeNode pointer, and the key value as parameters:
// InsertNode method
func InsertNode(treeNode **TreeNode, key KeyValue) {
*treeNode, _ = insertRNode(*treeNode, key)
}

The example output of the InsertNode method is shown in the following screenshot. The
InsertNode method calls the insertRNode method with the rootNode parameters and
node to be inserted. rootNode has a key value of 5 and the node to be inserted has a key
value of 6. The tree needs to be balanced.

Hence, the next call will be rootNode with key 8 and node to be inserted. The next step
calls rootnode with key value 7 and node to be inserted. The last call will be with
rootNode nil and node to be inserted. The balance value is checked and the balance tree
method returns the balanced tree:

The RemoveNode method

In the following code, the RemoveNode method removes the element from the AVL tree by
invoking the removeRNode method. The method takes treeNode, which is a double
TreeNode pointer, and KeyValue as parameters:

// RemoveNode method
func RemoveNode(treeNode **TreeNode, key KeyValue) {
*treeNode, _ = removeRNode(*treeNode, key)
}

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The removeBalance method

The removeBalance method removes the balance factor in a tree. This method adjusts the
balance factor after removing the node and returns a treeNode pointer and a Boolean if the
balance is removed. The method takes rootNode (an instance of TreeNode) and
nodeValue (an integer) as parameters. This is shown in the following code:

// removeBalance method
func removeBalance(rootNode *TreeNode, nodeValue int) (*TreeNode, bool) {
var node *TreeNode
node = rootNode.LinkedNodes[opposite(nodeValue)]
var balance int
balance = 2*nodeValue - 1
switch node.BalanceValue {
case -balance:
rootNode.BalanceValue = 0
node.BalanceValue = 0
return singleRotation(rootNode, nodeValue), false
case balance:
adjustBalance(rootNode, opposite(nodeValue), -balance)
return doubleRotation(rootNode, nodeValue), false
}
rootNode.BalanceValue = -balance
node.BalanceValue = balance
return singleRotation(rootNode, nodeValue), true
}

The removeRNode method

The removeRNode method removes the node from the tree and balances the tree.
This method takes rootNode, which is a TreeNode pointer, and the key value. This
method returns a TreeNode pointer and Boolean value if RNode is removed, as shown in
the following code snippet:
//removeRNode method
func removeRNode(rootNode *TreeNode, key KeyValue) (*TreeNode, bool) {
if rootNode == nil {
return nil, false
}
if rootNode.KeyValue.EqualTo(key) {
switch {
case rootNode.LinkedNodes[0] == nil:
return rootNode.LinkedNodes[1], false
case rootNode.LinkedNodes[1] == nil:
return rootNode.LinkedNodes[0], false
}

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var heirNode *TreeNode

heirNode = rootNode.LinkedNodes[0]
for heirNode.LinkedNodes[1] != nil {
heirNode = heirNode.LinkedNodes[1]
}
rootNode.KeyValue = heirNode.KeyValue
key = heirNode.KeyValue
}
var dir int
dir = 0
if rootNode.KeyValue.LessThan(key) {
dir = 1
}
var done bool
rootNode.LinkedNodes[dir], done = removeR(rootNode.LinkedNodes[dir], key)
if done {
return rootNode, true
}
rootNode.BalanceValue = rootNode.BalanceValue + (1 - 2*dir)
switch rootNode.BalanceValue {
case 1, -1:
return rootNode, true
case 0:
return rootNode, false
}
return removeBalance(rootNode, dir)
}
type integerKey int
func (k integerKey) LessThan(k1 KeyValue) bool { return k < k1.(integerKey)
}
func (k integerKey) EqualTo(k1 KeyValue) bool { return k == k1.(integerKey)
}

The example output of the removeRNode method is shown as follows. The RemoveNode
method calls the removeRNode method. The removeRNode method takes the parameters,
such as rootNode and KeyValue, of the node:

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The main method

In the following code snippet, the main method creates an AVL tree by inserting nodes
with the 5, 3, 8, 7, 6, and 10 keys. Nodes with the 3 and 7 keys are removed. The tree data
structure is converted in to JSON in bytes. The JSON bytes are printed after being changed
to a string:
//main method
func main() {
var treeNode *TreeNode
fmt.Println("Tree is empty")
var avlTree []byte
avlTree, _ = json.MarshalIndent(treeNode, "", " ")
fmt.Println(string(avlTree))

fmt.Println("\n Add Tree")

InsertNode(&treeNode, integerKey(5))
InsertNode(&treeNode, integerKey(3))
InsertNode(&treeNode, integerKey(8))
InsertNode(&treeNode, integerKey(7))
InsertNode(&treeNode, integerKey(6))
InsertNode(&treeNode, integerKey(10))
avlTree, _ = json.MarshalIndent(treeNode, "", " ")
fmt.Println(string(avlTree))

fmt.Println("\n Delete Tree")

RemoveNode(&treeNode, integerKey(3))
RemoveNode(&treeNode, integerKey(7))
avlTree, _ = json.MarshalIndent(treeNode, "", " ")
fmt.Println(string(avlTree))
}

Run the following command to execute the avl_tree.go file:

go run avl_tree.go

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The output is as follows:

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B+ tree
The B+ tree contains a list of keys and pointers to the next-level nodes in trees. During a
search, recursion is used to search for an element by looking for the the adjacent node keys.
B+ trees are used to store data in filesystems. B+ trees require fewer I/O operations to search
for a node in the tree. Fan-out is defined as the number of nodes pointing to the child nodes
of a node in a B+ tree. B+ trees were first described in a technical paper by Rudolf Bayer and
Edward M. McCreight.

The block-oriented storage context in B+ trees helps with the storage and efficient retrieval
of data. The space efficiency of a B+ tree can be enhanced by using compression techniques.
B+ trees belong to a family of multiway search trees. For a b-order B+ tree, space usage is of
the order O(n). Inserting, finding, and removing operations are of the order O(logbn).

B-tree
The B-tree is a search tree with non-leaf nodes that only have keys, and the data is in the
leaves. B-trees are used to reduce the number of disk accesses. The B-tree is a self-adjusting
data structure that keeps data sorted. B-trees store keys in a sorted order for easy traversal.
They can handle multiple insertions and deletions.

Knuth initially came up with the concept of this data structure. B-trees consist of nodes that
have at most n children. Every non-leaf node in the tree has at least n/2 child nodes. Rudolf
Bayer and Edward M. McCreight were the first to implement this data structure in their
work. B-trees are used in HFS and Reiser4 filesystems to allow for quick access to any block
in a file. On average, space usage is in the order of O(n). Insert, search, and delete
operations are in the order of O(log n).

T-tree
The T-tree is a balanced data structure that has both the index and actual data in memory.
They are used in in-memory databases. T refers to the shape of the node. Each node consists
of pointers to the parent node and the left and right child nodes. Each node in the tree node
will have an ordered array of data pointers and extra control data.

T-trees have similar performance benefits to in-memory tree structures. A T-tree is

implemented on top of a self-balancing binary search tree. This data structure is good for
ordered scanning of data. It supports various degrees of isolation.

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Tables
As we already know, tables are used in data management and other areas. A table has a
name and a header with the column names. Let's take a look at the different classes in
tables such as the Table class, the Row class, the Column class, and the PrintTable
method in the following sections.

For this section, please refer to the table.go file.

The Table class

A Table class has an array of rows and column names. The table's Name is a string property
in the struct class, as shown here:
// Table Class
type Table struct {
Rows []Row
Name string
ColumnNames []string
}

The Row class

The Row class has an array of columns and an Id integer, as shown in the following code.
The Id instance is a unique identifier for a row:
// Row Class
type Row struct {
Columns []Column
Id int
}

The Column class

A Column class has an Id integer and a Value string that's identified by a unique
identifier, as presented in the following code snippet:
// Column Class
type Column struct {
Id int
Value string

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The printTable method

In the following code snippet, the printTable method prints the rows and columns of a
table. Rows are traversed, and then for every row the columns are printed:
//printTable
func printTable(table Table){
var rows []Row = table.Rows
fmt.Println(table.Name)
for _,row := range rows {
var columns []Column = row.Columns
for i,column := range columns {
fmt.Println(table.ColumnNames[i],column.Id,column.Value);
}
}
}

The main method

In this main method, we will instantiate the classes such as Table, Row, and Column, which
we just took a look at. The main method creates a table and sets the name and column
names. Columns are created with values. The columns are set on the rows after the rows
are created. The table is printed by invoking the printTable method, as shown here:
// main method
func main() {
var table Table = Table{}
table.Name = "Customer"
table.ColumnNames = []string{"Id", "Name","SSN"}
var rows []Row = make([]Row,2)
rows[0] = Row{}
var columns1 []Column = make([]Column,3)
columns1[0] = Column{1,"323"}
columns1[1] = Column{1,"John Smith"}
columns1[2] = Column{1,"3453223"}
rows[0].Columns = columns1
rows[1] = Row{}
var columns2 []Column = make([]Column,3)
columns2[0] = Column{2,"223"}
columns2[1] = Column{2,"Curran Smith"}
columns2[2] = Column{2,"3223211"}
rows[1].Columns = columns2

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table.Rows = rows
fmt.Println(table)
printTable(table)
}

Run the following command to execute the table.go file:

go run table.go

The output is as follows:

The next section talks about the symbol table data structure.

Symbol tables
A symbol table is present in memory during the program translation process. It can be
present in program binaries. A symbol table contains the symbol's name, location, and
address. In Go, the gosym package implements access to the Go symbol and line number
tables. Go binaries generated by the GC compilers have the symbol and line number tables.
A line table is a data structure that maps program counters to line numbers.

Containers
The containers package provides access to the heap, list, and ring functionalities in Go.
Containers are used in social networks, knowledge graphs, and other areas. Containers are
lists, maps, slices, channels, heaps, queues, and treaps. Lists were introduced in Chapter 1,
Data Structures and Algorithms. Maps and slices are built-in containers in Go. Channels in
Go are called queues. A heap is a tree data structure. This data structure satisfies the heap
property. A queue is modeled as a heap in Chapter 3, Linear Data Structures. A treap is a
mix of a tree and a heap. It is a binary tree with keys and values and a heap that maintains
priorities.

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A ring is called a circular linked list and is presented in the next section. For this section,
please refer to the circular_list.go file.

Circular linked list

A circular linked list is a data structure in which the last node is followed by the first node.
The container/ring structures are used to model circular linked lists. An example
implementation of a circular linked list is shown as follows:
package main
import (
"container/ring"
"fmt"
)
func main() {
var integers []int
integers = []int{1,3,5,7}
var circular_list *ring.Ring
circular_list= ring.New(len(integers))
var i int
for i = 0; i < circular_list.Len(); i++ {
circular_list.Value = integers[i]
circular_list = circular_list.Next()
}

The ring.New method with the len n as a parameter creates a circular list of length n. The
circular linked list is initialized with an integer array by moving through circular_list
with the Next method. The Do method of ring.Ring class takes the element as an
interface, and the element is printed as follows:
circular_list.Do(func(element interface{}) {
fmt.Print(element,",")
})
fmt.Println()

The reverse of the circular list is traversed using the Prev method, and the value is printed
in the following code:
// reverse of the circular list
for i = 0; i < circular_list.Len(); i++ {
fmt.Print(circular_list.Value,",")
circular_list = circular_list.Prev()
}
fmt.Println()

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In the following code snippet, the circular list is moved two elements forward using the
Move method, and the value is printed:

// move two elements forward in the circular list

circular_list = circular_list.Move(2)
circular_list.Do(func(element interface{}) {
fmt.Print(element,",")
})
fmt.Println()
}

Run the following command to execute the circular_list.go file:

go run circular_list.go

The output is as follows:

The next section talks about the hash function data structure.

The hash functions

Hash functions are used in cryptography and other areas. These data structures are
presented with code examples related to cryptography. There are two ways to implement a
hash function in Go: with crc32 or sha256. Marshaling (changing the string to an encoded
form) saves the internal state, which is used for other purposes later. A
BinaryMarshaler (converting the string into binary form) example is explained in this
section:
//main package has examples shown
// in Hands-On Data Structures and algorithms with Go book
package main
// importing bytes, crpto/sha256, encoding, fmt and log package
import (
"bytes"

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"crypto/sha256"
"encoding"
"fmt"
"log"
"hash"
)

The main method creates a binary marshaled hash of two example strings. The hashes of
the two strings are printed. The sum of the first hash is compared with the second hash
using the equals method on bytes. This is shown in the following code:
//main method
func main() {
const (
example1 = "this is a example "
example2 = "second example"
)
var firstHash hash.Hash
firstHash = sha256.New()
firstHash.Write([]byte(example1))
var marshaler encoding.BinaryMarshaler
var ok bool
marshaler, ok = firstHash.(encoding.BinaryMarshaler)
if !ok {
log.Fatal("first Hash is not generated by encoding.BinaryMarshaler")
}
var data []byte
var err error
data, err = marshaler.MarshalBinary()
if err != nil {
log.Fatal("failure to create first Hash:", err)
}
var secondHash hash.Hash
secondHash = sha256.New()
var unmarshaler encoding.BinaryUnmarshaler
unmarshaler, ok = secondHash.(encoding.BinaryUnmarshaler)
if !ok {
log.Fatal("second Hash is not generated by encoding.BinaryUnmarshaler")
}
if err := unmarshaler.UnmarshalBinary(data); err != nil {
log.Fatal("failure to create hash:", err)
}
firstHash.Write([]byte(example2))
secondHash.Write([]byte(example2))
fmt.Printf("%x\n", firstHash.Sum(nil))
fmt.Println(bytes.Equal(firstHash.Sum(nil), secondHash.Sum(nil)))
}

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Run the following command to execute the hash.go file:

go run hash.go

The output is as follows:

Summary
This chapter covered trees, binary search trees, and AVL trees. Treap, B-trees, and B+ trees
were explained briefly. Operations such as insertion, deletion, and updating elements in
trees were shown with various code examples. Tables, containers, and hash functions were
presented in the last section. The complexity in time and space for operations such as
insertion, deletion, and search were explained in each section.

In the next chapter, homogeneous data structures such as two-dimensional and multi-
dimensional arrays will be covered.

Questions
1. Can you give an example where you can use a binary search tree?
2. Which method is used to search for an element in a binary search tree?
3. Which techniques are used to adjust the balance in an AVL tree?
4. What is a symbol table?

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5. Which class and method are called to generate a binary marshaled hash on the
hash class?
6. Which container in Go is used to model a circular linked list?
7. How do you create a JSON (indented) from a tree structure? Which class and
method are used?
8. How do you compare the sum of hashes?
9. What is the balance factor in an AVL tree?
10. How do you identify a row and column in a table?

Further reading
The following books are recommended if you want to know more about trees, binary
search trees, and AVL trees:

Design Patterns, by Erich Gamma, Richard Helm, Ralph Johnson, and John
Vlissides
Introduction to Algorithms – Third Edition, by Thomas H. Cormen, Charles E.
Leiserson, Ronald L. Rivest, and Clifford Stein
Data structures and Algorithms: An Easy Introduction, by Rudolph Russell

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Homogeneous Data Structures
Homogeneous data structures contain similar types of data, such as integers or double
values. Homogeneous data structures are used in matrices, as well as tensor and vector
mathematics. Tensors are mathematical structures for scalars and vectors. A first-rank
tensor is a vector. A vector consists of a row or a column. A tensor with zero rank is a
scalar. A matrix is a two-dimensional cluster of numbers. They are all used in scientific
analysis.

Tensors are used in material science. They are used in mathematics, physics, mechanics,
electrodynamics, and general relativity. Machine learning solutions utilize a tensor data
structure. A tensor has properties such as position, shape, and a static size.

This chapter covers the following homogeneous data structures:

Two-dimensional arrays
Multi-dimensional arrays

The following scenarios are shown to demonstrate the usage of two-dimensional and multi-
dimensional arrays:

Matrix representation
Multiplication
Addition
Subtraction
Determinant calculation
Inversion
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Technical requirements
Install Go Version 1.10 from https:/​/​golang.​org/​doc/​install for your OS.

The GitHub URL for the code in this chapter is as follows: https:/​/​github.​com/
PacktPublishing/​Learn-​Data-​Structures-​and-​Algorithms-​with-​Golang/​tree/​master/
Chapter05.

Two-dimensional arrays
Two-dimensional arrays were presented briefly in Chapter 2, Getting Started with Go for
Data Structures and Algorithms. To recap, for dynamic allocation, we use slice of slices,
which is a two-dimensional array. A two-dimensional array, is a list of single-dimensional
arrays. Every element in a two-dimensional array arr, is identified as arr[i][j], where
arr is the name of the array and i and j represent rows and columns, and their values
ranging from 0 to m and 0 to n, respectively. Traversing a two-dimensional array is of
O(m*n) complexity.

The following code shows how to initialize an array:

var arr = [4][5] int{
{4,5,7,8,9},
{1,2,4,5,6},
{9,10,11,12,14},
{3,5,6,8,9}
}

An element in a two-dimensional array is accessed with a row index and column index. In
the following example, the array's value in row 2 and column 3 is retrieved as an integer
value:
var value int = arr[2][3]

Arrays can store a sequential collection of data elements of the same type. Homogeneous
data structure arrays consist of contiguous memory address locations.

Two-dimensional matrices are modeled as two-dimensional arrays. A scalar is an element

of a field that defines a vector space. A matrix can be multiplied by a scalar. You can divide
a matrix by any non-zero real number.

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The order of a matrix is the number of rows, m, by the number of columns, n. A matrix with
rows m and columns n is referred to as an m x n matrix. There are multiple
types of matrices, such as a row matrix, column matrix, triangular matrix, null matrix, and
zero matrix; let's discuss them in the following sections.

Row matrix
A row matrix is a 1 x m matrix consisting of a single row of m elements, as shown here:
var matrix = [1][3] int{
{1, 2, 3}
}

Run the following command to execute the row_matrix.go file:

go run row_matrix.go

The output is as follows:

The next section talks about the column matrix data structure.

Column matrix
A column matrix is an m x 1 matrix that has a single column of m elements. The following
code snippet shows how to create a column matrix:
var matrix = [4][1] int{
{1},
{2},
{3},
{4}
}

Run the following command to execute the column_matrix.go file:

go run column_matrix.go

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The output is as follows:

The next section talks about the lower triangular matrix data structure.

Lower triangular matrix

A lower triangular matrix consists of elements that have a value of zero above the main
diagonal. The following code snippet shows how to create a lower triangular matrix:
var matrix = [3][3] int{
{1,0,0},
{1,1,0},
{2,1,1}
}

Run the following command to execute the lower_triangular.go file:

go run lower_triangular.go

The output is as follows:

The next section talks about the upper triangular matrix data structure.

Upper triangular matrix

An upper triangular matrix consists of elements with a value of zero below the main
diagonal. The following code creates an upper triangular matrix:
var matrix = [3][3] int{
{1,2,3},
{0,1,4},
{0,0,1}
}

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Run the following command to execute the upper_triangular.go file:

go run upper_triangular.go

The output is as follows:

The next section talks about the null matrix data structure.

Null matrix
A null or a zero matrix is a matrix entirely consisting of zero values, as shown in the
following code snippet:
var matrix = [3][3] int{
{0,0,0},
{0,0,0},
{0,0,0}
}

Run the following command to execute the null_matrix.go file:

go run null_matrix.go

The output is as follows:

The next section talks about the identity matrix data structure.

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Identity matrix
An identity matrix is a unit matrix with ones are on the main diagonal and zeros are
elsewhere. The following code snippet creates an identity matrix:
///main package has examples shown
// in Go Data Structures and algorithms book
package main

// importing fmt package

import (
"fmt"
)
// identity method
func Identity(order int) [][]float64 {
var matrix [][]float64
matrix = make([][]float64, order)
var i int
for i = 0; i < order; i++ {
var temp []float64
temp = make([]float64, order)
temp[i] = 1
matrix[i] = temp
}
return matrix
}
// main method
func main() {
fmt.Println(Identity(4))
}

Run the following command to execute the preceding code snippet:

go run identity_matrix.go

The output is as follows:

The next section talks about the symmetric matrix data structure.

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Symmetric matrix
A symmetric matrix is a matrix whose transpose is equal to itself. Symmetric matrices
include other types of matrices such as antimetric, centrosymmetric, circulant, covariance,
coxeter, hankel, hilbert, persymmetric, skew-symmetric, and toeplitz matrices. A
negative matrix is a matrix in which each element is a negative number.

Basic 2D matrix operations

In this section, we will look at the basic operations on the two-dimensional matrix. Let's
start with initializing the matrices.

matrix1 and matrix2 are initialized in the following code snippet:

var matrix1 = [2][2] int{

{4,5},
{1,2}
}
var matrix2 = [2][2] int{
{6,7},
{3,4}
}

The add, subtract, multiply, transpose, and inversion operations are presented in
the next few sections. For this section, please refer to the binary_search_tree.go file.

The add method

The add method adds the elements of two 2 x 2 matrices. The following code returns the
created matrix by adding the two matrices:
// add method
func add(matrix1 [2][2]int, matrix2 [2][2]int) [2][2]int {
var m int
var l int
var sum [2][2]int
for l = 0; l < 2; l++ {
for m=0; m <2; m++ {
sum[l][m] = matrix1[l][m] +matrix2[l][m]
}
}
return sum
}

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The sum between the two matrices is the result of calling the add method. The parameters
that are passed are the matrices to be added, as shown here:
var sum [2][2]int
sum = add(matrix1, matrix2)

The example output of the add method is as follows. Adding matrix1 and matrix2 gives
a sum matrix:

The subtract method

The subtract method subtracts the elements of two 2 x 2 matrices. The subtract method
in the following snippet subtracts the elements of matrix1 and matrix2. This method
returns the resulting matrix after subtraction:
// subtract method
func subtract(matrix1 [2][2]int, matrix2 [2][2]int) [2][2]int {
var m int
var l int
var difference [2][2]int
for l = 0; l < 2; l++ {
for m=0; m <2; m++ {
difference[l][m] = matrix1[l][m] -matrix2[l][m]
}
}
return difference
}

The difference between two matrices is the result of calling the subtract method. The
parameters that are passed are the matrices to be subtracted, as shown here:
var difference [2][2]int
difference = subtract(matrix1, matrix2)

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The example output of the subtract method is as follows:

The multiply method

The multiply method multiplies the elements of two 2 x 2 matrices. The multiplication of
two matrices, matrix1 and matrix2, is shown in the following snippet. The matrix
that's generated after the multiplication is returned by the multiply method:
// multiply method
func multiply(matrix1 [2][2]int, matrix2 [2][2]int) [2][2]int {
var m int
var l int
var n int
var product [2][2]int
for l = 0; l < 2; l++ {
for m=0; m <2; m++ {
var productSum int = 0
for n=0; n< 2; n++ {
productSum = productSum + matrix1[l][n]*matrix2[n][m]
}
product[l][m] = productSum;
}
}
return product
}

The product of two matrices is calculated using the multiply method in the following
code snippet, which takes the two matrices as parameters:
var product [2][2]int
product = multiply(matrix1, matrix2)

The example output of the multiply method is as follows. The product of matrix1 and
matrix2 is the product matrix:

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The transpose method

The transpose of a matrix is achieved using the transpose method. This method takes the
matrix as a parameter and returns the transposed matrix:
// transpose method
func transpose(matrix1 [2][2]int) [2][2]int {
var m intvar l int
var transMatrix [2][2]int
for l = 0; l < 2; l++ {
for m=0; m <2; m++ {
transMatrix[l][m] = matrix1[m][l]
}
}
return transMatrix
}

The determinant method

The determinant method calculates the determinant of the matrix. The determinant
method in the following code snippet calculates the determinant value of a matrix. The
method takes the matrix and returns a float32 value, which is the determinant of the
matrix:
// determinant method
func determinant(matrix1 [2][2]int) float32 {
var m int
var l int
var det float32
det = det + ( (matrix1[0][0]*matrix1[1][1])-
(matrix1[0][1]*matrix1[1][0]));
return det
}

The inverse method

The inverse method returns the inverse of the matrix, which is passed as a parameter.
This is shown in the following snippet:
//inverse method
func inverse(matrix [2][2]int) [][]float64 {
var det float64
det = determinant(matrix)
var invmatrix float64

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invmatrix[0][0] = matrix[1][1]/det
invmatrix[0][1] = -1*matrix[0][1]/det
invmatrix[1][0] = -1*matrix[1][0]/det
invmatrix[1][1] = matrix[0][0]/det
return invmatrix
}

Run the following command to execute the twodmatrix.go file:

go run twodmatrix.go

The output is as follows:

The next section talks about the zig-zag matrix data structure.

Zig-zag matrix
A zig-zag matrix is a square arrangement of n x n integers. The integers are arranged on
anti-diagonals in sequentially increasing order. The following code explains how to create a
zig-zag matrix and also how to traverse it. The PrintZigZag method creates the matrix in
a zig-zag fashion with the elements in a sequentially increasing order. The method takes the
integer n as a parameter and returns the integer array, which is the zig-zag matrix:
///main package has examples shown
// in Go Data Structures and algorithms book
package main
// importing fmt package
import (
"fmt"
)
//prints the matrix in zig-zag fashion
func PrintZigZag(n int) []int {
var zigzag []int
zigzag = make([]int, n*n)
var i int
i = 0
var m int
m = n * 2
var p int

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for p = 1; p <= m; p++ {

var x int
x = p - n
if x < 0 {
x = 0
}
var y int
y = p - 1
if y > n-1 {
y = n - 1
}
var j int
j = m - p
if j > p {
j = p
}
var k int
for k = 0; k < j; k++ {
if p&1 == 0 {
zigzag[(x+k)*n+y-k] = i
} else {
zigzag[(y-k)*n+x+k] = i
}
i++
}
}
return zigzag
}

The main method invokes the PrintZigZag method, which takes the parameter n and
prints the matrix first from left to right, then from right to left for the second level, and so
on. The number of integers is 5 and the field width is 2:
// main method
func main() {
var n int
n = 5
var length int
length = 2
var i int
var sketch int
for i, sketch = range PrintZigZag(n) {
fmt.Printf("%*d ", length, sketch)
if i%n == n-1 {
fmt.Println("")
}
}
}

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Run the following command to execute the zigzagmatrix.go file:

go run zigzagmatrix.go

The output is as follows:

The next section talks about the spiral matrix data structure.

Spiral matrix
A spiral matrix is an arrangement of n x n integers in which integers are arranged spirally
in sequentially increasing order. A spiral matrix is an old toy algorithm. The spiral order is
maintained using four loops, one for each corner of the matrix. The PrintSpiral method
in the following code snippet creates a matrix with elements arranged spirally in increasing
order. The method takes a parameter, n, and returns an integer array:
///main package has examples shown
// in Go Data Structures and algorithms book
package main
// importing fmt package
import (
"fmt"
)
//PrintSpiral method
func PrintSpiral(n int) []int {

var left int

var top int
var right int
var bottom int

left =0
top =0
right = n-1
bottom = n-1
var size int

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size = n * n
var s []int
s = make([]int, size)

var i int
i = 0
for left < right {
var c int
for c = left; c <= right; c++ {
s[top*n+c] = i
i++
}
top++
var r int
for r = top; r <= bottom; r++ {
s[r*n+right] = i
i++
}
right--
if top == bottom {
break
}
for c = right; c >= left; c-- {
s[bottom*n+c] = i
i++
}
bottom--
for r = bottom; r >= top; r-- {
s[r*n+left] = i
i++
}
left++
}
s[top*n+left] = i

return s
}

In the following code snippet, the main method invokes the PrintSpiral method, which
takes the integer n and prints the integer values of the matrix spirally. The values returned
from the PrintSpiral method are printed as fields with a width of 2:
func main() {
var n int
n = 5
var length int
length = 2
var i int

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var sketch int

for i, sketch = range PrintSpiral(n) {
fmt.Printf("%*d ", length, sketch)
if i%n == n-1 {
fmt.Println("")
}
}
}

Run the following command to execute the spiralmatrix.go file:

go run spiralmatrix.go

The output is as follows:

The next section talks about the Boolean matrix data structure.

Boolean matrix
A Boolean matrix is a matrix that consists of elements in the mth row and the nth column with
a value of 1. A matrix can be modified to be a Boolean matrix by making the values in
the mth row and the nth column equal to 1. In the following code, the Boolean matrix
transformation and print methods are shown in detail. The changeMatrix method
transforms the input matrix in to a Boolean matrix by changing the row and column values
from 0 to 1 if the cell value is 1. The method takes the input matrix as the parameter and
returns the changed matrix, as shown in the following code:
///main package has examples shown
// in Go Data Structures and algorithms book
package main

// importing fmt package

import (
"fmt"
)
//changeMatrix method

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func changeMatrix(matrix [3][3]int) [3][3]int {

var i int
var j int
var Rows [3]int
var Columns [3]int

var matrixChanged [3][3]int

for i=0; i<3; i++{

for j=0; j < 3; j++{
if matrix[i][j]==1 {
Rows[i] =1
Columns[j] =1
}

}
}

for i=0; i<3; i++ {

for j=0; j<3; j++{
if Rows[i]==1 || Columns[j]==1{
matrixChanged[i][j] = 1
}

}
}

return matrixChanged

The example output of the change matrix method is shown the following screenshot. The
elements with 1 in the row or column are checked and the row elements are updated to 1:

Let's take a look at the printMatrix method and the main method.

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The printMatrix method

In the following code snippet, the printMatrix method takes the input matrix and prints
the matrix values by row and traverses the columns for every row:
//printMatrix method
func printMatrix(matrix [3][3]int) {
var i int
var j int
//var k int
for i=0; i < 3; i++ {

for j=0; j < 3; j++ {

fmt.Printf("%d",matrix[i][j])

}
fmt.Printf("\n")
}

The main method

The main method in the following code snippet invokes the changeMatrix method after
initializing the matrix. The changed matrix is printed after the invocation of the
changeMatrix method:

//main method
func main() {

var matrix = [3][3] int {{1,0,0},{0,0,0},{0,0,0}}

printMatrix(matrix)

matrix = changeMatrix(matrix)

printMatrix(matrix)

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Run the following command to execute the boolean_matrix.go file:

go run boolean_matrix.go

The output is as follows:

The next section talks about multi-dimensional arrays.

Multi-dimensional arrays
An array is a homogeneous collection of data elements. An array's indexes range from
index 0 to index m-1, where m is the fixed length of the array. An array with multiple
dimensions is an array of an array. The following code initializes a multi-dimensional
array. A three-dimensional array is printed:
///main package has examples shown
// in Go Data Structures and algorithms book
package main

// importing fmt package

import (
"fmt"
"math/rand"
)
//main method
func main() {

var threedarray [2][2][2]int

var i int

var j int

var k int

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for i=0; i < 2; i++ {

for j=0; j < 2; j++ {

for k=0; k < 2; k++ {

threedarray[i][j][k] = rand.Intn(3)
}
}
}

fmt.Println(threedarray)
}

Run the following command to execute the preceding code snippet:

go run multidarray.go

The output is as follows:

The next section talks about tensor data structures.

Tensors
A tensor is a multi-dimensional array of components that are spatial coordinates. Tensors
are used extensively in physics and biological studies in topics such as electromagnetism
and diffusion tensor imaging. William Rowan Hamilton was the first to come up with the
term tensor. Tensors play a basic role in abstract algebra and algebraic topology.

The tensor order is the sum of the order of its arguments, plus the order of the result tensor.
For example, an inertia matrix is a second-order tensor. Spinors are also multi-dimensional
arrays, but the values of their elements change via coordinate transformations.

The initialization of a tensor is shown here. The array is initialized with integer values
ranging from 0 to 3:
var array [3][3][3]int
var i int
var j int

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var k int
for i=0; i < 3; i++ {
for j=0; j < 3; j++ {
for k=0; k < 3; k++ {

array[i][j][k] = rand.Intn(3)
}
}
}

Unfolding a tensor is done along the first dimension. Rearranging the tensor mode's n
vectors is referred to as mode n-unfolding of a tensor. 0-mode unfolding of a tensor array is
shown here:
for j=0; j < 3; j++ {
for k=0; k < 3; k++ {
fmt.Printf("%d ",array[0][j][k])
}
fmt.Printf("\n")
}

1-mode unfolding of a tensor array is shown here. The array's first dimension index is set to
1:
for j=0; j < 3; j++ {
for k=0; k < 3; k++ {
fmt.Printf("%d ",array[1][j][k])
}
fmt.Printf("\n")
}

The 2-mode unfolding of a tensor array is shown here. The array's first dimension row
index is set to 2:
for j=0; j < 3; j++ {
for k=0; k < 3; k++ {
fmt.Printf("%d ",array[2][j][k])
}
fmt.Printf("\n")
}

Run the following command to execute the tensor.go file:

go run tensor.go

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The output is as follows:

Summary
This chapter covered homogeneous data structures such as two-dimensional arrays and
multi-dimensional arrays. Matrix operations such as sum, subtraction, multiplication,
inverse, and determinant have been explained with code examples. Spiral matrices, zig-zag
matrices, and Boolean matrices have been explained using two-dimensional arrays. Tensors
and operations such as folding were also covered.

In the next chapter, heterogeneous data structures such as linked lists, ordered lists, and
unordered lists will be covered.

Questions
1. What is 2-mode unfolding of a tensor array?
2. Write a two-dimensional array of strings and initialize it. Print the strings.
3. Give an example of a multi-dimensional array and traverse through it.
4. For a 3 x 3 matrix, write code that calculates the determinant of the matrix.
5. What is a transpose of a 3 x 3 matrix?
6. What is a zig-zag matrix?
7. Write code with an example of a spiral matrix.
8. Which dimension is typically unfolded for tensor arrays?
9. How do you define a Boolean matrix?
10. Choose two 3 x 3 matrices and find the product of the matrices.

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Further reading
The following books are recommended if you want to learn more about arrays, matrices,
and tensors:

Advanced Data Structures, by Peter Brass

Dynamic Data Structures: Lists, Stacks, Queues, and Trees, by Bogdan Patrut, and
Tiberiu Socaciu
Data structures and Algorithms: An Easy Introduction, by Rudolph Russell

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Heterogeneous Data Structures
Heterogeneous data structures are data structures that contain diverse types of data, such
as integers, doubles, and floats. Linked lists and ordered lists are good examples of these
data structures. They are used for memory management. A linked list is a chain of elements
that are associated together by means of pointers. Each element's pointer links to the
following item, which connects the chain together. Linked lists don't have to take up a
block of memory. The memory that they utilize can be allocated dynamically. It comprises a
progression of nodes, which are the components of the list. Ordered lists and unordered
lists from HTML are shown to demonstrate the usage of lists and storage management. We
will cover linked lists, ordered lists, and unordered lists in this chapter and show the
implementation of their methods with appropriate examples. This chapter covers the
following heterogeneous data structures:

Linked lists
Ordered lists
Unordered lists

We covered singly linked lists and doubly linked lists with code examples in Chapter 3,
Linear Data Structures. Circular-linked lists were covered in Chapter 4, Non-Linear Data
Structures.

Technical requirements
Install Go Version 1.10 for your OS from the following link: https:/​/​golang.​org/​doc/
install.

The GitHub URL for the code in this chapter is as follows: https:/​/​github.​com/
PacktPublishing/​Learn-​Data-​Structures-​and-​Algorithms-​with-​Golang/​tree/​master/
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Linked lists
A linked list is a linear collection of elements with information. The linked list shrinks or
expands based on whether the components are to be included or removed. This list can be
small or enormous, yet, regardless of the size, the elements that make it up are
straightforward. Linked lists were covered in Chapter 3, Linear Data Structures. They
consume more memory than arrays. Reverse traversing is a problem for singly linked lists
because a singly linked list points to the next node forward. The next section explains how
to reverse a singly linked list with a code example.

Singly, doubly, and circular-linked lists will be covered in this chapter.

Singly linked lists

A singly linked list is a dynamic data structure in which addition and removal operations
are easy; this is because it's a dynamic data structure and not fixed. Stack and queue data
structures are implemented with linked lists. More memory is consumed when elements
are dynamically added because dynamic data structures aren't fixed. Random retrieval is
not possible with a singly linked list because you will need to traverse the nodes for a
positioned node. Insertion into a singly linked list can be at the beginning or end of the list,
and after a specified node. Deletion can happen at the beginning or end of the list and after
a specified node.

Reversing a singly linked list is shown in this section. The methods that are explained in
this section are a part of the linked_list.go file that's provided in the code bundle.

The Node class is defined in this snippet with a node pointer, nextNode, and a rune
property:
//main package has examples shown
// in Go Data Structures and algorithms book
package main

// importing fmt package

import (
"fmt"
)

// Node struct
type Node struct {
nextNode *Node
property rune
}

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The methods of singly linked lists are discussed in the following sections.

The CreateLinkedList method

The CreateLinkedList method creates a linked list of runes from a to z:
// create List method
func CreateLinkedList() *Node {
var headNode *Node
headNode = &Node{nil, 'a'}
var currNode *Node
currNode = headNode
var i rune
for i= 'b'; i <= 'z'; i++ {
var node *Node
node = &Node{nil, i}
currNode.nextNode = node
currNode = node
}
return headNode
}

The example output for the CreateLinkedList method is shown as follows. The
headNode is created with a value of 97. The linked list is created with nodes starting from a
to z:

The ReverseLinkedList method

The ReverseLinkedList function takes a node pointer, nodeList, and returns a node
pointer to a reversed linked list.

The following code snippet shows how the linked list is reversed:
// Reverse List method
func ReverseLinkedList(nodeList *Node) *Node {
var currNode *Node
currNode = nodeList
var topNode *Node = nil
for {
if currNode == nil {

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break
}
var tempNode *Node
tempNode = currNode.nextNode
currNode.nextNode = topNode
topNode = currNode
currNode = tempNode
}
return topNode
}

The example output for the reverse linked list method is as follows. The method takes the
parameter of a linked string starting from a to z. The reversed list is from z to a nodes:

The main method

The main method creates the linked list, and prints the linked list and the reversed list in
string format:
// main method
func main() {
var linkedList = CreateLinkedList()
StringifyList(linkedList)
StringifyList(ReverseLinkedList(linkedList))
}

Run the following command to execute the linked_list.go file:

go run linked_list.go

This is the output:

The next section talks about the doubly linked list data structure.

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Doubly linked lists

A doubly linked list is a data structure that consists of nodes that have links to the previous
and the next nodes. Doubly linked lists were presented with code examples in Chapter 3,
Linear Data Structures. Lists in Go are implemented as doubly linked lists. The elements 14
and 1 are pushed backward and forward, respectively. The elements 6 and 5 are inserted
before and after. The doubly linked list is iterated and the elements are printed. The code in
this section shows how lists can be used:
//main package has examples shown
// in Go Data Structures and algorithms book
package main

// importing fmt and list package

import (
"container/list"
"fmt"
)

// main method
func main() {
var linkedList *list.List
linkedList = list.New()
var element *list.Element
element = linkedList.PushBack(14)
var frontElement *list.Element
frontElement = linkedList.PushFront(1)
linkedList.InsertBefore(6, element)
linkedList.InsertAfter(5, frontElement)

var currElement *list.Element

for currElement = linkedList.Front(); currElement != nil; currElement =
currElement.Next() {
fmt.Println(currElement.Value)
}
}

Run the following command to execute the double_linked_list.go file:

go run double_linked_list.go

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This is the output:

The next section talks about the circular-linked list data structure.

Circular-linked lists
A circular-linked list is a collection of nodes in which the last node is connected to the first
node. Circular-linked lists were briefly covered in Chapter 4, Non-Linear Data Structures.
Circular-linked lists are used to create a circular queue.

In the following section, a circular queue struct is defined and implemented. The methods
that are explained in this section are part of the circular_queue.go file given in the code
bundle.

The CircularQueue class

The CircularQueue class has size, head, and last integer properties, as well as a nodes
array. The class is defined in the following code snippet:
//main package has examples shown
// in Go Data Structures and algorithms book
package main

// importing fmt package

import (
"fmt"
)

//Circular Queue
type CircularQueue struct {
size int
nodes []interface{}
head int
last int
}

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Let's discuss the different methods of the CircularQueue class in the following sections.

The NewQueue method

The NewQueue method creates a new instance of the circular queue. The NewQueue function
takes the num parameter, which is the size of the queue. The function returns the circular
queue of nodes, as shown in the following code:
// NewCircularQueue method
func NewQueue(num int) *CircularQueue {
var circularQueue CircularQueue
circularQueue = CircularQueue{size: num + 1, head: 0, last: 0}
circularQueue.nodes = make([]interface{}, circularQueue.size)
return &circularQueue
}

The IsUnUsed method

The IsUnUsed method of the CircularQueue class in the following snippet checks
whether head is equal to the last node and returns true if so; otherwise, it returns false:
// IsUnUsed method
func (circularQueue CircularQueue) IsUnUsed() bool {
return circularQueue.head == circularQueue.last
}

The IsComplete method

The IsComplete function of the CircularQueue class returns true if the head node's
position is the same as the last node position +1; otherwise, it returns false:
// IsComplete method
func (circularQueue CircularQueue) IsComplete() bool {
return circularQueue.head == (circularQueue.last+1)%circularQueue.size
}

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The Add method

This method adds the given element to the circular queue. In the following code snippet,
the Add method takes an element parameter of the interface type and adds the element to
the circular queue:
// Add method
func (circularQueue *CircularQueue) Add(element interface{}) {
if circularQueue.IsComplete() {
panic("Queue is Completely Utilized")
}
circularQueue.nodes[circularQueue.last] = element
circularQueue.last = (circularQueue.last + 1) % circularQueue.size
}

The example output for the Add method is as follows. The Add method takes the element
with value 1 and updates the queue:

The MoveOneStep method

The MoveOnestep method moves the element one step forward in the circular queue. The
MoveOneStep method takes the element parameter of the interface type and moves the
head node to position two after setting the element as the head node:

//MoveOneStep method
func (circularQueue *CircularQueue) MoveOneStep() (element interface{}) {
if circularQueue.IsUnUsed() {
return nil
}
element = circularQueue.nodes[circularQueue.head]
circularQueue.head = (circularQueue.head + 1) % circularQueue.size
return
}

The main method

The main method creates the queue and adds elements to the circular queue:
// main method
func main() {
var circularQueue *CircularQueue

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circularQueue = NewQueue(5)
circularQueue.Add(1)
circularQueue.Add(2)
circularQueue.Add(3)
circularQueue.Add(4)
circularQueue.Add(5)
fmt.Println(circularQueue.nodes)

Run the following command to execute the circular_queue.go file:

go run circular_queue.go

This is the output:

In the following sections, ordered lists and unordered lists are explained with code
examples.

Ordered lists
Lists in Go can be sorted in two ways:

Ordered list: By creating a group of methods for the slice data type and calling
sort
Unordered list: The other way is to invoke sort.Slice with a custom less
function

The only difference between an ordered list and an unordered list is that, in an ordered list,
the order in which the items are displayed is mandatory.

An ordered list in HTML starts with an <ol> tag. Each item in the list is written in <li>
tags. Here's an example:
<ol>
<li>Stones</li>
<li>Branches</li>
<li>Smoke</li>
</ol>

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An example of an ordered list using Golang is shown in the following code snippet. The
Employee class has Name, ID, SSN, and Age properties:

///main package has examples shown

// in Go Data Structures and algorithms book
package main

// importing fmt and sort package

import (
"fmt"
"sort"
)

// class Employee
type Employee struct {
Name string
ID string
SSN int
Age int
}

The methods that are explained in the following sections are a part of the linked_list.go
file that's provided in the code bundle.

The ToString method

The ToString method of the Employee class returns a string version of employee. The
string version consists of a comma-separated Name, Age, ID, and SSN. This is shown in the
following code snippet:
// ToString method
func (employee Employee) ToString() string {
return fmt.Sprintf("%s: %d,%s,%d", employee.Name,
employee.Age,employee.ID,
employee.SSN)
}

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The SortByAge type

The SortByAge method sorts the elements concerned by Age. The SortByAge interface
operates on the Employee array. This is shown in the following code snippet:
// SortByAge type
type SortByAge []Employee

// SortByAge interface methods

func (sortIntf SortByAge) Len() int { return len(sortIntf) }
func (sortIntf SortByAge) Swap(i int, j int) { sortIntf[i], sortIntf[j] =
sortIntf[j], sortIntf[i] }
func (sortIntf SortByAge) Less(i int, j int) bool { return sortIntf[i].Age
< sortIntf[j].Age }

The main method initializes the employees array and sorts the array by age:
func main() {
var employees = []Employee{
{"Graham","231",235643,31},
{"John", "3434",245643,42},
{"Michael","8934",32432, 17},
{"Jenny", "24334",32444,26},
}
fmt.Println(employees)
sort.Sort(SortByAge(employees))
fmt.Println(employees)
sort.Slice(employees, func(i int, j int) bool {
return employees[i].Age > employees[j].Age
})
fmt.Println(employees)
}

Run the following command to execute the sort_slice.go snippet:

go run sort_slice.go

This is the output:

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An ordered list is sorted using the sort criteria as follows. The sort_keys.go code snippet
shows how things are sorted by various criteria, such as name, mass, and distance. The
Mass and Miles units are defined as float64:

///main package has examples shown

// in Go Data Structures and algorithms book
package main

// importing fmt and sort package

import (
"fmt"
"sort"
)

// Mass and Miles Types

type Mass float64
type Miles float64

The next section talks about the Thing struct definition.

The Thing class

A Thing class is defined in the following code with name, mass, distance,
meltingpoint, and freezingpoint properties:

// Thing class
type Thing struct {
name string
mass Mass
distance Miles
meltingpoint int
freezingpoint int
}

The next section talks about the ByFactor function type.

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The ByFactor function type

ByFactor is a type of less function. The following code snippet shows the ByFactor
type:
// ByFactor function type
type ByFactor func(Thing1 *Thing, Thing2 *Thing) bool

The Sort method

The Sort method is a function with the byFactor parameter, as shown here:
// Sort method
func (byFactor ByFactor) Sort(Things []Thing) {
var sortedThings *ThingSorter
sortedThings = &ThingSorter{
Things: Things,
byFactor: byFactor,
}
sort.Sort(sortedThings)
}

Thing sorter class

The Thing sorter sorts the elements by their properties. The ThingSorter class has an
array of things and a byFactor method:
// ThingSorter class
type ThingSorter struct {
Things []Thing
byFactor func(Thing1 *Thing, Thing2 *Thing) bool
}

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The len, swap, and less methods

The sort.Interface has the len, swap, and less methods, as shown in the following
code:
// Len method
func (ThingSorter *ThingSorter) Len() int {
return len(ThingSorter.Things)
}

// Swap method
func (ThingSorter *ThingSorter) Swap(i int, j int) {
ThingSorter.Things[i], ThingSorter.Things[j] = ThingSorter.Things[j],
ThingSorter.Things[i]
}

// Less method
func (ThingSorter *ThingSorter) Less(i int, j int) bool {
return ThingSorter.byFactor(&ThingSorter.Things[i],
&ThingSorter.Things[j])
}

The main method

The main method creates things and initializes them with values. This method shows
things that are sorted by mass, distance, and name in decreasing order of distance:
// Main method
func main() {
var Things = []Thing{
{"IronRod", 0.055, 0.4, 3000, -180},
{"SteelChair", 0.815, 0.7, 4000, -209},
{"CopperBowl", 1.0, 1.0, 60, -30},
{"BrassPot", 0.107, 1.5, 10000, -456},
}

var name func(*Thing, *Thing) bool

name = func(Thing1 *Thing, Thing2 *Thing) bool {
return Thing1.name < Thing2.name
}
var mass func(*Thing, *Thing) bool
mass = func(Thing1 *Thing, Thing2 *Thing) bool {
return Thing1.mass < Thing2.mass
}
var distance func(*Thing, *Thing) bool
distance = func(Thing1 *Thing, Thing2 *Thing) bool {

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return Thing1.distance < Thing2.distance

}
var decreasingDistance func(*Thing, *Thing) bool
decreasingDistance = func(p1, p2 *Thing) bool {
return distance(p2, p1)
}

ByFactor(name).Sort(Things)
fmt.Println("By name:", Things)
ByFactor(mass).Sort(Things)
fmt.Println("By mass:", Things)
ByFactor(distance).Sort(Things)
fmt.Println("By distance:", Things)
ByFactor(decreasingDistance).Sort(Things)
fmt.Println("By decreasing distance:", Things)
}

Run the following command to execute the sort_keys.go file:

go run sort_keys.go

This is the output:

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The struct type

A struct type (class) can be sorted using different sets of multiple fields. In the
sort_multi_keys.go code, we show how to sort struct types. A class called Commit
consists of the username, lang, and numlines properties. username is a string, lang is a
string, and numlines is an integer. In the following code, the Commit class is sorted by
commits and lines:
///main package has examples shown
// in Go Data Structures and algorithms book
package main

// importing fmt and sort package

import (
"fmt"
"sort"
)

// A Commit is a record of code checking

type Commit struct {
username string
lang string
numlines int
}

In the next section, the implementation of the multiSorter class is discussed.

The multiSorter class

The multiSorter class consists of the commits and lessFunction array properties. The
multiSorter class implements the Sort interface to sort the commits, as shown in the
following code:
type lessFunc func(p1 *Commit, p2 *Commit) bool
// multiSorter class
type multiSorter struct {
Commits []Commit
lessFunction []lessFunc
}

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The Sort method

In the following code snippet, the Sort method of multiSorter sorts the Commits array
by invoking sort.Sort and passing the multiSorter argument:
// Sort method
func (multiSorter *multiSorter) Sort(Commits []Commit) {
multiSorter.Commits = Commits
sort.Sort(multiSorter)
}

The OrderBy method

The OrderedBy method takes the less function and returns multiSorter. The
multisorter instance is initialized by the less function, as shown in the following code
snippet:
// OrderedBy method
func OrderedBy(lessFunction ...lessFunc) *multiSorter {
return &multiSorter{
lessFunction: lessFunction,
}
}

The len method

The len method of the multiSorter class returns the length of the Commits array. The
Commits array is a property of multiSorter:

// Len method
func (multiSorter *multiSorter) Len() int {
return len(multiSorter.Commits)
}

The Swap method

The Swap method of multiSorter takes the integers i and j as input. This method swaps
the array elements at index i and j:
// Swap method
func (multiSorter *multiSorter) Swap(i int, j int) {
multiSorter.Commits[i] = multiSorter.Commits[j]
multiSorter.Commits[j] = multiSorter.Commits[i]
}

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The less method

The Less method of the multiSorter class takes the integers i and j and compares the
element at index i to the element at index j:
func (multiSorter *multiSorter) Less(i int, j int) bool {

var p *Commit
var q *Commit
p = &multiSorter.Commits[i]
q = &multiSorter.Commits[j]

var k int
for k = 0; k < len(multiSorter.lessFunction)-1; k++ {
less := multiSorter.lessFunction[k]
switch {
case less(p, q):
return true
case less(q, p):
return false
}
}
return multiSorter.lessFunction[k](p, q)
}

The main method

The main method creates a Commit array and initializes the array with values. Functions
are created for sorting by user, language, and lines. OrderedBy returns a
multiSorter, and its sort method is called by user, language, increasingLines, and
decreasingLines:

//main method
func main() {
var Commits = []Commit{
{"james", "Javascript", 110},
{"ritchie", "python", 250},
{"fletcher", "Go", 300},
{"ray", "Go", 400},
{"john", "Go", 500},
{"will", "Go", 600},
{"dan", "C++", 500},
{"sam", "Java", 650},
{"hayvard", "Smalltalk", 180},
}
var user func(*Commit, *Commit) bool
user = func(c1 *Commit, c2 *Commit) bool {

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return c1.username < c2.username

}
var language func(*Commit, *Commit) bool
language = func(c1 *Commit, c2 *Commit) bool {
return c1.lang < c2.lang
}
var increasingLines func(*Commit, *Commit) bool
increasingLines = func(c1 *Commit, c2 *Commit) bool {
return c1.numlines < c2.numlines
}
var decreasingLines func(*Commit, *Commit) bool
decreasingLines = func(c1 *Commit, c2 *Commit) bool {
return c1.numlines > c2.numlines // Note: > orders downwards.
}
OrderedBy(user).Sort(Commits)
fmt.Println("By username:", Commits)
OrderedBy(user, increasingLines).Sort(Commits)
fmt.Println("By username,asc order", Commits)
OrderedBy(user, decreasingLines).Sort(Commits)
fmt.Println("By username,desc order", Commits)
OrderedBy(language, increasingLines).Sort(Commits)
fmt.Println("By lang,asc order", Commits)
OrderedBy(language, decreasingLines, user).Sort(Commits)
fmt.Println("By lang,desc order", Commits)
}

Run the following command to execute the sort_multi_keys.go file:

go run sort_multi_keys.go

This is the output:

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The next section talks about the HTML unordered list data structure.

Unordered lists
An unordered list is implemented as a linked list. In an unordered list, the relative
positions of items in contiguous memory don't need to be maintained. The values will be
placed in a random fashion.

An unordered list starts with a <ul> tag in HTML 5.0. Each list item is coded with <li>
tags. Here's an example:
<ul>
<li> First book </li>
<li> Second book </li>
<li> Third book </li>
</ul>

The following is an example of an unordered list in Golang. The Node class has a property
and a nextNode pointer, as shown in the following code. The linked list will have a set of
nodes with a property attribute. The unordered list is presented in the script called
unordered_list.go:

//main package has examples shown

// in Hands-On Data Structures and algorithms with Go book
package main

// importing fmt package

import (
"fmt"
)

//Node class
type Node struct {
property int
nextNode *Node
}

The next section talks about the UnOrderedList class implementation.

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The UnOrderedList class

The unordered list consists of elements that are not ordered by numbers. An
UnOrderedList class has a headNode pointer as the property. Traversing to the next node
from the head node, you can iterate through the linked list:
// UnOrderedList class
type UnOrderedList struct {
headNode *Node
}

The next section discusses the AddtoHead method and the IterateList method of the
UnOrderedList struct.

The AddtoHead method

The AddtoHead method adds the node to the head of the unordered list. The AddToHead
method of the UnOrderedList class has a property parameter that's an integer. It will
make the headNode point to a new node created with property, and the nextNode points
to the current headNode of the unordered list:
//AddToHead method of UnOrderedList class
func (UnOrderedList *UnOrderedList) AddToHead(property int) {
var node = &Node{}
node.property = property
node.nextNode = nil
if UnOrderedList.headNode != nil {
node.nextNode = UnOrderedList.headNode
}
UnOrderedList.headNode = node
}

The IterateList method

The IterateList method of the UnOrderedList class prints the node property of the
nodes in the list. This is shown in the following code:
//IterateList method iterates over UnOrderedList
func (UnOrderedList *UnOrderedList) IterateList() {
var node *Node
for node = UnOrderedList.headNode; node != nil; node = node.nextNode {
fmt.Println(node.property)
}
}

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The main method

The main method creates an instance of a linked list, and integer properties 1, 3, 5, and 7
are added to the head of the linked list. The linked list's headNode property is printed after
the elements are added:
// main method
func main() {
var unOrderedList UnOrderedList
unOrderedList = UnOrderedList{}
unOrderedList.AddToHead(1)
unOrderedList.AddToHead(3)
unOrderedList.AddToHead(5)
unOrderedList.AddToHead(7)
unOrderedList.IterateList()
}

Run the following command to execute the unordered_list.go file from the code
bundle:
go run unordered_list.go

This is the output:

Summary
This chapter covered heterogeneous data structures such as ordered lists and unordered
lists with code examples. The Ordered lists section covered sorting slices by single key,
multiple keys, and sort.Slice. Slices are sorted by making the array of struct elements
implement the sort.Sort interface. Unordered lists were described as linked lists with
values that are not ordered.

The next chapter will cover dynamic data structures such as dictionaries, TreeSets,
sequences, synchronized TreeSets, and mutable TreeSets.

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Questions
1. Which method of the sort.Sort interface returns the size of the elements to be
sorted?
2. Which function needs to be passed to the sort.Slice method to sort a slice?
3. What does the swap method do to the elements at the i and j indices?
4. What is the default order for sorting elements using sort.Sort?
5. How do you implement ascending and descending sorting with sort.Slice?
6. How do you sort an array and keep the original order of the elements?
7. Which interface is used to reverse the order of the data?
8. Show an example of sorting a slice.
9. Which method is called to add elements to an unordered list?
10. Write a code example of an unordered list of floats.

Further reading
The following books are recommended if you want to know more about heterogeneous
data structures:

Design Patterns, by Erich Gamma, Richard Helm, Ralph Johnson, and John
Vlissides
Introduction to Algorithms – Third Edition, by Thomas H. Cormen, Charles E.
Leiserson, Ronald L. Rivest, and Clifford Stein
Data structures and Algorithms: An Easy Introduction, by Rudolph Russell

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Dynamic Data Structures
A dynamic data structure is a set of elements in memory that has the adaptability to
expand or shrink. This ability empowers a software engineer to control precisely how much
memory is used. Dynamic data structures are used for handling generic data in a key-value
store. They can be used in distributed caching and storage management. Dynamic data
structures are valuable in many circumstances in which dynamic addition or deletion of
elements occur. They are comparable in capacity to a smaller relational database or an in-
memory database. These data structures are used in marketing and customer relationship
management applications. Dictionaries, TreeSets, and sequences are examples of dynamic
data structures.

In this chapter, we will explain what dictionaries, TreeSets, and sequences are and show
you how they are implemented with the help of code examples.

This chapter covers the following dynamic data structures:

Dictionaries
TreeSets:
Synchronized TreeSets
Mutable TreeSets
Sequences:
Farey
Fibonacci
Look-and-say
Thue–Morse
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Technical requirements
Install Go Version 1.10 from https:/​/​golang.​org/​doc/​install for your OS.

The GitHub URL for the code in this chapter is as follows: https:/​/​github.​com/
PacktPublishing/​Learn-​Data-​Structures-​and-​Algorithms-​with-​Golang/​tree/​master/
Chapter07.

Dictionaries
A dictionary is a collection of unique key and value pairs. A dictionary is a broadly useful
data structure for storing a set of data items. It has a key, and each key has a solitary item
associated with it. When given a key, the dictionary will restore the item associated with
that key. These keys can be of any type: strings, integers, or objects. Where we need to sort
a list, an element value can be retrieved utilizing its key. Add, remove, modify, and lookup
operations are allowed in this collection. A dictionary is similar to other data structures,
such as hash, map, and HashMap. The key/value store is used in distributed caching and in
memory databases. Arrays differ from dictionaries in how the data is accessed. A set has
unique items, whereas a dictionary can have duplicate values.

Dictionary data structures are used in the following streams:

Phone directories
Router tables in networking
Page tables in operating systems
Symbol tables in compilers
Genome maps in biology

The following code shows how to initialize and modify a dictionary. In this snippet, the
dictionary has the key DictKey and is a string:
//main package has examples shown
// in Go Data Structures and algorithms book
package main

// importing fmt package

import (
"fmt"
"sync"
)

// DictKey type

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type DictKey string

The following sections talk about the type and methods in dictionaries.

DictVal type
The dictionary has the value DictVal of type string mapped to DictKey:
// DictVal type
type DictVal string

Dictionary class
The dictionary in the following code is a class with dictionary elements, with DictKey
as the key and DictVal as the value. It has a sync.RWMutex property, lock:
// Dictionary class
type Dictionary struct {
elements map[DictKey]DictVal
lock sync.RWMutex
}

The Put, Remove, Contain, Find, Rest, NumberofElements, GetKeys, GetValues, and
Main methods are discussed in the following sections.

Put method
A has a Put method, as shown in the following example, that takes the key and value
parameters of the DictKey and DictVal types respectively. The Lock method of the
dictionary's lock instance is invoked, and the Unlock method is deferred. If there are
empty map elements in the dictionary, elements are initialized using make.
The map elements are set with a key and a value if they are not empty:
// Put method
func (dict *Dictionary) Put(key DictKey, value DictVal) {
dict.lock.Lock()
defer dict.lock.Unlock()
if dict.elements == nil {
dict.elements = make(map[DictKey]DictVal)
}
dict.elements[key] = value
}

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The example output of the put method is as follows. The put method takes the key 1 and
value 1. The map is updated with key and value:

Remove method
A dictionary has a remove method, as shown in the following code, which has a key
parameter of the DictKey type. This method returns a bool value if the value associated
with Dictkey is removed from the map:
// Remove method
func (dict *Dictionary) Remove(key DictKey) bool {
dict.lock.Lock()
defer dict.lock.Unlock()
var exists bool
_, exists = dict.elements[key]
if exists {
delete(dict.elements, key)
}
return exists
}

Contains method
In the following code, the Contains method has an input parameter, key, of the
DictKey type, and returns bool if key exists in the dictionary:

// Contains method
func (dict *Dictionary) Contains(key DictKey) bool {
dict.lock.RLock()
defer dict.lock.RUnlock()
var exists bool
_, exists = dict.elements[key]
return exists
}

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Find method
The Find method takes the key parameter of the DictKey type and returns the
DictVal type associated with the key. The following code snippet explains the Find
method:
// Find method
func (dict *Dictionary) Find(key DictKey) DictVal {
dict.lock.RLock()
defer dict.lock.RUnlock()
return dict.elements[key]
}

Reset method
The Reset method of the Dictionary class is presented in the following snippet. The
Lock method of the dictionary's lock instance is invoked and Unlock is deferred. The
elements map is initialized with a map of the DictKey key and the DictVal value:

// Reset method
func (dict *Dictionary) Reset() {
dict.lock.Lock()
defer dict.lock.Unlock()
dict.elements = make(map[DictKey]DictVal)
}

NumberOfElements method
The NumberOfElements method of the Dictionary class returns the length of the
elements map. The RLock method of the lock instance is invoked. The RUnlock method
of the lock instance is deferred before returning the length; this is shown in the following
code snippet:
// NumberOfElements method
func (dict *Dictionary) NumberOfElements() int {
dict.lock.RLock()
defer dict.lock.RUnlock()
return len(dict.elements)
}

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GetKeys method
The GetKeys method of the Dictionary class is shown in the following code snippet. The
method returns the array of the DictKey elements. The RLock method of the lock instance
is invoked, and the RUnlock method is deferred. The dictionary keys are returned by
traversing the element's map:
// GetKeys method
func (dict *Dictionary) GetKeys() []DictKey {
dict.lock.RLock()
defer dict.lock.RUnlock()
var dictKeys []DictKey
dictKeys = []DictKey{}
var key DictKey
for key = range dict.elements {
dictKeys = append(dictKeys, key)
}
return dictKeys
}

GetValues method
The GetValues method of the Dictionary class returns the array of the DictVal
elements. In the following code snippet, the RLock method of the lock instance is invoked
and the RUnlock method is deferred. The array of dictionary values is returned after
traversing the element's map:
// GetValues method
func (dict *Dictionary) GetValues() []DictVal {
dict.lock.RLock()
defer dict.lock.RUnlock()
var dictValues []DictVal
dictValues = []DictVal{}
var key DictKey
for key = range dict.elements {
dictValues = append(dictValues, dict.elements[key])
}
return dictValues
}

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The main method

The following code shows the main method, where the dictionary is initialized and printed:
// main method
func main() {
var dict *Dictionary = &Dictionary{}
dict.Put("1","1")
dict.Put("2","2")
dict.Put("3","3")
dict.Put("4","4")
fmt.Println(dict)
}

Run the following commands to execute the dictionary.go file:

go run dictionary.go

The output is as follows:

Let's take a look at the TreeSet data structure in the following section.

TreeSets
TreeSets are used in marketing and customer relationship management applications.
TreeSet is a set that has a binary tree with unique elements. The elements are sorted in a
natural order. In the following code snippet, TreeSet creation, insertion, search, and
stringify operations are presented. TreeSet allows only one null value if the set is
empty. The elements are sorted and stored as elements. The add, remove, and contains
functions cost log(n) on TreeSets:
///main package has examples shown
// in Go Data Structures and algorithms book
package main

// TreeSet class
type TreeSet struct {
bst *BinarySearchTree

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We will discuss the different TreeSet methods in the following sections.

InsertTreeNode method
The InsertTreeNode method of the TreeSet class takes treeNodes variable arguments
of the TreeNode type. In the following code, the elements with the key and value are
inserted in the binary search tree of TreeSet:
// InsertTreeNode method
func (treeset *TreeSet) InsertTreeNode(treeNodes ...TreeNode) {
var treeNode TreeNode
for _, treeNode = range treeNodes {
treeset.bst.InsertElement(treeNode.key, treeNode.value)
}
}

The example output of the InsertTreeNode method is as follows. The InsertTreeNode

method takes treeNodes as the parameter. treeNodes are inserted with rootNode, which
has a value of 8:

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Delete method
The Delete method of the TreeSet class is shown in the following code snippet. In this
method, treeNodes with the provided key are removed:
// Delete method
func (treeset *TreeSet) Delete(treeNodes ...TreeNode) {
var treeNode TreeNode
for _, treeNode = range treeNodes {
treeset.bst.RemoveNode(treeNode.key)
}
}

InOrderTraverseTree method
The InOrderTraverseTree method of the BinarySearchTree class takes function as a
parameter. The RLock method of the lock instance is invoked. The RUnlock method of the
tree's lock instance is deferred. InOrderTraverseTree is invoked with the rootNode of
the tree and function as parameters:
//InOrderTraverseTree method
func (tree *BinarySearchTree) InOrderTraverseTree(function func(int)) {
tree.lock.RLock()
defer tree.lock.RUnlock()
inOrderTraverseTree(tree.rootNode, function)
}

The inOrderTraverseTree method

The inOrderTraverseTree method traverses from the left of the tree to root of the node
and then to the right of the tree. The inOrderTraverseTree method takes treeNode and
function as parameters. The method recursively calls the inOrderTraverseTree method
with function and then leftNode and rightNode in separate calls. The function
method is invoked with the value of treeNode:
// inOrderTraverseTree method
func inOrderTraverseTree(treeNode *TreeNode, function func(int)) {
if treeNode != nil {
inOrderTraverseTree(treeNode.leftNode, function)
function(treeNode.value)
inOrderTraverseTree(treeNode.rightNode, function)
}
}

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PreOrderTraverseTree method
The PreOrderTraverseTree method of the BinarySearchTree class takes the function
as its parameter. The Lock method on the tree's lock instance is invoked first, and the
Unlock method is deferred. The PreOrderTraverseTree method is called with the
rootNode of the tree and function as parameters:

// PreOrderTraverse method
func (tree *BinarySearchTree) PreOrderTraverseTree(function func(int)) {
tree.lock.Lock()
defer tree.lock.Unlock()
preOrderTraverseTree(tree.rootNode, function)
}

The preOrderTraverseTree method

The preOrderTraverseTree method traverses the tree from the root, to the left and right
of the tree. The preOrderTraverseTree method takes treeNode and function as
parameters. If treeNode is not nil, function is invoked with the value of treeNode,
and the preOrderTraverseTree method is invoked with function and leftNode and
rightNode as parameters:

// preOrderTraverseTree method
func preOrderTraverseTree(treeNode *TreeNode, function func(int)) {
if treeNode != nil {
function(treeNode.value)
preOrderTraverseTree(treeNode.leftNode, function)
preOrderTraverseTree(treeNode.rightNode, function)
}
}

Search method
The Search method of the TreeSet class takes a variable argument named treeNodes of
the TreeNode type and returns true if one of those treeNodes exists; otherwise, it returns
false. The code following snippet outlines the Search method:

// Search method
func (treeset *TreeSet) Search(treeNodes ...TreeNode) bool {
var treeNode TreeNode
var exists bool
for _, treeNode = range treeNodes {

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if exists = treeset.bst.SearchNode(treeNode.key); !exists {

return false
}
}
return true
}

The String method

In the following code snippet, the String method of the TreeSet class returns the string
version of bst:
// String method
func (treeset *TreeSet) String() {
treeset.bst.String()
}

The main method

The main method in the TreeSet class creates a TreeSet with TreeNodes. The following
snippet creates a TreeSet and invokes the String method:
// main method
func main() {
var treeset *TreeSet = &TreeSet{}
treeset.bst = &BinarySearchTree{}
var node1 TreeNode = TreeNode{8,8, nil,nil}
var node2 TreeNode = TreeNode{3,3,nil, nil}
var node3 TreeNode = TreeNode{10,10,nil,nil}
var node4 TreeNode = TreeNode{1,1,nil,nil}
var node5 TreeNode = TreeNode{6,6,nil,nil}
treeset.InsertTreeNode(node1,node2,node3, node4, node5)
treeset.String()
}

Run the following commands to execute the treeset.go and binarysearchtree.go

files:
$ go build treeset.go binarysearchtree.go
$ ./treeset

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The output is as follows:

The next section talks about the synchronized TreeSet data structure.

Synchronized TreeSets
Operations that are performed on synchronized TreeSets are synchronized across multiple
calls that access the elements of TreeSets. Synchronization in TreeSets is achieved using a
sync.RWMutex lock. The lock method on the tree's lock instance is invoked, and the
unlock method is deferred before the tree nodes are inserted, deleted, or updated:
// InsertElement method
func (tree *BinarySearchTree) InsertElement(key int, value int) {
tree.lock.Lock()
defer tree.lock.Unlock()
var treeNode *TreeNode
treeNode = &TreeNode{key, value, nil, nil}
if tree.rootNode == nil {
tree.rootNode = treeNode
} else {
insertTreeNode(tree.rootNode, treeNode)
}
}

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Mutable TreeSets
Mutable TreeSets can use add, update, and delete operations on the tree and its nodes.
insertTreeNode updates the tree by taking the rootNode and treeNode parameters to
be updated. The following code snippet shows how to insert a TreeNode with a given
rootNode and TreeNode:

// insertTreeNode method
func insertTreeNode(rootNode *TreeNode, newTreeNode *TreeNode) {
if newTreeNode.key < rootNode.key {
if rootNode.leftNode == nil {
rootNode.leftNode = newTreeNode
} else {
insertTreeNode(rootNode.leftNode, newTreeNode)
}
} else {
if rootNode.rightNode == nil {
rootNode.rightNode = newTreeNode
} else {
insertTreeNode(rootNode.rightNode, newTreeNode)
}
}
}

Let's discuss the different mutable TreeSets in the following sections.

RemoveNode method
The RemoveNode method of a BinarySearchTree is as follows:
// RemoveNode method
func (tree *BinarySearchTree) RemoveNode(key int) {
tree.lock.Lock()
defer tree.lock.Unlock()
removeNode(tree.rootNode, key)
}

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Treeset.bst
The TreeNode's can be updated by accessing treeset.bst and traversing the binary
search tree from the rootNode and the left and right nodes of rootNode, as shown here:
var treeset *TreeSet = &TreeSet{}
treeset.bst = &BinarySearchTree{}
var node1 TreeNode = TreeNode{8, 8, nil, nil}
var node2 TreeNode = TreeNode{3, 3, nil, nil}
var node3 TreeNode = TreeNode{10, 10, nil, nil}
var node4 TreeNode = TreeNode{1, 1, nil, nil}
var node5 TreeNode = TreeNode{6, 6, nil, nil}
treeset.InsertTreeNode(node1, node2, node3, node4, node5)
treeset.String()

In the next section, we will take a look at sequences.

Sequences
A sequence is a set of numbers that are grouped in a particular order. The number of
elements in the stream can be infinite, and these sequences are called streams. A
subsequence is a sequence that's created from another sequence. The relative positions of
the elements in a subsequence will remain the same after deleting some of the elements in a
sequence.

In the following sections, we will take a look at different sequences such as the Farey
sequence, Fibonacci sequence, look-and-say, and Thue–Morse.

Farey sequence
A Farey sequence consists of reduced fractions with values between zero and one. The
denominators of the fractions are less than or equal to m, and organized in ascending order.
This sequence is called a Farey series. In the following code, reduced fractions are
displayed:
///main package has examples shown
// in Go Data Structures and algorithms book
package main
// importing fmt package
import (
"fmt"
)

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// fraction class
type fraction struct {
numerator int
denominator int
}

Let's take a look at the different methods in a Farey sequence.

String method
The fraction class has the numerator and denominator integer properties. The String
method of the fraction class, as shown in the following snippet, returns a string version
of fraction:
// string method of fraction class
func (frac fraction) String() string {
return fmt.Sprintf("%d/%d", frac.numerator, frac.denominator)
}

The g method
The g method takes two fractions and prints the series of reduced fractions. The g
function takes an l or an r fraction, and num int as arguments to print the reduced fraction
as a series. The following code snippet shows the g method:
// g method
func g(l fraction, r fraction, num int) {
var frac fraction
frac = fraction{l.numerator + r.numerator, l.denominator + r.denominator}
if frac.denominator <= num {
g(l, frac, num)
fmt.Print(frac, " ")
g(frac, r, num)
}
}

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The main method

The following snippet shows the main method. In the main method, reduced fraction series
are printed using recursion:
// main method
func main() {
var num int
var l fraction
var r fraction
for num = 1; num <= 11; num++ {
l = fraction{0, 1}
r = fraction{1, 1}
fmt.Printf("F(%d): %s ", num, l)
g(l, r, num)
fmt.Println(r)
}

Run the following command to execute the farey_sequence.go file:

go run farey_sequence.go

The output is as follows:

The next section talks about the Fibonacci sequence data structure.

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Fibonacci sequence
The Fibonacci sequence consists of a list of numbers in which every number is the sum of
the two preceding numbers. Pingala, in 200 BC, was the first to come up with Fibonacci
numbers. The Fibonacci sequence is as follows:

The recurrence relation for the Fibonacci sequence is as follows:

The seed values are as follows:

A Fibonacci prime is a Fibonacci number that is a prime number. The Fibonacci prime
series is as follows:

Computer algorithms such as the Fibonacci search technique, heap, and cubes are popular
applications of Fibonacci numbers. Pseudorandom number generators use Fibonacci
numbers.

The following code snippet shows the Fibonacci sequence and recursive Fibonacci number
calculation. The Series function is presented as well. The Series function calculates the
Fibonacci numbers in the sequence:
///main package has examples shown
// in Go Data Structures and algorithms book
package main

// importing fmt and strconv package

import (
"fmt"
"strconv"
)

// Series method
func Series(n int) int {
var f []int
f = make([]int, n+1, n+2)
if n < 2 {

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f = f[0:2]
}
f[0] = 0
f[1] = 1
var i int
for i = 2; i <= n; i++ {
f[i] = f[i-1] + f[i-2]
}
return f[n]
}

The different methods of the Fibonacci sequence are discussed in the following sections.

FibonacciNumber method
The FibonacciNumber method takes the integer n and, by recursion, calculates the
Fibonacci numbers. The following code snippet shows this recursion:
// FibonacciNumber method
func FibonacciNumber(n int) int {
if n <= 1 {
return n
}
return FibonacciNumber(n-1) + FibonacciNumber(n-2)
}

Main method
The main method in the following code snippet shows how the Fibonacci sequence is
calculated:
// main method
func main() {
var i int
for i = 0; i <= 9; i++ {
fmt.Print(strconv.Itoa(Series(i)) + " ")
}
fmt.Println("")
for i = 0; i <= 9; i++ {
fmt.Print(strconv.Itoa(FibonacciNumber(i)) + " ")
}
fmt.Println("")
}

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Run the following command to execute the fibonacci_sequence.go file:

go run fibonacci_sequence.go

The output is as follows:

The next section talks about the look-and-say data structure.

Look-and-say
The look-and-say sequence is a sequence of integers:

The sequence is generated by counting the digits of the previous number in the group. John
Conway initially coined the term look-and-say sequence.

The look-and-say sequence is shown in the following code. The look_say method takes a
string as a parameter and returns a look-and-say sequence of integers:
//main package has examples shown
// in Go Data Structures and algorithms book
package main

// importing fmt and strconv package

import (
"fmt"
"strconv"
)

// look_say method
func look_say(str string) (rstr string) {
var cbyte byte
cbyte = str[0]
var inc int
inc = 1

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var i int
for i = 1; i < len(str); i++ {
var dbyte byte
dbyte = str[i]
if dbyte == cbyte {
inc++
continue
}
rstr = rstr + strconv.Itoa(inc) + string(cbyte)
cbyte = dbyte
inc = 1
}
return rstr + strconv.Itoa(inc) + string(cbyte)
}

The main method initializes the string and invokes the look_say method. The look-and-
say sequence that is returned from the method is printed:
// main method
func main() {
var str string
str = "1"
fmt.Println(str)
var i int
for i = 0; i < 8; i++ {
str = look_say(str)
fmt.Println(str)
}
}

Run the following command to execute the look_say.go file:

go run look_say.go

The output is as follows:

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The next section talks about the Thue–Morse data structure.

Thue–Morse
The Thue–Morse sequence is a binary sequence starting at zero that appends the Boolean
complement of the current sequence.

The Thue–Morse sequence is as follows:

The Thue–Morse sequence was applied by Eugene Prophet and used by Axel Thue in the
study of combinatorics on words. The Thue–Morse sequence is used in the area of fractal
curves, such as Koch snowflakes.

The following code snippet creates the Thue–Morse sequence. The ThueMorseSequence
function takes a bytes.Buffer instance buffer and modifies the buffer to the Thue–Morse
sequence by applying the complement operation on the bytes:
//main package has examples shown
// in Go Data Structures and algorithms book
package main

// importing fmt and bytes package

import (
"bytes"
"fmt"
)

// ThueMorseSequence method
func ThueMorseSequence(buffer *bytes.Buffer) {

var b int
var currLength int
var currBytes []byte
for b, currLength, currBytes = 0, buffer.Len(), buffer.Bytes(); b <
currLength; b++ {
if currBytes[b] == '1' {
buffer.WriteByte('0')
} else {
buffer.WriteByte('1')
}
}
}

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The main method initializes the sequence number as 0. The ThueMorseSequence method
takes the pointer to the bytes.Buffer and modifies it by invoking the
ThueMorseSequence method. The resulting sequence is printed on the Terminal:

// main method
func main() {
var buffer bytes.Buffer
// initial sequence member is "0"
buffer.WriteByte('0')
fmt.Println(buffer.String())
var i int
for i = 2; i <= 7; i++ {
ThueMorseSequence(&buffer)
fmt.Println(buffer.String())
}
}

Run the following command to execute the thue_morse.go file:

go run thue_morse.go

The output is as follows:

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Summary
This chapter covered the contains, put, remove, find, reset, NumberOfElements,
getKeys, and getValues methods of the dictionary data structure. The InsertTreeNode,
Delete, Search, and stringify TreeSet operations have been explained in detail, and
code examples were provided. The BinarySearchTree structure has been presented in
code, along with the InsertElement, InOrderTraversal, PreOrderTraverseTree,
SearchNode, and RemoveNode functions.

The next chapter covers algorithms such as sorting, searching, recursion, and hashing.

Questions
1. How do you ensure a BinarySearchTree is synchronized?
2. Which method is called to postpone the invocation of a function?
3. How do you define dictionary keys and values with custom types?
4. How do you find the length of a map?
5. What keyword is used to traverse a list of treeNodes in a tree?
6. In a Farey sequence, what are the real numbers in the series called?
7. What is a Fibonacci number?
8. How do you convert an integer into a string?
9. What method is used to convert a byte into a string?
10. What method is called to add elements to a dictionary?

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Further reading
The following books are recommended if you want to learn more about dynamic data
structures:

Design Patterns, by Erich Gamma, Richard Helm, Ralph Johnson, and John
Vlissides
Introduction to Algorithms – Third Edition, by Thomas H. Cormen, Charles E.
Leiserson, Ronald L. Rivest, and Clifford Stein
Data structures and Algorithms: An Easy Introduction, by Rudolph Russell

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Classic Algorithms
Classic algorithms are used in the areas of data search and cryptography. Sorting,
searching, recursing, and hashing algorithms are good examples of classic
algorithms. Sorting algorithms are used to order elements into either an ascending or
descending key arrangement. These algorithms are frequently used to canonicalize data
and to create readable content. Search algorithms are used to find an element in a set. A
recursive algorithm is one that calls itself with input items. A hashing algorithm is a
cryptographic hash technique. It is a scientific calculation that maps data with a subjective
size to a hash with a settled size. It's intended to be a single direction function, that you
cannot alter.

In this chapter, we will cover the different classic algorithms and explain them with suitable
examples.

This chapter covers the following algorithms:

Sorting:
Bubble
Selection
Insertion
Shell
Merge
Quick
Searching:
Linear
Sequential
Binary
Interpolation
Recursion
Hashing
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Technical requirements
Install Go version 1.10 from https:/​/​golang.​org/​doc/​install for your OS.

The GitHub URL for the code in this chapter is as follows: https:/​/​github.​com/
PacktPublishing/​Learn-​Data-​Structures-​and-​Algorithms-​with-​Golang/​tree/​master/
Chapter08.

Sorting
Sorting algorithms arrange the elements in a collection in ascending or descending order.
Lexicographical order can be applied to a collection of characters and strings. The efficiency
of these algorithms is in the performance of sorting the input data into a sorted collection.
The best sorting algorithm time complexity is O(n log n). Sorting algorithms are classified
by the following criteria:

Computational complexity
Memory usage
Stability
Type of sorting: serial/parallel
Adaptability
Method of sorting

In the following sections, we'll look at the different sorting algorithms, that is, bubble,
selection, insertion, shell, merge, and quick.

Bubble
The bubble sort algorithm is a sorting algorithm that compares a pair of neighboring
elements and swaps them if they are in the wrong order. The algorithm has a complexity of
O(n2), where n is the number of elements to be sorted. The smallest or greatest value
bubbles up to the top of the collection, or the smallest or greatest sinks to the bottom
(depending on whether you're sorting into ascending or descending order).

The following code snippet shows the implementation of the bubble sort algorithm. The
bubbleSorter function takes an integer array and sorts the array's elements in ascending
order.

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The main method initializes the array's integers and invokes the bubbleSorter function,
as follows:
//main package has examples shown
// in Go Data Structures and algorithms book
package main

// importing fmt and bytes package

import (
"fmt"
)

//bubble Sorter method

func bubbleSorter(integers [11]int) {

var num int

num = 11
var isSwapped bool
isSwapped = true
for isSwapped {
isSwapped = false
var i int
for i = 1; i < num; i++ {
if integers[i-1] > integers[i] {

var temp = integers[i]

integers[i] = integers[i-1]
integers[i-1] = temp
isSwapped = true
}
}
}
fmt.Println(integers)
}

// main method
func main() {
var integers [11]int = [11]int{31, 13, 12, 4, 18, 16, 7, 2, 3, 0, 10}
fmt.Println("Bubble Sorter")
bubbleSorter(integers)

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Run the following command to execute the bubble_sort.go file:

go run bubble_sort.go

The output is as follows:

Let's take a look at the selection sort algorithm in the following section.

Selection
Selection sort is an algorithm that divides the input collection into two fragments. This
sublist of elements is sorted by swapping the smallest or largest element from the left of the
list to the right. The algorithm is of the order O(n2). This algorithm is inefficient for large
collections, and it performs worse than the insertion sort algorithm.

The following code shows the implementation of the SelectionSorter function, which
takes the collection to be sorted:
//main package has examples shown
// in Go Data Structures and algorithms book
package main

// importing fmt package

import (
"fmt"
)

// Selection Sorter method

func SelectionSorter(elements []int) {

var i int
for i = 0; i < len(elements)-1; i++ {
var min int
min = i
var j int
for j = i + 1; j <= len(elements)-1; j++ {
if elements[j] < elements[min] {

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min = j
}
}
swap(elements, i, min)
}
}

Let's take a look at the different selection methods in the next sections.

The swap method

The swap method takes the elements array and the i and j indices as parameters. The
method swaps the element at position i with the element at position j, as shown here:
// swap method
func swap(elements []int, i int, j int) {
var temp int
temp = elements[j]
elements[j] = elements[i]
elements[i] = temp
}

The main method

The main method initializes the elements array. The elements are printed before and
after sorting in the following code snippet:
//main method
func main() {
var elements []int
elements = []int{11, 4, 18, 6, 19, 21, 71, 13, 15, 2}
fmt.Println("Before Sorting ", elements)
SelectionSorter(elements)
fmt.Println("After Sorting", elements)
}

Run the following command to execute the selection_sort.go file:

go run selection_sort.go

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The output is as follows:

Let's take a look at the insertion sort algorithm in the following section.

Insertion
Insertion sort is an algorithm that creates a final sorted array one element at a time. The
algorithm's performance is of the order O(n2). This algorithm is less efficient on large
collections than other algorithms, such as quick, heap, and merge sort. In real life, a good
example of insertion sort is the way cards are manually sorted by the players in a game of
bridge.

The implementation of the insertion sort algorithm is shown in the following code snippet.
The RandomSequence function takes the number of elements as a parameter and returns an
array of random integers:
//main package has examples shown
// in Go Data Structures and algorithms book
package main

// importing fmt and bytes package

import (
"fmt"
"math/rand"
"time"
)

// randomSequence method
func randomSequence(num int) []int {

var sequence []int

sequence = make([]int, num,num)
rand.Seed(time.Now().UnixNano())
var i int
for i= 0; i < num; i++ {
sequence[i] = rand.Intn(999) - rand.Intn(999)
}

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return sequence
}

Let's take a look at the different insertion methods in the next sections.

InsertionSorter method
The implementation of the InsertionSorter method is shown in the following snippet.
This method takes the array of integers as a parameter and sorts them:
//InsertionSorter method
func InsertionSorter(elements []int) {
var n = len(elements)
var i int

for i = 1; i < n; i++ {

var j int
j = i
for j > 0 {
if elements[j-1] > elements[j] {
elements[j-1], elements[j] = elements[j], elements[j-1]
}
j = j - 1
}
}
}

The main method

The main method initializes the sequence by invoking the randomSequence function, as
shown in the following code. The InsertionSorter function takes the sequence and
sorts it in ascending order:
//main method
func main() {

var sequence []int

sequence = randomSequence(24)
fmt.Println("\n^^^^^^ Before Sorting ^^^ \n\n", sequence)
InsertionSorter(sequence)
fmt.Println("\n--- After Sorting ---\n\n", sequence, "\n")
}

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Run the following command to execute the insertion_sort.go file:

go run insertion_sort.go

The output is as follows:

Let's take a look at the shell sort algorithm in the next section.

Shell
The shell sort algorithm sorts a pair of elements that are not in sequence in a collection. The
distance between the elements to be compared is decreased sequentially. This algorithm
performs more operations and has a greater cache miss ratio than the quick sort algorithm.

In the following code, we can see the implementation of the shell sort algorithm. The
ShellSorter function takes an integer array as a parameter and sorts it:

//main package has examples shown

// in Go Data Structures and algorithms book
package main

// importing fmt and bytes package

import (
"fmt"
)

// shell sorter method

func ShellSorter(elements []int) {
var (
n = len(elements)
intervals = []int{1}
k = 1

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for {
var interval int
interval = power(2, k) + 1
if interval > n-1 {
break
}
intervals = append([]int{interval}, intervals...)
k++
}
var interval int
for _, interval = range intervals {
var i int
for i = interval; i < n; i += interval {
var j int
j = i
for j > 0 {
if elements[j-interval] > elements[j] {
elements[j-interval], elements[j] = elements[j], elements[j-
interval]
}
j = j - interval
}
}
}
}

Let's take a look at the different shell methods in the following sections.

The power method

The power method takes exponent and index as parameters and returns the power of the
exponent to the index, as follows:
//power function
func power(exponent int, index int) int {
var power int
power = 1
for index > 0 {
if index&1 != 0 {
power *= exponent
}
index >>= 1
exponent *= exponent
}
return power

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The main method

The main method initializes the elements integer array and invokes the ShellSorter
method, as follows:
// main method
func main() {
var elements []int
elements = []int{34, 202, 13, 19, 6, 5, 1, 43, 506, 12, 20, 28, 17, 100,
25, 4, 5, 97, 1000, 27}
ShellSorter(elements)
fmt.Println(elements)
}

Run the following command to execute the shell_sort.go file:

go run shell_sort.go

The output is as follows:

Let's take a look at the merge sort algorithm in the next section.

Merge
The merge sort algorithm is a comparison-based method that was invented by John Von
Neumann. Each element in the adjacent list is compared for sorting. The performance of the
algorithm is in the order of O(n log n). This algorithm is the best algorithm for sorting a
linked list.

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The following code snippet demonstrates the merge sort algorithm. The createArray
function takes num int as a parameter and returns an integer, array, that consists of
randomized elements:
//main package has examples shown
// in Go Data Structures and algorithms book
package main

// importing fmt and bytes package

import (
"fmt"
"math/rand"
"time"
)

// create array
func createArray(num int) []int {
var array []int
array = make([]int, num, num)
rand.Seed(time.Now().UnixNano())
var i int
for i = 0; i < num; i++ {
array[i] = rand.Intn(99999) - rand.Intn(99999)
}
return array
}

Let's take a look at the different merge methods in the following sections.

MergeSorter method
The MergeSorter method takes an array of integer elements as a parameter, and two sub-
arrays of elements are recursively passed to the MergeSorter method. The resultant arrays
are joined and returned as the collection, as follows:
// MergeSorter algorithm
func MergeSorter(array []int) []int {

if len(array) < 2 {
return array
}
var middle int
middle = (len(array)) / 2
return JoinArrays(MergeSorter(array[:middle]),
MergeSorter(array[middle:]))
}

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JoinArrays method
The JoinArrays function takes the leftArr and rightArr integer arrays as parameters.
The combined array is returned in the following code:
// Join Arrays method
func JoinArrays(leftArr []int, rightArr []int) []int {

var num int

var i int
var j int
num, i, j = len(leftArr)+len(rightArr), 0, 0
var array []int
array = make([]int, num, num)

var k int
for k = 0; k < num; k++ {
if i > len(leftArr)-1 && j <= len(rightArr)-1 {
array[k] = rightArr[j]
j++
} else if j > len(rightArr)-1 && i <= len(leftArr)-1 {
array[k] = leftArr[i]
i++
} else if leftArr[i] < rightArr[j] {
array[k] = leftArr[i]
i++
} else {
array[k] = rightArr[j]
j++
}
}
return array
}

The main method

The main method initializes the integer array of 40 elements, and the elements are printed
before and after sorting, as follows:
// main method
func main() {

var elements []int

elements = createArray(40)
fmt.Println("\n Before Sorting \n\n", elements)
fmt.Println("\n-After Sorting\n\n", MergeSorter(elements), "\n")

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Run the following command to execute the merge_sort.go file:

go run merge_sort.go

The output is as follows:

Let's take a look at the quick sort algorithm in the following section.

Quick
Quick sort is an algorithm for sorting the elements of a collection in an organized
way. Parallelized quick sort is two to three times faster than merge sort and heap sort. The
algorithm's performance is of the order O(n log n). This algorithm is a space-optimized
version of the binary tree sort algorithm.

In the following code snippet, the quick sort algorithm is implemented. The QuickSorter
function takes an array of integer elements, upper int, and below int as parameters.
The function divides the array into parts, which are recursively divided and sorted:
//main package has examples shown
// in Go Data Structures and algorithms book
package main

// importing fmt package

import (
"fmt"
)

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//Quick Sorter method

func QuickSorter(elements []int, below int, upper int) {
if below < upper {
var part int
part = divideParts(elements, below, upper)
QuickSorter(elements, below, part-1)
QuickSorter(elements, part+1, upper)
}
}

Let's take a look at the different quick methods in the following sections.

The divideParts method

The divideParts method takes an array of integer elements, upper int, and below
int as parameters. The method sorts the elements in ascending order, as shown in the
following code:
// divideParts method
func divideParts(elements []int, below int, upper int) int {
var center int
center = elements[upper]
var i int
i = below
var j int
for j = below; j < upper; j++ {
if elements[j] <= center {
swap(&elements[i], &elements[j])
i += 1
}
}
swap(&elements[i], &elements[upper])
return i
}

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The swap method

In the following code snippet, the swap method exchanges elements by interchanging the
values:
//swap method
func swap(element1 *int, element2 *int) {
var val int
val = *element1
*element1 = *element2
*element2 = val
}

The main method

The main method asks the user to input the number of elements and the elements to be
read. The array is initialized and printed before and after sorting, as follows:

// main method
func main() {
var num int

fmt.Print("Enter Number of Elements: ")

fmt.Scan(&num)

var array = make([]int, num)

var i int
for i = 0; i < num; i++ {
fmt.Print("array[", i, "]: ")
fmt.Scan(&array[i])
}

fmt.Print("Elements: ", array, "\n")

QuickSorter(array, 0, num-1)
fmt.Print("Sorted Elements: ", array, "\n")
}

Run the following command to execute the quick_sort.go file:

go run quick_sort.go

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The output is as follows:

Now that we are done with sort algorithms, let's take a look at the search algorithms in the
next section.

Searching
Search algorithms are used to retrieve information that's stored in a data source or a
collection. The algorithm is given the key of the element in question, and the associated
value will be found. Search algorithms return a true or a false Boolean value based on the
availability of the information. They can be enhanced to display multiple values related to
the search criteria. Different types of search algorithms include linear, binary, and
interpolation. These algorithms are categorized by the type of search. Search algorithms
include brute force and heuristic methods. The algorithms are chosen for their efficiency.
Different factors for choosing these algorithms are as follows:

Input type
Output type
Definiteness
Correctness
Finiteness
Effectiveness
Generality

In this section, we will discuss the different types of search algorithms.

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Linear
The linear search method finds a given value within a collection by sequentially checking
every element in the collection. The time complexity of the linear search algorithm is O(n).
The binary search algorithm and hash tables perform better than this search algorithm.

The implementation of the linear search method is shown in the following code snippet.
The LinearSearch function takes an array of integer elements and findElement int as
parameters. The function returns a Boolean true if the findElement is found; otherwise, it
returns false:
//main package has examples shown
// in Go Data Structures and algorithms book
package main

// importing fmt package

import (
"fmt"
)

// Linear Search method

func LinearSearch(elements []int, findElement int) bool {
var element int
for _, element = range elements {
if element == findElement {
return true
}
}
return false
}

The main method initializes the array of integer elements and invokes the LinearSearch
method by passing an integer that needs to be found, as follows:
// main method
func main() {
var elements []int
elements = []int{15, 48, 26, 18, 41, 86, 29, 51, 20}
fmt.Println(LinearSearch(elements, 48))
}

Run the following command to execute the linear_search.go file:

go run linear_search.go

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The output is as follows:

Let's take a look at the binary search algorithm in the following section.

Binary
The binary search algorithm compares the input value to the middle element of the sorted
collection. If the values are not equal, the half in which the element is not found is
eliminated. The search continues on the remaining half of the collection. The time
complexity of this algorithm is in the order of O(log n).

The following code snippet shows an implementation of the binary search algorithm using
the sort.Search function from the sort package. The main method initializes the
elements array and invokes the sort.Search function to find an integer element:

//main package has examples shown

// in Go Data Structures and algorithms book
package main

// importing fmt package

import (
"fmt"
"sort"
)

// main method
func main() {
var elements []int
elements = []int{1, 3, 16, 10, 45, 31, 28, 36, 45, 75}
var element int
element = 36

var i int

i = sort.Search(len(elements), func(i int) bool { return elements[i] >=

element })
if i < len(elements) && elements[i] == element {
fmt.Printf("found element %d at index %d in %v\n", element, i,
elements)

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} else {
fmt.Printf("element %d not found in %v\n", element, elements)
}
}

Run the following command to execute the binary_search.go file:

go run binary_search.go

The output is as follows:

Let's take a look at the interpolation search algorithm in the following section.

Interpolation
The interpolation search algorithm searches for the element in a sorted collection. The
algorithm finds the input element at an estimated position by diminishing the search space
before or after the estimated position. The time complexity of the search algorithm is of the
order O(log log n).

The following code snippet implements the interpolation search algorithm. The
InterpolationSearch function takes the array of integer elements and the integer
element to be found as parameters. The function finds the element in the collection and
returns the Boolean and the index for the found element:
//main package has examples shown
// in Go Data Structures and algorithms book
package main

// importing fmt package

import (
"fmt"
)

//interpolation search method

func InterpolationSearch(elements []int, element int) (bool, int) {
var mid int
var low int
low = 0

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var high int

high = len(elements) - 1

for elements[low] < element && elements[high] > element {

mid = low + ((element-elements[low])*(high-low))/(elements[high]-
elements[low])

if elements[mid] < element {

low = mid + 1
} else if elements[mid] > element {
high = mid - 1
} else {
return true, mid
}
}

if elements[low] == element {
return true, low
} else if elements[high] == element {
return true, high
} else {
return false, -1
}

return false, -1
}

The main method initializes the array of integer elements and invokes the
InterpolationSearch method with the elements array and the element parameters, as
follows:
// main method
func main() {
var elements []int
elements = []int{2, 3, 5, 7, 9}
var element int
element = 7
var found bool
var index int
found, index = InterpolationSearch(elements, element)
fmt.Println(found, "found at", index)
}

Run the following command to execute the interpolation_search.go file:

go run interpolation_search.go

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The output is as follows:

Now that we are done with search algorithms, let's take a look at the recursion algorithms
in the next section.

Recursion
Recursion is an algorithm in which one of the steps invokes the currently running method
or function. This algorithm acquires the outcome for the input by applying basic tasks and
then returns the value. This method was briefly discussed in the Divide and conquer
algorithms section of Chapter 1, Data Structures and Algorithms. During recursion, if the base
condition is not reached, then a stack overflow condition may arise.

A recursion algorithm is implemented in the following code snippet. The Factor method
takes the num as a parameter and returns the factorial of num. The method uses recursion to
calculate the factorial of the number:
//main package has examples shown
// in Go Data Structures and algorithms book
package main

// importing fmt and bytes package

import (
"fmt"
)

//factorial method
func Factor(num int) int {
if num <= 1 {
return 1
}
return num * Factor(num-1)
}

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The main method defines the integer with a value of 12 and invokes the Factor method.
The factorial of the number 12 is printed, as shown in the following code:
//main method
func main() {
var num int = 12
fmt.Println("Factorial: %d is %d", num, Factor(num))
}

Run the following command to execute the recurse_factorial.go file:

go run recurse_factorial.go

The output is as follows:

Now that we are done with recursive algorithms, let's take a look at the hash algorithms in
the next section.

Hashing
Hash functions were introduced in Chapter 4, Non-Linear Data Structures. Hash
implementation in Go has crc32 and sha256 implementations. An implementation of a
hashing algorithm with multiple values using an XOR transformation is shown in the
following code snippet. The CreateHash function takes a byte array, byteStr, as a
parameter and returns the sha256 checksum of the byte array:
//main package has examples shown
// in Go Data Structures and algorithms book
package main

// importing fmt package

import (
"fmt"
"crypto/sha1"
"hash"
)

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//CreateHash method
func CreateHash(byteStr []byte) []byte {
var hashVal hash.Hash
hashVal = sha1.New()
hashVal.Write(byteStr)

var bytes []byte

bytes = hashVal.Sum(nil)
return bytes
}

In the following sections, we will discuss the different methods of hash algorithms.

The CreateHashMutliple method

The CreateHashMutliple method takes the byteStr1 and byteStr2 byte arrays as
parameters and returns the XOR-transformed bytes value, as follows:
// Create hash for Multiple Values method
func CreateHashMultiple(byteStr1 []byte, byteStr2 []byte) []byte {
return xor(CreateHash(byteStr1), CreateHash(byteStr2))
}

The XOR method

The xor method takes the byteStr1 and byteStr2 byte arrays as parameters and returns
the XOR-transformation result, as follows:
// XOR method
func xor(byteStr1 []byte, byteStr2 []byte) []byte {
var xorbytes []byte
xorbytes = make([]byte, len(byteStr1))
var i int
for i = 0; i < len(byteStr1); i++ {
xorbytes[i] = byteStr1[i] ^ byteStr2[i]
}
return xorbytes
}

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The main method

The main method invokes the createHashMutliple method, passing Check and
Hash as string parameters, and prints the hash value of the strings, as follows:

// main method
func main() {

var bytes []byte

bytes = CreateHashMultiple([]byte("Check"), []byte("Hash"))

fmt.Printf("%x\n", bytes)
}

Run the following command to execute the hash.go file:

go run hash.go

The output is as follows:

Summary
This chapter covered sorting algorithms such as bubble, selection, insertion, shell, merge,
and quick sort. Search algorithms such as linear, binary, and interpolation were the
discussed. Finally, the recursion and hashing algorithms were explained with code
snippets. All of the algorithms were discussed alongside code examples and performance
analysis.

In the next chapter, network representation using graphs and sparse matrix representation
using list of lists will be covered, along with appropriate examples.

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Questions
1. What is the order of complexity of bubble sort?
2. Which sorting algorithm takes one element at a time to create a final sorted
collection?
3. What sorting method sorts pairs of elements that are far apart from each other?
4. What is the complexity of using the merge sort algorithm?
5. Which is better: the quick, merge, or heap sort algorithm?
6. What are the different types of search algorithms?
7. Provide a code example of the recursion algorithm.
8. Who was the first person to describe the interpolation search?
9. Which sorting algorithm is based on a comparison-based method of an adjacent
list of elements?
10. Who was the person to publish the shell sort algorithm?

Further reading
The following books are recommended if you want to know more about algorithms such as
sorting, selecting, searching, and hashing:

Design Patterns, by Erich Gamma, Richard Helm, Ralph Johnson, and John
Vlissides
Introduction to Algorithms – Third Edition, by Thomas H. Cormen, Charles E.
Leiserson, Ronald L. Rivest, and Clifford Stein
Data structures and Algorithms: An Easy Introduction, by Rudolph Russell

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Section 3: Advanced Data
Structures and Algorithms using
Go
Network representation, sparse matrix representation, memory management, instance
based learning, compiler translation, and process scheduling-related data structures and
algorithms are presented in this section. The data structures shown in the algorithms are
graphs, list of lists, AVL trees, K-D trees, ball trees, Van Emde Boas trees, buffer trees, and
red-black trees. Cache-oblivious data structures and data flow analysis are covered with
code examples and efficiency analysis.

This section contains the following chapters:

Chapter 9, Network and Sparse Matrix Representation

Chapter 10, Memory Management
 9
Network and Sparse Matrix
Representation
A sparse matrix is a matrix in which most of the values are zero. The ratio of zero values to
non-zero values is known as the sparsity. An estimation of a matrix's sparsity can be
helpful when creating hypotheses about the availability of networks. Extensive big sparse
matrices are commonly used in machine learning and natural language parsing. It is
computationally costly to work with them. Recommendation engines use them for
representing products inside a catalog. Computer vision uses sparse matrices and network
data structures when working with pictures that contain sections with dark pixels. Network
and sparse matrix data structures are also used in social graphs and map layouts. In this
chapter, we will cover the following topics:

Network representations using graphs:

Social network representation
Map layouts
Knowledge graphs
Sparse matrix representation using a list of lists

A social graph that connects people is implemented in this chapter, and a code example
shows how the graph can be traversed. Map layouts are explained with geographic
locations with latitude and longitude. Knowledge graphs are explained via the use of a car
and its parts.
Network and Sparse Matrix Representation Chapter 9

Technical requirements
Install Go version 1.10 from https:/​/​golang.​org/​doc/​install for your OS.

The GitHub URL for the code in this chapter is as follows: https:/​/​github.​com/
PacktPublishing/​Learn-​Data-​Structures-​and-​Algorithms-​with-​Golang/​tree/​master/
Chapter09.

Network representation using graphs

A graph is a representation of a set of objects that's connected by links. The links connect
vertices, which are points. The basic operations on a graph are the addition and removal of
links and vertices. These are some different types of graphs:

Directed graph
Non-directed graph
Connected graph
Non-connected graph
Simple graph
Multi-graph

An adjacency list consists of adjacent vertices of a graph that have objects or records. An
adjacency matrix consists of source and destination vertices. An incidence matrix is a two-
dimensional Boolean matrix. The matrix has rows of vertices and columns that represent
the links (edges).

Network representation using a graph is shown in the following code. A social graph
consists of an array of links:
///main package has examples shown
// in Go Data Structures and algorithms book
package main

// importing fmt package

import (
"fmt"
)
// Social Graph
type SocialGraph struct {
Size int
Links [][]Link
}

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The Link struct is defined and implemented in the next section.

The Link class

The Link class consists of the vertex1 and vertex2 vertices and the LinkWeight integer
property:
// Link class
type Link struct {
Vertex1 int
Vertex2 int
LinkWeight int
}

The next section talks about the implementation of the different Link class methods.

The NewSocialGraph method

The NewSocialGraph function creates a social graph given num, which is the size of the
graph. Size is the number of links in the graph:
// NewSocialGraph method
func NewSocialGraph(num int) *SocialGraph {
return &SocialGraph{
Size: num,
Links: make([][]Link, num),
}
}

The AddLink method

The AddLink method adds the link between two vertices. The AddLink method of a social
graph takes vertex1, vertex2, and weight as parameters. The method adds the link from
vertex1 to vertex2, as shown in the following code:

// AddLink method
func (socialGraph *SocialGraph) AddLink(vertex1 int, vertex2 int, weight
int) {
socialGraph.Links[vertex1] = append(socialGraph.Links[vertex1],
Link{Vertex1: vertex1, Vertex2: vertex2, LinkWeight: weight})
}

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The PrintLinks method

The PrintLinks method of the SocialGraph class prints the links from vertex = 0 and
all the links in the graph:
// Print Links Example
func (socialGraph *SocialGraph) PrintLinks() {

var vertex int

vertex = 0

fmt.Printf("Printing all links from %d\n", vertex)

var link Link
for _, link = range socialGraph.Links[vertex] {
fmt.Printf("Link: %d -> %d (%d)\n", link.Vertex1, link.Vertex2,
link.LinkWeight)
}

fmt.Println("Printing all links in graph.")

var adjacent []Link
for _, adjacent = range socialGraph.Links {
for _, link = range adjacent {
fmt.Printf("Link: %d -> %d (%d)\n", link.Vertex1, link.Vertex2,
link.LinkWeight)
}
}
}

The main method

The main method creates a social graph by invoking the NewSocialGraph method. The
links from 0 to 1, 0 to 2, 1 to 3, and 2 to 4 are added to the social graph. The links are
printed using the printLinks method:
// main method
func main() {

var socialGraph *SocialGraph

socialGraph = NewSocialGraph(4)

socialGraph.AddLink(0, 1, 1)
socialGraph.AddLink(0, 2, 1)
socialGraph.AddLink(1, 3, 1)
socialGraph.AddLink(2, 4, 1)

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socialGraph.PrintLinks()

Run the following command to execute the social_graph.go file:

go run social_graph.go

The output is as follows:

In the next section, we will take a look at the unit test for the social graph method.

Test
Here, we have written a unit test for the social graph method. The code is as follows:
///main package has examples shown
// in Go Data Structures and algorithms book
package main

// importing testing package

import (
"fmt"
"testing"
)
// NewSocialGraph test method
func TestNewSocialGraph(test *testing.T) {

var socialGraph *SocialGraph

socialGraph = NewSocialGraph(1)

if socialGraph == nil {

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test.Errorf("error in creating a social Graph")

}

Run the following command to execute the preceding code snippet:

go test -run NewSocialGraph -v

The output is as follows:

In the next section, a social network representation will be implemented with code
examples. The preceding graph will be enhanced with nodes. Each node will represent a
social entity.

Representing a social network

A social network consists of social links that contain social entities such as people, friends,
discussions, shares, beliefs, trust, and likes. This graph is used to represent the social
network.

Metrics related to the proximity of entities can be calculated based on the graph. Social
graphs consist of graph nodes and links, which are maps with a key name and multiple
keys names, respectively:
///Main package has examples shown
// in Go Data Structures and algorithms book
package main

// importing fmt package

import (
"fmt"
)

type Name string

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type SocialGraph struct {

GraphNodes map[Name]struct{}
Links map[Name]map[Name]struct{}
}

The different social network methods are explained and implemented in the next section.

The NewSocialGraph method

The NewSocialGraph method returns a social graph consisting of nil-valued GraphNodes
and Links:
// NewSocialGraph method
func NewSocialGraph() *SocialGraph {
return &SocialGraph{
GraphNodes: make(map[Name]struct{}),
Links: make(map[Name]map[Name]struct{}),
}
}

The AddEntity method

The AddEntity method adds the entity to the social graph. The AddEntity method of
the SocialGraph class takes name as a parameter and returns true if it is added to the
social graph:
// AddEntity method
func (socialGraph *SocialGraph) AddEntity(name Name) bool {

var exists bool

if _, exists = socialGraph.GraphNodes[name]; exists {
return true
}
socialGraph.GraphNodes[name] = struct{}{}
return true
}

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The AddLink method

The AddLink method of the SocialGraph class takes name1 and name2 as parameters.
This method creates the entities if the named entities do not exist and creates a link between
the entities:
// Add Link
func (socialGraph *SocialGraph) AddLink(name1 Name, name2 Name) {
var exists bool
if _, exists = socialGraph.GraphNodes[name1]; !exists {
socialGraph.AddEntity(name1)
}
if _, exists = socialGraph.GraphNodes[name2]; !exists {
socialGraph.AddEntity(name2)
}
if _, exists = socialGraph.Links[name1]; !exists {
socialGraph.Links[name1] = make(map[Name]struct{})
}
socialGraph.Links[name1][name2] = struct{}{}
}

The PrintLinks method

The PrintLinks method of the SocialGraph class prints the links adjacent to the
root and all the links, as shown in the following code snippet:

func (socialGraph *SocialGraph) PrintLinks() {

var root Name
root = Name("Root")

fmt.Printf("Printing all links adjacent to %d\n", root)

var node Name

for node = range socialGraph.Links[root] {
// Edge exists from u to v.
fmt.Printf("Link: %d -> %d\n", root, node)
}

var m map[Name]struct{}
fmt.Println("Printing all links.")
for root, m = range socialGraph.Links {
var vertex Name
for vertex = range m {
// Edge exists from u to v.
fmt.Printf("Link: %d -> %d\n", root, vertex)
}

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}
}

The main method

The main method creates a social graph. The entities, such as john, per, and cynthia, are
created and linked with the root node. The friends, such as mayo, lorrie, and ellie, are
created and linked with john and per:
// main method
func main() {

var socialGraph *SocialGraph

socialGraph = NewSocialGraph()

var root Name = Name("Root")

var john Name = Name("John Smith")
var per Name = Name("Per Jambeck")
var cynthia Name = Name("Cynthia Gibas")

socialGraph.AddEntity(root)
socialGraph.AddEntity(john)
socialGraph.AddEntity(per)
socialGraph.AddEntity(cynthia)

socialGraph.AddLink(root, john)
socialGraph.AddLink(root, per)
socialGraph.AddLink(root, cynthia)

var mayo Name = Name("Mayo Smith")

var lorrie Name = Name("Lorrie Jambeck")
var ellie Name = Name("Ellie Vlocksen")

socialGraph.AddLink(john, mayo)
socialGraph.AddLink(john, lorrie)
socialGraph.AddLink(per, ellie)

socialGraph.PrintLinks()
}

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Run the following command to execute the social_graph_example.go file:

go run social_graph_example.go

The output is as follows:

The next section talks about the map layout implementation.

Map layouts
A map layout is a geographical visualization of locations that are linked together. The
nodes in the graph of a map consist of geo-based information. The node will have
information such as the name of the location, latitude, and longitude. Maps are laid out in
different scales. Cartographic design is referred to as map creation using geographic
information.

A map layout is shown in the following code snippet. The Place class consists of Name,
Latitude, and Longitude properties:

///main package has examples shown

// in Go Data Structures and algorithms book
package main

// importing fmt package

import (
"fmt"
)

// Place class
type Place struct {

Name string

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Latitude float64
Longitude float64

The next section talks about the MapLayout class.

The MapLayout class

The MapLayout class consists of GraphNodes and Links:
// MapLayout class
type MapLayout struct {
GraphNodes map[Place]struct{}
Links map[Place]map[Place]struct{}
}

The different MapLayout methods are explained and implemented in the next section.

The NewMapLayout method

The NewMapLayout method creates a MapLayout. The MapLayout has GraphNodes and
links maps:
// NewMapLayout method
func NewMapLayout() *MapLayout {
return &MapLayout{
GraphNodes: make(map[Place]struct{}),
Links: make(map[Place]map[Place]struct{}),
}
}

The AddPlace method

The AddPlace method of the MapLayout class takes place as a parameter and returns true
if the place exists. If the place does not exist, then a graph node with a new place key is
created:
// AddPlace method
func (mapLayout *MapLayout) AddPlace(place Place) bool {

var exists bool

if _, exists = mapLayout.GraphNodes[place]; exists {
return true
}

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mapLayout.GraphNodes[place] = struct{}{}
return true
}

The AddLink method

The AddLink method of the MapLayout class takes the places as parameters and links them
together:
// Add Link
func (mapLayout *MapLayout) AddLink(place1 Place, place2 Place) {
var exists bool
if _, exists = mapLayout.GraphNodes[place1]; !exists {
mapLayout.AddPlace(place1)
}
if _, exists = mapLayout.GraphNodes[place2]; !exists {
mapLayout.AddPlace(place2)
}

if _, exists = mapLayout.Links[place1]; !exists {

mapLayout.Links[place1] = make(map[Place]struct{})
}
mapLayout.Links[place1][place2] = struct{}{}

The PrintLinks method

The PrintLinks method of MapLayout prints the places and the links:
// PrintLinks method
func (mapLayout *MapLayout) PrintLinks() {
var root Place
root = Place{"Algeria", 3, 28}

fmt.Printf("Printing all links adjacent to %s\n", root.Name)

var node Place

for node = range mapLayout.Links[root] {
fmt.Printf("Link: %s -> %s\n", root.Name, node.Name)
}

var m map[Place]struct{}
fmt.Println("Printing all links.")
for root, m = range mapLayout.Links {
var vertex Place
for vertex = range m {

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fmt.Printf("Link: %s -> %s\n", root.Name, vertex.Name)

}
}
}

The main method

In the main method, the map layout is created by invoking the NewMapLayout method.
Places are instantiated and added to the map layout. Then, the links are added between
places:
// main method
func main() {

var mapLayout *MapLayout

mapLayout = NewMapLayout()

var root Place = Place{"Algeria", 3, 28}

var netherlands Place = Place{"Netherlands", 5.75, 52.5}

var korea Place = Place{"Korea", 124.1, -8.36}

var tunisia Place = Place{"Tunisia", 9, 34}

mapLayout.AddPlace(root)
mapLayout.AddPlace(netherlands)
mapLayout.AddPlace(korea)
mapLayout.AddPlace(tunisia)

mapLayout.AddLink(root, netherlands)
mapLayout.AddLink(root,korea)
mapLayout.AddLink(root,tunisia)

var singapore Place = Place{"Singapore",103.8,1.36}

var uae Place = Place{"UAE",54,24}
var japan Place = Place{"Japan",139.75, 35.68}

mapLayout.AddLink(korea, singapore)
mapLayout.AddLink(korea,japan)
mapLayout.AddLink(netherlands,uae)

mapLayout.PrintLinks()
}

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Run the following command to execute the map_layout.go file:

go run map_layout.go

The output is as follows:

In the next section, we will take a look at the unit test for the NewMapLayout method.

Test
A unit test for the MapLayout class's NewMapLayout method is shown in the following
code snippet:
///main package has examples shown
// in Go Data Structures and algorithms book
package main

// importing testing package

import (
"testing"
)

// NewMapLayout test method

func TestNewMapLayout(test *testing.T) {

var mapLayout *MapLayout

mapLayout = NewMapLayout()

test.Log(mapLayout)

if mapLayout == nil {

test.Errorf("error in creating a mapLayout")

}

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Run the following command to execute the preceding code snippet:

go test -run NewMapLayout -v

The output is as follows:

The next section talks about implementing a knowledge graph.

Knowledge graphs
A knowledge graph is a network representation of entities, items, and users as nodes. The
nodes interact with one another via links or edges. Knowledge graphs are widely used
because they are schema less. These data structures are used to represent knowledge in the
form of graphs, and the nodes have textual information. Knowledge graphs are created by
using item, entity, and user nodes and linking them with edges.

An ontology consists of a knowledge graph of information nodes. The reasoner derives

knowledge from knowledge graphs. A knowledge graph consists of classes, slots, and
facets, which are ontological terms. In the following code, a knowledge graph consisting of
a car's bill of materials is explained. The Class type consists of a name, which is a string:
///main package has examples shown
// in Go Data Structures and algorithms book
package main

// importing fmt package

import (
"fmt"
)

// Class Type
type Class struct {
Name string
}

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The next section talks about the knowledge graph class.

The KnowledgeGraph class

The KnowledgeGraph class consists of GraphNodes and links:
// Knowledge Graph type
type KnowledgeGraph struct {
GraphNodes map[Class]struct{}
Links map[Class]map[Class]struct{}
}

The different knowledge graph methods are explained and implemented in the following
sections.

The NewKnowledgeGraph method

The NewKnowledgeGraph method creates a knowledge graph, which consists of
GraphNodes and Links maps:

// NewKnowledgeGraph method
func NewKnowledgeGraph() *KnowledgeGraph {
return &KnowledgeGraph{
GraphNodes: make(map[Class]struct{}),
Links: make(map[Class]map[Class]struct{}),
}
}

The AddClass method

The AddClass method of the KnowledgeGraph class takes class as a parameter and
returns true if the class exists. If the class does not exist, a GraphNode is created with
class as a key:

// AddClass method
func (knowledgeGraph *KnowledgeGraph) AddClass(class Class) bool {

var exists bool

if _, exists = knowledgeGraph.GraphNodes[class]; exists {
return true
}
knowledgeGraph.GraphNodes[class] = struct{}{}
return true
}

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The AddLink method

The AddLink method of the KnowledgeGraph class takes class1 and
class2 as parameters, and a link is created between these classes:

// Add Link
func (knowledgeGraph *KnowledgeGraph) AddLink(class1 Class, class2 Class) {
var exists bool
if _, exists = knowledgeGraph.GraphNodes[class1]; !exists {
knowledgeGraph.AddClass(class1)
}
if _, exists = knowledgeGraph.GraphNodes[class2]; !exists {
knowledgeGraph.AddClass(class2)
}

if _, exists = knowledgeGraph.Links[class1]; !exists {

knowledgeGraph.Links[class1] = make(map[Class]struct{})
}
knowledgeGraph.Links[class1][class2] = struct{}{}

The PrintLinks method

The PrintLinks method of the KnowledgeGraph class prints the links and nodes:
// Print Links method
func (knowledgeGraph *KnowledgeGraph) PrintLinks() {
var car Class
car = Class{"Car"}

fmt.Printf("Printing all links adjacent to %s\n", car.Name)

var node Class

for node = range knowledgeGraph.Links[car] {
fmt.Printf("Link: %s -> %s\n", car.Name, node.Name)
}

var m map[Class]struct{}
fmt.Println("Printing all links.")
for car, m = range knowledgeGraph.Links {
var vertex Class
for vertex = range m {
fmt.Printf("Link: %s -> %s\n", car.Name, vertex.Name)
}
}
}

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The main method

The main method creates the knowledge graph, and the classes are instantiated. The links
between the classes are created and printed:
// main method
func main() {

var knowledgeGraph *KnowledgeGraph

knowledgeGraph = NewKnowledgeGraph()

var car = Class{"Car"}

var tyre = Class{"Tyre"}
var door = Class{"Door"}
var hood = Class{"Hood"}

knowledgeGraph.AddClass(car)
knowledgeGraph.AddClass(tyre)
knowledgeGraph.AddClass(door)
knowledgeGraph.AddClass(hood)

knowledgeGraph.AddLink(car, tyre)
knowledgeGraph.AddLink(car, door)
knowledgeGraph.AddLink(car, hood)

var tube = Class{"Tube"}

var axle = Class{"Axle"}
var handle = Class{"Handle"}
var windowGlass = Class{"Window Glass"}

knowledgeGraph.AddClass(tube)
knowledgeGraph.AddClass(axle)
knowledgeGraph.AddClass(handle)
knowledgeGraph.AddClass(windowGlass)

knowledgeGraph.AddLink(tyre, tube)
knowledgeGraph.AddLink(tyre, axle)
knowledgeGraph.AddLink(door, handle)
knowledgeGraph.AddLink(door, windowGlass)

knowledgeGraph.PrintLinks()
}

Run the following command to execute the knowledge_catalog.go file:

go run knowledge_catalog.go

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The output is as follows:

In the next section, we will take a look at the unit test for the NewKnowledgeGraph method.

Test
The NewKnowledgeGraph method is unit tested in the following code snippet:
///main package has examples shown
// in Go Data Structures and algorithms book
package main

// importing testing package

import (
"testing"
)

// NewKnowledgeGraph test method

func TestNewKnowledgeGraph(test *testing.T) {

var knowledgeGraph *KnowledgeGraph

knowledgeGraph = NewKnowledgeGraph()

test.Log(knowledgeGraph)

if knowledgeGraph == nil {

test.Errorf("error in creating a knowledgeGraph")

}

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Run the following command to execute the preceding code snippet:

go test -run NewKnowledgeGraph -v

The output is as follows:

The next section talks about the representation of the sparse matrix.

Sparse matrix representation using a list of

lists
A sparse matrix is a two-dimensional list of m rows and n columns. The shape of a matrix is
m x n if it consists of m rows and n columns. Sparse matrices are used for solving large-scale
problems that do not require dense matrices. For example, partial differential equations are
solved by using the finite element method (FEM). Tuples of a sparse matrix are non-zero
elements of the matrix.

In the following code, a sparse matrix is modeled as a list of lists. A sparse matrix consists
of cells that are a list of lists. Each cell has properties such as Row, Column, and Value:
///main package has examples shown
// in Go Data Structures and algorithms book
package main

// importing fmt package

import (
"fmt"
)

//List of List
type LOL struct {
Row int
Column int
Value float64
}

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The next section talks about the SparseMatrix class.

SparseMatrix class
SparseMatrix has a cells array and shape, which is an integer array:

//Sparse Matrix
type SparseMatrix struct {
cells []LOL
shape [2]int
}

In the next section, the different Sparse methods of the SparseMatrix struct are
implemented.

The Shape method

The Shape method of the SparseMatrix class returns the shape array elements:
// Shape method
func (sparseMatrix *SparseMatrix) Shape() (int, int) {
return sparseMatrix.shape[0], sparseMatrix.shape[1]
}

The NumNonZero method

The NumNonZero method finds the cells with non-zero elements. The NumNonZero method
of the SparseMatrix class returns the size of the cells array in sparseMatrix:
// NumNonZero method
func (sparseMatrix *SparseMatrix) NumNonZero() int {
return len(sparseMatrix.cells)
}

The LessThan method

The LessThan method compares the list of lists rows and columns and checks whether the
row is less than i and that the column is less than j:
// Less Than method
func LessThan(lol LOL, i int, j int) bool {

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if lol.Row < i && lol.Column < j {

return true
}

return false
}

The Equal method

The Equal method checks whether the list of lists rows and columns are equal to i and j,
respectively:
// Equal method
func Equal(lol LOL, i int, j int) bool {
if lol.Row == i && lol.Column == j {
return true
}
return false
}

The GetValue method

The GetValue method of the SparseMatrix class returns the value of the cell whose row
and column equal i and j, respectively:
// GetValue method
func (sparseMatrix *SparseMatrix) GetValue(i int, j int) float64 {
var lol LOL
for _, lol = range sparseMatrix.cells {
if LessThan(lol, i, j) {
continue
}
if Equal(lol, i, j) {
return lol.Value
}
return 0.0
}
return 0.0
}

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The SetValue method

The SetValue method of the SparseMatrix class sets the value of the cell with the row
and column equal to i and j, respectively, as the parameter value:
//SetValue method
func (sparseMatrix *SparseMatrix) SetValue(i int, j int, value float64) {

var lol LOL

var index int
for index, lol = range sparseMatrix.cells {
if LessThan(lol, i, j) {
continue
}
if Equal(lol, i, j) {
sparseMatrix.cells[index].Value = value
return
}

sparseMatrix.cells = append(sparseMatrix.cells, LOL{})

var k int
for k = len(sparseMatrix.cells) - 2; k >= index; k-- {
sparseMatrix.cells[k+1] = sparseMatrix.cells[k]
}
sparseMatrix.cells[index] = LOL{
Row: i,
Column: j,
Value: value,
}
return
}
sparseMatrix.cells = append(sparseMatrix.cells, LOL{
Row: i,
Column: j,
Value: value,
})
}

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The NewSparseMatrix method

The NewSparseMatrix method takes the m and n as parameters and returns the initialized
matrix:
// New SparseMatrix method
func NewSparseMatrix(m int, n int) *SparseMatrix {
return &SparseMatrix{
cells: []LOL{},
shape: [2]int{m, n},
}
}

The main method

The main method creates the sparse matrix by invoking the NewSparseMatrix method.
The values are set in cells (1, 1) and (1, 3). The sparse matrix and the number of non-zero
cells are printed:
// main method
func main() {

var sparseMatrix *SparseMatrix

sparseMatrix = NewSparseMatrix(3, 3)

sparseMatrix.SetValue(1, 1, 2.0)
sparseMatrix.SetValue(1, 3, 3.0)

fmt.Println(sparseMatrix)
fmt.Println(sparseMatrix.NumNonZero())
}

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Run the following command to execute the sparse_matrix.go file:

go run sparse_matrix.go

The output is as follows:

Summary
This chapter covered how to present networks and sparse matrices using graphs and a list
of lists, respectively. Social network representation, map layouts, and knowledge graphs
were discussed in detail with code examples. The different sparse matrix methods were
also implemented with the appropriate code.

In the next chapter, algorithms such as garbage collection, cache management, and space
allocation will be presented with code examples and an efficiency analysis.

Questions
What data structure is used to represent a set of linked objects?
What is a two-dimensional matrix with Boolean values called?
Give a code example for a network representation using a graph.
Which metrics can be calculated from a social graph?
What is a cartographic design?
Give an example of a knowledge graph and define the class, slots, and facets.
What are the applications of sparse matrices?
Define a list of lists and write a code sample.
What is a map layout?
What different operations can be performed using graphs?

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Further reading
The following books are recommended if you want to know more about graphs and list of
lists:

Design Patterns, by Erich Gamma, Richard Helm, Ralph Johnson, and John
Vlissides
Introduction to Algorithms – Third Edition, by Thomas H. Cormen, Charles E.
Leiserson, Ronald L. Rivest, and Clifford Stein
Data structures and Algorithms: An Easy Introduction, by Rudolph Russell

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Memory Management
Memory management is a way to control and organize memory. Memory divisions are
called blocks, and they are used for running different processes. The basic goal of memory
management algorithms is to dynamically designate segments of memory to programs on
demand. The algorithms free up memory for reuse when the objects in the memory are
never required again. Garbage collection, cache management, and space allocation
algorithms are good examples of memory management techniques. In software
engineering, garbage collection is used to free up memory that's been allocated to those
objects that won't be used again, thus helping in memory management. The cache provides
in-memory storage for data. You can sort the data in the cache into locale-specific groups.
The data can be stored using key and value sets.

This chapter covers the garbage collection, cache management, and space allocation
algorithms. The memory management algorithms are presented with code samples and
efficiency analyses. The following topics will be covered in this chapter:

Garbage collection
Cache management
Space allocation
Concepts—Go memory management

We'll look at garbage collection first, then look at the different algorithms related to garbage
collection.

Technical requirements
Install Go Version 1.10 from Golang (https:/​/​golang.​org/​), choosing the right version for
your OS.

The GitHub repository for the code in this chapter can be found here: https:/​/​github.​com/
PacktPublishing/​Learn-​Data-​Structures-​and-​Algorithms-​with-​Golang/​tree/​master/
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Garbage collection
Garbage collection is a type of programmed memory management in which memory,
currently occupied by objects that will never be used again, is gathered. John McCarthy was
the first person to come up with garbage collection for managing Lisp memory
management. This technique specifies which objects need to be de-allocated, and then
discharges the memory. The strategies that are utilized for garbage collection are stack
allocation and region interference. Sockets, relational database handles, user window
objects, and file resources are not overseen by garbage collectors.

Garbage collection algorithms help reduce dangling pointer defects, double-free defects,
and memory leaks. These algorithms are computing-intensive and cause decreased or
uneven performance. According to Apple, one of the reasons for iOS not having garbage
collection is that garbage collection needs five times the memory to match explicit memory
management. In high-transactional systems, concurrent, incremental, and real-time garbage
collectors help manage memory collection and release.

Garbage collection algorithms depend on various factors:

GC throughput
Heap overhead
Pause times
Pause frequency
Pause distribution
Allocation performance
Compaction
Concurrency
Scaling
Tuning
Warm-up time
Page release
Portability
Compatibility

That's simple, deferred, one-bit, weighted reference counting, mark-and-sweep, and

generational collection algorithms discussed in the following sections.

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The ReferenceCounter class

The following code snippet shows how references to created objects are maintained in the
stack. The ReferenceCounter class has the number of references, including the pool of
references and removed references, as properties:
//main package has examples shown
// in Hands-On Data Structures and algorithms with Go book
package main

// importing fmt package

import (
"fmt"
"sync"
)

//Reference Counter
type ReferenceCounter struct {
num *uint32
pool *sync.Pool
removed *uint32
}

Let's take a look at the method of the ReferenceCounter class.

The newReferenceCounter method

The newReferenceCounter method initializes a ReferenceCounter instance and returns
a pointer to ReferenceCounter. This is shown in the following code:
//new Reference Counter method
func newReferenceCounter() *ReferenceCounter {
return &ReferenceCounter{
num: new(uint32),
pool: &sync.Pool{},
removed: new(uint32),
}
}

The Stack class is described in the next section.

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The Stack class

The Stack class consists of a references array and Count as properties. This is shown in
the following code:
// Stack class
type Stack struct {
references []*ReferenceCounter
Count int
}

Let's take a look at the methods of the Stack class.

The Stack class – a new method

Now, let's look at the heap interface methods that are implemented by the Stack class. The
new method initializes the references array, and the Push and Pop heap interface
methods take the reference parameter to push and pop reference out of the stack. This
is shown in the following code:
// New method of Stack Class
func (stack *Stack) New() {
stack.references = make([]*ReferenceCounter,0)
}

// Push method
func (stack *Stack) Push(reference *ReferenceCounter) {
stack.references = append(stack.references[:stack.Count],
reference)
stack.Count = stack.Count + 1
}

// Pop method
func (stack *Stack) Pop() *ReferenceCounter {
if stack.Count == 0 {
return nil
}
var length int = len(stack.references)
var reference *ReferenceCounter = stack.references[length -1]
if length > 1 {
stack.references = stack.references[:length-1]
} else {
stack.references = stack.references[0:]
}
stack.Count = len(stack.references)
return reference

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The main method

In the following code snippet, let's see how Stack is used. A Stack instance is initialized,
and references are added to the stack by invoking the Push method. The Pop method is
invoked and the output is printed:
// main method
func main() {
var stack *Stack = &Stack{}
stack.New()
var reference1 *ReferenceCounter = newReferenceCounter()
var reference2 *ReferenceCounter = newReferenceCounter()
var reference3 *ReferenceCounter = newReferenceCounter()
var reference4 *ReferenceCounter = newReferenceCounter()
stack.Push(reference1)
stack.Push(reference2)
stack.Push(reference3)
stack.Push(reference4)
fmt.Println(stack.Pop(), stack.Pop(), stack.Pop(), stack.Pop())
}

Run the following commands to execute the stack_garbage_collection.go file:

go run stack_garbage_collection.go

The output is as follows:

The reference counting, mark-and-sweep, and generational collection algorithms will be

discussed in the following sections.

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Reference counting
Reference counting is a technique that's used for keeping the count of references, pointers,
and handles to resources. Memory blocks, disk space, and objects are good examples of
resources. This technique tracks each object as a resource. The metrics that are tracked are
the number of references held by different objects. The objects are recovered when they can
never be referenced again.

The number of references is used for runtime optimizations. Deutsch-Bobrow came up with
the strategy of reference counting. This strategy was related to the number of updated
references that were produced by references that were put in local variables. Henry Baker
came up with a method that includes references in local variables that are deferred until
needed.

In the following subsections, the simple, deferred, one-bit, and weighted techniques of
reference counting will be discussed.

Simple reference counting

Reference counting is related to keeping the number of references, pointers, and handles to
a resource such as an object, block of memory, or disk space. This technique is related to the
number of references to de-allocated objects that are never referenced again.

The collection technique tracks, for each object, a tally of the number of references to the
object. The references are held by other objects. The object gets removed when the number
of references to the object is zero. The removed object becomes inaccessible. The removal
of a reference can prompt countless connected references to be purged.

The algorithm is time-consuming because of the size of the object graph and slow access
speed.

In the following code snippets, we can see a simple reference-counting algorithm being
implemented. The ReferenceCounter class has number (num), pool, and removed
references as properties:
///main package has examples shown
// in Go Data Structures and algorithms book
package main

// importing sync, atomic and fmt packages

import (
"sync/atomic"
"sync"
"fmt"

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//Reference Counter
type ReferenceCounter struct {
num *uint32
pool *sync.Pool
removed *uint32
}

The newReferenceCounter, Add, and Subtract methods of the ReferenceCounter class

are shown in the following snippet:
//new Reference Counter method
func newReferenceCounter() ReferenceCounter {
return ReferenceCounter{
num: new(uint32),
pool: &sync.Pool{},
removed: new(uint32),
}
}

// Add method
func (referenceCounter ReferenceCounter) Add() {
atomic.AddUint32(referenceCounter.num, 1)
}

// Subtract method
func (referenceCounter ReferenceCounter) Subtract() {
if atomic.AddUint32(referenceCounter.num, ^uint32(0)) == 0 {
atomic.AddUint32(referenceCounter.removed, 1)
}
}

Let's look at the main method and see an example of simple reference counting. The
newReferenceCounter method is invoked, and a reference is added by invoking the Add
method. The count reference is printed at the end. This is shown in the following code
snippet
// main method
func main() {
var referenceCounter ReferenceCounter
referenceCounter = newReferenceCounter()
referenceCounter.Add()
fmt.Println(*referenceCounter.count)
}

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Run the following commands to execute the reference_counting.go file:

go run reference_counting.go

The output is as follows:

The different types of reference counting techniques are described in the following sections.

Deferred reference counting

Deferred reference counting is a procedure in which references from different objects to a
given object are checked and program-variable references are overlooked. If the tally of the
references is zero, that object will not be considered. This algorithm helps reduce the
overhead of keeping counts up to date. Deferred reference counting is supported by many
compilers.

One-bit reference counting

The one-bit reference counting technique utilizes a solitary bit flag to show whether an
object has one or more references. The flag is stored as part of the object pointer. There is no
requirement to spare any object for extra space in this technique. This technique is viable
since the majority of objects have a reference count of 1.

Weighted reference counting

The weighted reference counting technique tallies the number of references to an object,
and each reference is delegated a weight. This technique tracks the total weight of the
references to an object. Weighted reference counting was invented by Bevan, Watson, and
Watson in 1987. The following code snippet shows an implementation of the weighted
reference counting technique:
//Reference Counter
type ReferenceCounter struct {
num *uint32
pool *sync.Pool
removed *uint32

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weight int
}

//WeightedReference method
func WeightedReference() int {
var references []ReferenceCounter
references = GetReferences(root)
var reference ReferenceCounter
var sum int
for _, reference = range references {
sum = sum + reference.weight
}
return sum
}

The mark-and-sweep algorithm

The mark-and-sweep algorithm is based on an idea that was proposed by Dijkstra in
1978. In the garbage collection style, the heap consists of a graph of connected objects,
which are white. This technique visits the objects and checks whether they are specifically
available by the application. Globals and objects on the stack are shaded gray in this
technique. Every gray object is darkened to black and filtered for pointers to other
objects. Any white object found in the output is turned gray. This calculation is rehashed
until there are no gray objects. White objects that are left out are inaccessible.

A mutator in this algorithm handles concurrency by changing the pointers while the
collector is running. It also takes care of the condition so that no black object points to a
white object. The mark algorithm has the following steps:

1. Mark the root object

2. Mark the root bit as true if the value of the bit is false
3. For every reference of root, mark the reference, as in the first step

The following code snippet shows the marking algorithm. Let's look at the implementation
of the Mark method:
func Mark( root *object){
var markedAlready bool
markedAlready = IfMarked(root)
if !markedAlready {
map[root] = true
}
var references *object[]
references = GetReferences(root)

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var reference *object

for _, reference = range references {
Mark(reference)
}
}

The sweep algorithm's pseudocode is presented here:

For each object in the heap, mark the bit as false if the value of the bit is true
If the value of the bit is true, release the object from the heap

The sweep algorithm releases the objects that are marked for garbage collection.

Now, let's look at the implementation of the sweep algorithm:

func Sweep(){
var objects *[]object
objects = GetObjects()
var object *object
for _, object = range objects {
var markedAlready bool
markedAlready = IfMarked(object)
if markedAlready {
map[object] = true
}
Release(object)
}
}

The generational collection algorithm

The generational collection algorithm divides the heap of objects into generations. A
generation of objects will be expired and collected by the algorithm based on their age. The
algorithm promotes objects to older generations based on the age of the object in the
garbage collection cycle.

The entire heap needs to be scavenged, even if a generation is collected. Let's say generation
3 is collected; in this case, generations 0-2 are also scavenged. The generational collection
algorithm is presented in the following code snippet:
func GenerationCollect(){
var currentGeneration int
currentGeneration = 3
var objects *[]object
objects = GetObjectsFromOldGeneration(3)

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var object *object

for _, object = range objects {
var markedAlready bool
markedAlready = IfMarked(object)
if markedAlready {
map[object] = true
}
}
}

We'll take a look at cache management in the next section.

Cache management
Cache management consists of managing static, dynamic, and variable information:

Static information never changes

Dynamic information changes frequently
Variable information changes less frequently than dynamic information

The object cache is stored in various data structures, such as maps and trees. Maps have a
key as an identifier and a value, which is an object.

Cache objects can be related to memory, disks, pools, and streams. Caches have attributes
related to time to live, group, and region. A region consists of a collection of mapped key-
values. Regions can be independent of other regions. Cache configuration consists of
defaults, regions, and auxiliaries.

A typical cache manager has the following features:

Memory management
Thread pool controls
Grouping of elements
Configurable runtime parameters
Region data separation and configuration
Remote synchronization
Remote store recovery
Event handling
Remote server chaining and failover
Custom event logging

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Custom event queue injection

Key pattern-matching retrieval
Network-efficient multi-key retrieval

The CacheObject class and the Cache class are described in the following sections.

The CacheObject class

The CacheObject class has Value and TimeToLive properties. This is shown in the
following code:
///main package has examples shown
// in Go Data Structures and algorithms book
package main

// importing fmt, sync and time packages

import (
"fmt"
"sync"
"time"
)

// CacheObject class
type CacheObject struct {
Value string
TimeToLive int64
}

The IfExpired method of the CacheObject class is shown in the next section.

The IfExpired method

IfExpired checks whether the cache object has expired. The IfExpired method of
CacheObject returns true if TimeToLive has not expired; otherwise, it returns false.
This is shown in the following code:
// IfExpired method
func (cacheObject CacheObject) IfExpired() bool {
if cacheObject.TimeToLive == 0 {
return false
}
return time.Now().UnixNano() > cacheObject.TimeToLive
}

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The Cache class

The Cache class consists of objects map with a string key, a CacheObject value, and a
sync.RWMutex mutex. This is shown in the following code:

//Cache class
type Cache struct {
objects map[string]CacheObject
mutex *sync.RWMutex
}

The NewCache, GetObject, and SetValue methods of the Cache class are shown in the
following sections.

The NewCache method

The NewCache method returns a pointer to a cache, which is initialized with the nil map
(that is, a map without values) and RWMutex. This is shown in the following code:
//NewCache method
func NewCache() *Cache {
return &Cache{
objects: make(map[string]CacheObject),
mutex: &sync.RWMutex{},
}
}

The GetObject method

The GetObject method retrieves the object given the cache key. The GetObject method of
the Cache class returns the value of cacheKey. The RLock method on the mutex object of
the cache is invoked, and the RUnlock method is deferred before returning the value of
cacheKey. If the object has expired, the key value will be an empty string. This is shown in
the following code:
//GetObject method
func (cache Cache) GetObject(cacheKey string) string {
cache.mutex.RLock()
defer cache.mutex.RUnlock()
var object CacheObject
object = cache.objects[cacheKey]
if object.IfExpired() {
delete(cache.objects, cacheKey)
return ""

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}
return object.Value
}

The SetValue method

The SetValue method of the Cache class takes cacheKey, cacheValue, and timeToLive
parameters. The Lock method on the mutex object of the cache is invoked, and the Unlock
method is deferred. A new CacheObject is created with cacheValue and TimeToLive as
properties. The created cacheObject is set as a value to map objects with the cacheKey
key. This is shown in the following code:
//SetValue method
func (cache Cache) SetValue(cacheKey string, cacheValue string, timeToLive
time.Duration) {
cache.mutex.Lock()
defer cache.mutex.Unlock()
cache.objects[cacheKey] = CacheObject{
Value: cacheValue,
TimeToLive: time.Now().Add(timeToLive).UnixNano(),
}
}

We'll implement the methods we just took a look at in the main method in the next section.

The main method

The main method creates the cache by invoking the NewCache method. The key and value
are set on the cache by invoking setValue. The value is accessed by calling the GetObject
method of the Cache class. This is shown in the following code:
// main method
func main() {
var cache *Cache
cache = NewCache()
cache.SetValue("name", "john smith", 200000000)
var name string
name = cache.GetObject("name")
fmt.Println(name)
}

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Run the following command to execute the cache_management.go file:

go run cache_management.go

The output is as follows:

The next section talks about the space allocation algorithm.

Space allocation
Each function has stack frames associated with individual memory space. Functions have
access to the memory inside the frame, and a frame pointer points to the memory's
location. Transition between frames occurs when the function is invoked. Data is
transferred by value from one frame to another during the transition.

Stack frame creation and memory allocation is demonstrated in the following code.
The addOne function takes num and increments it by one. The function prints the value and
address of num:
///main package has examples shown
// in Go Data Structures and algorithms book
package main

// importing fmt package

import (
"fmt"
)

// increment method
func addOne(num int) {
num++
fmt.Println("added to num", num, "Address of num", &num)
}

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The main method initializes the variable number as 17. The number value and address are
printed before and after invoking the addOne function. This is shown in the following code:
// main method
func main() {
var number int
number = 17
fmt.Println("value of number", number, "Address of number",
&number)
addOne(number)
fmt.Println("value of number after adding One", number, "Address
of", &number)
}

Run the following command to execute the stack_memory_allocation.go file:

go run stack_memory_allocation.go

The output is as follows:

Frame pointers are explained in the next section.

Pointers
Pointers have an address that is 4 or 8 bytes long, depending on whether you have a 32-bit
or 64-bit architecture. The stack's main frame consists of the number 17 with the address
0xc420016058. After adding one, a new frame with num equal to 18 and an address of
0xc420016068 is created. The main method prints the stack's main frame after invoking
the addOne function. The code in the following sections demonstrates memory space
allocation with pointers instead of actual values passed into a function.

The AddOne and main methods of pointers are shown in the following sections.

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The addOne method

The addOne function takes a pointer to num and increments it by 1. The function prints the
value, address, and pointer of num. This is shown in the following code:
///main package has examples shown
// in Go Data Structures and algorithms book
package main

// importing fmt package

import (
"fmt"
)

// increment method
func addOne(num *int) {
*num++
fmt.Println("added to num", num, "Address of num", &num, "Value
Points To", *num )
}

The main method

The main method initializes the variable number to 17. The pointer to the number is passed
to the addOne function. The number value and address is printed before and after invoking
the addOne function.

In this example, the address of the number is the same as the value of num in the addOne
function. Pointers share the address of the variable for the function to access for reads and
writes within the stack frame. Pointer types are specific to every type that is declared.
Pointers provide indirect memory access outside the function's stack frame. This is shown
in the following code:
// main method
func main() {
var number int
number = 17
fmt.Println("value of number", number, "Address of number",
&number)
addOne(&number)
fmt.Println("value of number after adding One", number, "Address
of", &number)
}

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Run the following command to execute the stack_memory_pointer.go file:

go run stack_memory_pointer.go

The output is as follows:

The next section talks about memory management in Go.

Concepts – Go memory management

In Go, programmers don't need to worry about coding a variable's value placement in
memory and space allocation. Garbage collection in Go is overseen by the memory
manager. The GOGC variable is used to set a value for the initial garbage collection target
percentage. Garbage collection is activated when the proportion of freshly allotted data to
the live data that remains after the previous garbage collection reaches the target
percentage. The default value of the GOGC variable is 100. This setting can be turned off,
which stops garbage collection. The current implementation of garbage collection in Go
uses the mark-and-sweep algorithm.

Some of the best practices that you can follow to improve memory management are as
follows:

Small objects can be combined into larger objects

Local variables that have escaped from their declaration scope can be promoted
into heap allocations
Slice array pre-allocation can be performed to improve memory
Use int8, instead of int, because int8 is a smaller data type
Objects that do not have any pointers will not be scanned by the garbage
collector
FreeLists can be used to reuse transient objects and reduce the number of
allocations

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Profiling
Profiling in Go can be enabled by using the cpuprofile and memprofile flags. The Go
testing package has support for benchmarking and profiling. The cpuprofile flag can be
invoked by the following command:
go test -run=none -bench=ClientServerParallel4 -cpuprofile=cprofile
net/http

The benchmark can be written to a cprofile output file using the following command:
go tool pprof --text http.test cprof

Let's look at an example of how to profile the programs that you have written. The
flag.Parse method reads the command-line flags. The CPU profiling output is written to
a file. The StopCPUProfile method on the profiler is called to flush any pending file
output that needs to be written before the program stops:
var profile = flag.String("cpuprofile", "", "cpu profile to output file")
func main() {
flag.Parse()
if *profile != "" {
var file *os.File
var err error
file, err = os.Create(*profile)
if err != nil {
log.Fatal(err)
}
pprof.StartCPUProfile(file)
defer pprof.StopCPUProfile()
}

Summary
This chapter covered the garbage collection, cache management, and memory space
allocation algorithms. We looked at reference counting algorithms, including simple,
deferred, one-bit, and weighted. The mark-and-sweep and generational collection
algorithms were also presented with code examples.

The next chapter will cover the next steps we can take after going through this book.

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Questions
1. Which factors are considered when choosing a garbage collection algorithm?
2. In which reference counting algorithm are program-variable references ignored?
3. What is the type of reference counting algorithm in which a single-bit flag is used
for counting?
4. In which reference counting algorithm is a weight assigned to each reference?
5. Who invented weighted reference counting?
6. Which garbage collection algorithm was proposed by Dijkstra?
7. What class handles concurrency when the mark-and-sweep collector is running?
8. What are the criteria for promoting objects to older generations?
9. Draw a flow chart for the cache management algorithm.
10. How do you get indirect memory access outside a method's stack frame?

Further reading
The following books are recommended if you want to know more about garbage collection:

Design Patterns, by Erich Gamma, Richard Helm, Ralph Johnson, and John
Vlissides
Introduction to Algorithms – Third Edition, by Thomas H. Cormen, Charles E.
Leiserson, Ronald L. Rivest, and Clifford Stein
Data structures and Algorithms: An Easy Introduction, by Rudolph Russell

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In this appendix, we share the reader's learning outcomes from this book. The code
repository links and key takeaways are presented. References are included for the latest
data structures and algorithms. Tips and techniques are provided to help you keep yourself
up to date with the latest on data structures and algorithms.

Technical requirements
Install Go version 1.10 from https:/​/​golang.​org/​doc/​install, being sure to choose the
correct version for your operating system.

The GitHub repository for the code in this appendix can be found here: https:/​/​github.
com/​PacktPublishing/​Learn-​Data-​Structures-​and-​Algorithms-​with-​Golang/​tree/
master/​Appendix.

Learning outcomes
The learning outcomes from this book are as follows:

Improve a web or mobile application's performance using the correct data

structures and algorithms.
Understand how an algorithm solves a problem and how the correct data
structure is chosen for a problem.
Enumerate the various solutions to a problem and identify algorithms and data
structures after doing a cost/benefit analysis.
Get a grasp of the various techniques for writing pseudocode for an algorithm,
allowing you to ace white-boarding sessions and interview assignments.
Discover the pitfalls in selecting data structures and algorithms by predicting
how fast and efficient an algorithm or data structure is.

In the following section, the key takeaway points, papers, and articles to be referred to,
along with tips and techniques, are discussed.
Next Steps

Key takeaways
The key takeaways for the reader are as follows:

How to choose the correct algorithm and data structures for a problem.
How to compare the complexity and data structures of different algorithms for
code performance and efficiency.
How to apply best practices to improve and increase the performance of an
application.
Real-world problems, solutions, and best practices associated with web and
mobile software solutions are provided in the book as code examples.

Next steps
In this section, papers and articles are provided as further reading for each chapter.

Chapter 1 – Data Structures and Algorithms

The following articles are related to data structures and algorithms:

The complete guide to Go Data Structures (https:/​/​flaviocopes.​com/​golang-

data-​structures/​)
Data Structure and Algorithms
(http://www.golangprograms.com/data-structure-and-algorithms.html)
Data structures in Go: Stacks and queues
(https://ieftimov.com/golang-datastructures-stacks-queues)

The following papers are related to data structures and algorithms:

THE REPRESENTATION OF ALGORITHMS – DTIC

(https://apps.dtic.mil/dtic/tr/fulltext/u2/697026.pdf)
ON THE COMPUTATIONAL COMPLEXITY OF ALGORITHMS
(https://fi.ort.edu.uy/innovaportal/file/20124/1/60-hartmanis_stearns_
complexity_of_algorithms.pdf)
Analysis and Performance of Divide and Conquer Methodology
(http://ijarcet.org/wp-content/uploads/IJARCET-VOL-6-ISSUE-8-1295-1298
.pdf)

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Chapter 2 – Getting Started with Go for Data

Structures and Algorithms
The following articles are related to the content in this chapter:

Go – Data structures (https://golanglibs.com/category/data-structures)

Applied – Go Algorithms and Data Structures
(https://appliedgo.net/domains/algorithms-and-data-structures/)
Effective Go (https://golang.org/doc/effective_go.html)

Chapter 3 – Linear Data Structures

The following articles are related to linear data structures:

Data Structures for Beginners: Arrays, HashMaps, and Lists

(https://adrianmejia.com/blog/2018/04/28/data-structures-time-complexi
ty-for-beginners-arrays-hashmaps-linked-lists-stacks-queues-tutorial/)
Stack - Array Implementation
(https://www.cs.bu.edu/teaching/c/stack/array/)

The following papers are related to linear data structures:

Linear-Space Data Structures for Range Mode Query in

Arrays (https://cs.au.dk/~larsen/papers/linear_mode.pdf)
RESEARCH PAPER ON STACK AND QUEUE
(http://www.ijirt.org/master/publishedpaper/IJIRT101357_PAPER.pdf)
Linear Data Structures for Fast Ray-Shooting amidst Convex Polyhedra
(http://www.cs.tau.ac.il/~haimk/papers/ray.pdf)

Chapter 4 – Non-Linear Data Structures

The following articles are related to non-linear data structures:

Overview of non-linear data structures

(https://medium.com/@ankitkulhari/overview-of-non-linear-data-structur
es-40cb441f6d7)
Non-linear Data Structures (http:/​/​euler.​vcsu.​edu:7000/​9647/​)

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What Is Forest Data Structure?

(https://magoosh.com/data-science/what-is-forest-data-structure/)
Tree Data Structure
(http://www.cs.cmu.edu/~clo/www/CMU/DataStructures/Lessons/lesson4_1.h
tm)

The following papers are related to non-linear data structures:

Y-Trees: An extending non-linear data structure for better organization of large-sized

data (https://ieeexplore.ieee.org/document/8234528)

A Shape Analysis for Non-linear Data Structures

(https://link.springer.com/chapter/10.1007/978-3-642-15769-1_13)

Representation of Nonlinear Data Surfaces

(https://www.semanticscholar.org/paper/Representation-of-Nonlinear-Dat
a-Surfaces-Olsen-Fukunaga/f4f4812532ba427658ecc83d772637c076780acf)

Chapter 5 – Homogeneous Data Structures

The following articles are related to homogeneous data structures:

USING MATRICES IN GO(LANG)

(http://connor-johnson.com/2014/06/21/using-matrices-in-golang/)

Golang: Linear algebra and matrix calculation example (https:/​/​www.​socketloop.

com/​tutorials/​golang-​linear-​algebra-​and-​matrix-​calculation-​example)

Gonum Tutorial: Linear Algebra in Go

(https://medium.com/wireless-registry-engineering/gonum-tutorial-linea
r-algebra-in-go-21ef136fc2d7)

Matrix Multiplication in Golang (3x3 matrices)

(https://repl.it/@hygull/Matrix-multiplication-in-Golang2-matrices-of-
order-3x3)

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Chapter 6 – Heterogeneous Data Structures

The following articles are related to heterogeneous data structures:

Heterogeneous Arrays (https://gist.github.com/cslarsen/5256744)

OL (Ordered List) (https://www.w3.org/MarkUp/html3/seqlists.html)
Large Ordered Lists (https://www.aerospike.com/docs/guide/llist.html)
Implementing an Ordered List
(https://bradfieldcs.com/algos/lists/implementing-an-ordered-list/)

Chapter 7 – Dynamic Data Structures

The following articles are related to dynamic data structures:

The complete guide to Go Data Structures

(https://flaviocopes.com/golang-data-structures/)
DATA STRUCTURE AND ALGORITHMS
(http://www.golangprograms.com/data-structure-and-algorithms.html)
Data structures in Go: Stacks and queues
(https://ieftimov.com/golang-datastructures-stacks-queues)

The following papers are related to dynamic data structures:

THE REPRESENTATION OF
ALGORITHMS – DTIC (https://apps.dtic.mil/dtic/tr/fulltext/u2/697026.
pdf)
ON THE COMPUTATIONAL COMPLEXITY OF
ALGORITHMS (https://fi.ort.edu.uy/innovaportal/file/20124/1/60-hartm
anis_stearns_complexity_of_algorithms.pdf)
Analysis and Performance of Divide and Conquer
Methodology (http://ijarcet.org/wp-content/uploads/IJARCET-VOL-6-ISSUE-
8-1295-1298.pdf)

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Chapter 8 – Classic Algorithms

The following articles are related to classic algorithms:

Sorting Algorithms Primer

(https://hackernoon.com/sorting-algorithms-primer-374b83f3ba09)
Depth-First Search
(https://medium.com/@g789872001darren/gogoalgorithm-1-depth-first-sear
ch-582eeb58f23a)
Hashing in Go (Golang vs Python)
(https://medium.com/@vworri/hashing-in-go-golang-vs-python-b7bc1194e96
7)
Iterative vs Recursive vs Tail-Recursive in Golang
(https://medium.com/@felipedutratine/iterative-vs-recursive-vs-tail-re
cursive-in-golang-c196ca5fd489)

The following papers are related to classic algorithms:

A Mathematical Modeling of Pure, Recursive Algorithms

(https://www.researchgate.net/publication/220810107_A_Mathematical_Mod
eling_of_Pure_Recursive_Algorithms)
Recursive algorithms for estimation of hidden Markov models and autoregressive models
with Markov regime (https://ieeexplore.ieee.org/document/979322)
Recursive algorithms for approximating probabilities in graphical models
(https://papers.nips.cc/paper/1316-recursive-algorithms-for-approximat
ing-probabilities-in-graphical-models.pdf)

Chapter 9 – Network and Sparse Matrix Representation

The following articles are related to network and sparse matrix representation:

Equations Are Graphs

(http://gopherdata.io/post/deeplearning_in_go_part_1/)
From Theory To Practice: Representing Graphs
(https://medium.com/basecs/from-theory-to-practice-representing-graphs
-cfd782c5be38)
Go Data Structures: Graph
(https://flaviocopes.com/golang-data-structure-graph/)

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The following papers are related to network and sparse matrix representation:

Representation Learning on Graphs: Methods and Applications

(https://www-cs.stanford.edu/people/jure/pubs/graphrepresentation-ieee
17.pdf)
An overview on network diagrams: Graph-based representation
(https://www.researchgate.net/publication/308049492_An_overview_on_net
work_diagrams_Graph-based_representation)
Design principles for origin-destination flow maps
(https://pdfs.semanticscholar.org/587a/730b11a4b3878142bd4995f80dc969b
c5982.pdf)

In Chapter 9, Network and Sparse Matrix Representation, use cases from real-life applications
were presented. Learning how the network data structure and sparse matrices are applied
in different domains, such as airlines, banking, medical, pharma, telecoms, and supply
chains, is a good next step for the reader.

Chapter 10 – Memory Management

The following articles are related to memory management:

Getting to Go: The Journey of Go's Garbage Collector

(https://blog.golang.org/ismmkeynote)
Modern garbage collection
(https://blog.plan99.net/modern-garbage-collection-911ef4f8bd8e)
Go Lang: Memory Management and Garbage Collection
(https://vikash1976.wordpress.com/2017/03/26/go-lang-memory-management
-and-garbage-collection/)

The following papers are related to memory management:

Analysis of the Go runtime scheduler

(http://www.cs.columbia.edu/~aho/cs6998/reports/12-12-11_DeshpandeSpon
slerWeiss_GO.pdf)
Simple Generational Garbage Collection and Fast Allocation
(http://www.cs.ucsb.edu/~ckrintz/racelab/gc/papers/appel88simplegen.pd
f)
A Time- and SpaceEfficient Garbage Compaction Algorithm
(http://www.cs.ucsb.edu/~ckrintz/racelab/gc/papers/morris-compaction.p
df)

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Next Steps

The different tips and tricks to be used in Go data structures and algorithm are discussed in
the next section.

Tips and techniques

To keep updated on Go, you can subscribe to these forums and blogs:

Gopherize: https:/​/​gopherize.​me/​?​fromhttp=​true
Golang Weekly: https:/​/​golangweekly.​com/​issues/​240
The Gopher Conference: https:/​/​www.​gophercon.​com/​
Google Groups: https:/​/​groups.​google.​com/​forum/​m/​#!newtopic/​golang-
dev
Slack Groups: https:/​/​techbeacon.​com/​46-​slack-​groups-​developers
Stack Overflow: http:/​/​stackoverflow.​com/​questions/​tagged/​go
Dave Cheney's Resources for New Go Programmers: https:/​/​dave.​cheney.​net/
resources-​for-​new-​go-​programmers

The following section contains tips for writing good code in Go.

Using channel with a timeout interval

The software program that connects to resources can be set with timeouts. Channels are
used for implementing timeouts. You can configure a channel with a timeout interval as
follows:
//main package has examples shown
// in Go Data Structures and algorithms book
package main

// importing errors, log and time packages

import (
"errors"
"log"
"time"
)

// delayTimeOut method
func delayTimeOut(channel chan interface{}, timeOut time.Duration)
(interface{}, error) {
log.Printf("delayTimeOut enter")
defer log.Printf("delayTimeOut exit")
var data interface{}

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select {
case <-time.After(timeOut):
return nil, errors.New("delayTimeOut time out")
case data = <-channel:
return data, nil
}
}

//main method
func main() {
channel := make(chan interface{})
go func() {
var err error
var data interface{}
data, err = delayTimeOut(channel, time.Second)
if err != nil {
log.Printf("error %v", err)
return
}
log.Printf("data %v", data)
}()
channel <- struct{}{}
time.Sleep(time.Second * 2)
go func() {
var err error
var data interface{}
data, err = delayTimeOut(channel, time.Second)
if err != nil {
log.Printf("error %v", err)
return
}
log.Printf("data %v", data)
}()
time.Sleep(time.Second * 2)
}

Run the following command to execute the preceding code snippet:

go run chan_timeout.go

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The output is as follows:

Using context instead of channel

Contexts can be implemented in functions executed in Go routines. Contexts are used
instead of channel in the code for passing information between processes. The following
code snippet shows the usage of context:
//main package has examples shown
// in Go Data Structures and algorithms book
package main

// importing errors,context,log and time packages

import (
"errors"
"golang.org/x/net/context"
"log"
"time"
)

// main method
func main() {

var delay time.Duration

delay = time.Millisecond

var cancel context.CancelFunc

var contex context.Context

contex, cancel = context.WithTimeout(context.Background(), delay)

go func(context.Context) {
<-contex.Done()
log.Printf("contex done")

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}(contex)

_ = cancel

time.Sleep(delay * 2)

log.Printf("contex end %v", contex.Err())

channel := make(chan struct{})

var err error

go func(chan struct{}) {
select {
case <-time.After(delay):
err = errors.New("ch delay")
case <-channel:
}
log.Printf("channel done")
}(channel)

time.Sleep(delay * 2)

log.Printf("channel end %v", err)

}

Run the following command to execute the preceding code snippet:

go run context.go

The output is as follows:

Logging with the line number

While logging, you can log with the line number and the method name. The following code
snippet shows how logging can be executed with the line number and the method name:
//main package has examples shown
//in Go Data Structures and algorithms book

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package main

//importing path, runtime, fmt, log and time packages

import(
"path"
"runtime"
"fmt"
"log"
"time"
)

//checkPoint method
func checkPoint() string {
pc, file, line, _ := runtime.Caller(1)
return fmt.Sprintf("\033[31m%v %s %s %d\x1b[0m", time.Now(),
runtime.FuncForPC(pc).Name(), path.Base(file), line)
}

//method1
func method1(){
fmt.Println(checkPoint())
}

//main method
func main() {

log.SetFlags(log.LstdFlags | log.Lshortfile)

log.Println("logging the time and flags")

method1()

Run the following command to execute the preceding code snippet:

go run log_linenumber.go

The output is as follows:

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Go tool usage
The Go tool compiler can be invoked with the following command:
go build -gcflags="-S -N"

The list options command syntax is as follows:

go build -x

To test the race conditions, you can use the following command:
go test -race

Running a test method by name can be done using the following syntax:
go test -run=method1

To update your version of Go, you can use the following command:
go get -u

Copying can be done with the following command:

go get -d

To get depths, you can use the following command:

go get -t

To get a list of software, you can use the following command:

go list -f

Go environment variables
The GOROOT variable can be configured as an environment variable with this command:
export GOROOT=/opt/go1.7.1

The PATH variable can be configured as an environment variable with this command:
export PATH=$GOROOT/bin:$PATH

The GOPATH variable can be configured as an environment variable with this command:
export GOPATH=$HOME/go

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The GOPATH variable can be configured in the PATH variable with this command:
export PATH=$GOPATH/bin:$PATH

Test table
Tests are driven by a test table. The following code snippet shows how a test table can be
used:
//main package has examples shown
// in Go Data Structures and algorithms book
package main

// importing testing packages

import (
"testing"
)

func TestAddition(test *testing.T) {

cases := []struct{ integer1 , integer2 , resultSum int }{

{1, 1, 2},
{1, -1, 0},
{1, 0, 1},
{0, 0, 0},
{3, 2, 1},
}

for _, cas := range cases {

var sum int
var expected int
sum = cas.integer1 + cas.integer2
expected = cas.resultSum
if sum != expected {
test.Errorf("%d + %d = %d, expected %d", cas.integer1, cas.integer2,
sum, expected)
}
}

Run the following command to execute the preceding code snippet:

go test -run TestAddition -v

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The output is as follows:

Importing packages
You can import packages with the following statements. Here, we show three different
syntactical options:
import "fmt"
import ft "fmt"
import . "fmt"

Panic, defer, and recover

Panic, defer, and recover are used to handle complex errors. The last returned variable in a
function is used as an error. The following code snippet is an example of this:
//main package has examples shown
// in Go Data Structures and algorithms book
package main

// importing fmt and errors packages

import(
"fmt"
"errors"

//First Func method

func FirstFunc(v interface{}) (interface{}, error) {
var ok bool

if !ok {
return nil, errors.New("false error")
}
return v, nil
}

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//SecondFunc method
func SecondFunc() {
defer func() {
var err interface{}
if err = recover(); err != nil {
fmt.Println("recovering error ", err)
}
}()
var v interface{}
v = struct{}{}
var err error
if _, err = FirstFunc(v); err != nil {
panic(err)
}

fmt.Println("The error never happen")

}

//main method
func main() {
SecondFunc()
fmt.Println("The execution ended")
}

Run the following command to execute the preceding code snippet:

go run handling_error.go

The output is as follows:

The following link contain some useful tips and techniques for writing Go code: https:/​/
golang.​org/​doc/​effective_​go.​html.

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 Index

String method 122

A stringify method 122
adapter pattern 16, 17 blocks 263
Adelson, Velski, and Landis (AVL) tree Boolean matrix
about 124 about 156
KeyValue interface 124 main method 158
TreeNode class 124 printMatrix method 158
adjacency list 238 bridge pattern
adjacency matrix 238 about 17, 18
algorithms drawContour method 19, 20
representing 35 drawShape method 18
arrays 52, 53, 54, 143 brute force algorithms 45, 46
bubble sort algorithm 212, 213, 214
B ByFactor function type
B+ tree 133 Sort method 176
B-tree 133
backtracking algorithm 47, 48, 49 C
Big O notation 38 Cache class
binary search algorithm 228 about 275
binary search tree 114 GetObject method 275
BinarySearchTree class NewCache method 275
about 115 SetValue method 276
inOrderTraverse method 116 cache management
inOrderTraverseTree method 117 about 273
InsertElement method 115 Cache class 275
insertTreeNode method 116 CacheObject class 274
main method 123 main method 276
MaxNode method 119 cache manager
MinNode method 118 features 273, 274
PostOrderTraverseTree method 118 CacheObject class
postOrderTraverseTree method 118 about 274
PreOrderTraverseTree method 117 IfExpired method 274
preOrderTraverseTree method 117 circular linked list
removeNode method 121 about 137, 138, 169
RemoveNode method 120 CircularQueue class 169
searchNode method 120 CircularQueue class
SearchNode method 120 about 169
 Add method 171 heaps 13, 14
CircularQueue class 170 lists 10, 11
IsUnUsed method 170 tuples 12, 13
main method 171 database operations
MoveOneStep method 171 about 60
NewQueue method 170 GetCustomer method 60, 62
classic algorithms 211 InsertCustomer method 62
column matrix 144 decorator pattern 22, 23
complexity analysis of algorithm deferred reference counting 270
about 36, 37 Dictionary class
Big O notation 38 about 189
cubic complexity 41 Contains method 190
linear complexity 39 Find method 191
logarithmic complexity 42, 43 GetKeys method 192
quadratic complexity 40 GetValues method 192
composite pattern 20 main method 193
containers 136 NumberOfElements method 191
CRM web application Put method 190
about 71 Remove method 190
alter function 73 Reset method 191
create function 72 dictionary
delete function 74 about 188
insert function 72 Dictionary class 189
main method 74 DictVal type 189
update function 73 uses 188
CRUD web forms divide and conquer algorithm 46, 47
about 66, 67, 68 documentation keywords 35
Create template 76 doubly linked list
CRM web application 71 about 89, 168
defer statement 69 AddAfter method 91
DeleteCustomer method 71 AddToEnd method 92
footer template 75 AddToHead method 90
Header template 75 main method 93
InsertCustomer method 70 NodeBetweenValues method 89
Menu template 76 dynamic data structures
panic statement 69 about 187
Update template 76 dictionary 188
UpdateCustomer method 70 sequences 200
View template 77 TreeSets 193
cubic complexity 41
F
D facade pattern 24, 25, 27
data structures Farey sequence
about 7 about 200
classifying 9, 10 g method 201

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 main method 202 unordered lists 183
String method 201 homogeneous data structures
Farey series 200 about 142
Fibonacci sequence multi-dimensional arrays 159
about 203 two-dimensional arrays 143
FibonacciNumber method 204
main method 204, 205 I
finite element method (FEM) 256 identity matrix 147
flow chart 35 incidence matrix 238
flow control keywords 35 insertion sort
flyweight pattern 28, 29, 31 about 216
InsertionSorter method 217
G main method 217, 218
Gang of Four (GoF) 15 interpolation search algorithm 229
garbage collection algorithms
factors 264 K
garbage collection knowledge graph 251
about 264 KnowledgeGraph class
generational collection algorithm 272 about 252
mark-and-sweep algorithm 271 AddClass method 252
reference counting 268 AddLink method 253
ReferenceCounter class 265 main method 254
region interference 264 NewKnowledgeGraph method 252
stack allocation 264 PrintLinks method 253
Stack class 266 test 255, 256
generational collection algorithm 272
Go Array 54 L
Go Slice 54
len function 55
graphs
linear complexity 39
about 238
linear data structures
types 238
lists 83
queues 100
H sets 94
hash functions stack 108
about 138, 140, 232 tuples 99
CreateHashMutliple method 233 linear search method 227
main method 234 Link class
XOR method 233 about 239
hashing 232 AddLink method 239
hashing algorithm 211 main method 240, 241
heaps 13, 14 NewSocialGraph method 239
heterogeneous data structures PrintLinks method 240
about 164 test 241, 242
linked lists 165 linked lists
ordered lists 172 about 164, 165

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 circular-linked list 169 symmetric matrix 148
doubly linked list 168 two-dimensional matrix 148
singly linked list 165 upper triangular matrix 145
LinkedList zig-zag matrix 152, 154
about 83, 84 memory management
AddAfter method 87 about 263
AddToEnd method 86 best practices 280
AddToHead method 84, 85 merge sort algorithm
IterateList method 85 about 220, 221
LastNode method 86 JoinArrays method 222
main method 88 main method 222
Node class 83 MergeSorter method 221
NodeWithValue method 87 multi-dimensional arrays
lists about 159
about 10, 11, 83 tensors 160
doubly linked list 89 multiSorter class
LinkedList 83 about 179
ordered lists 172 len method 180
unordered lists 172 less method 181
logarithmic complexity 42, 43 main method 181
look-and-say sequence 205 OrderBy method 180
lower triangular matrix 145 Sort method 180
Swap method 180
M Mutable TreeSets
m x n matrix 144 about 199
map layout 246 RemoveNode method 199
MapLayout class Treeset.bst 200
about 247
AddLink method 248 N
AddPlace method 247 negative matrix 148
main method 249, 250 network representation, with graphs
NewMapLayout method 247 about 238
PrintLinks method 248 knowledge graph 251
test 250, 251 Link class 239
maps 59 map layouts 246
mark-and-sweep algorithm 271, 280 social network 242
matrix non-linear data structures
about 142, 143 about 113
Boolean matrix 156 containers 136
column matrix 144 symbol tables 136
identity matrix 147 tables 134
lower triangular matrix 145 trees 114
null matrix 146 null matrix 146
row matrix 144
spiral matrix 154, 155

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 simple reference counting 268
O weighted reference counting 270
old toy algorithm 154 ReferenceCounter class
one-bit reference counting 270 about 265
ontology 251 newReferenceCounter method 265
ordered lists representations, of algorithms
about 164, 172 flow chart 35
SortByAge type 174 pseudo code 36
struct type 179 row matrix 144
Thing class 175
Thing sorter class 176 S
ToString method 173
scalar 142, 143
search algorithms
P about 211, 226
performance analysis binary search algorithm 228
of algorithms 36 interpolation search algorithm 229
pointers linear search method 227
addOne method 279 selection sort
main method 279, 280 about 214
private class data pattern 31 main method 215, 216
product matrix 150 swap method 215
profiling 281 sequences
proxy pattern 33 about 200
pseudo code 35, 36 Farey sequence 200
Fibonacci sequence 203
Q look-and-say sequence 205
quadratic complexity 40 sets
queues about 94
about 100 AddElement method 95
Add method 101 ContainsElement method 96
main method 102 DeleteElement method 95
New method 101 InterSect method 97
Synchronized Queue 103 main method 96, 98
quick sort algorithm Union method 97
about 223 shell sort algorithm
divideParts method 224 about 218
main method 225, 226 main method 220
swap method 225 power method 219
simple reference counting 268
R singly linked list
recursion 231, 232 about 165
reference counting CreateLinkedList method 166
about 268 main method 167
deferred reference counting 270 ReverseLinkedList method 166
one-bit reference counting 270 slice function 55, 56

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slice of slices 56, 143 Main method 111
slices New method 109
about 52, 54 Pop method 110
two-dimensional slices 56, 57, 58 Push method 109
social network, methods streams 200
AddEntity method 243 struct type
AddLink method 244 about 179
main method 245, 246 multiSorter class 179
NewSocialGraph method 243 structural design patterns
PrintLinks method 244 about 15
social network adapter pattern 16, 17
about 242 bridge pattern 17, 18
representing 242 composite pattern 20
sorting algorithms decorator pattern 22, 23
about 211, 212 facade pattern 24, 25, 27
bubble sort algorithm 212, 213, 214 flyweight pattern 28, 29, 31
insertion sort 216 private class data pattern 31
merge sort algorithm 220, 221 proxy pattern 33
quick sort algorithm 223 structured program 35
selection sort 214 subsequence 200
shell sort algorithm 218 symbol tables 136
space allocation symmetric matrix 148
about 277, 278 Synchronized Queue
pointers 278 about 103
sparse matrix EndPass method 106
about 237, 256 EndTicketIssue method 105
modeling, as list of lists 256 main method 107
SparseMatrix class New method 104
about 257 passenger method 107
Equal method 258 StartPass method 106
GetValue method 258 StartTicketIssue method 105
LessThan method 257 ticketIssue method 106
main method 260, 261 Synchronized TreeSets 198
NewSparseMatrix method 260
NumNonZero method 257 T
SetValue method 259 T-tree 133
Shape method 257 tables
sparsity 237 about 134
spiral matrix 154, 155 Column class 134
Stack class main method 135
about 266 printTable method 135
main method 267 Row class 134
new method 266 Table class 134
stacks tensors 142, 160
about 108 Thing class

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 ByFactor function type 176 PreOrderTraverseTree method 196
Thing sorter class search method 196
len method 177 String method 197
less method 177 Synchronized TreeSets 198
main method 177 tuples 12, 13, 99
swap method 177 two-dimensional arrays 143
Thue–Morse sequence 207 two-dimensional matrix
TreeNode class add method 148
about 124 determinant method 151
adjustBalance method 126 inverse method 151
BalanceTree method 126 multiply method 150
doubleRotation method 125 subtract method 149
InsertNode method 128 transpose method 151
insertRNode method 127 two-dimensional slices 56, 57, 58
main method 131, 132
opposite method 125 U
removeBalance method 129 unordered lists 172, 183
RemoveNode method 128 UnOrderedList class
removeRNode method 129 about 184
singleRotation method 125 AddtoHead method 184
trees IterateList method 184
about 114 main method 185
Adelson, Velski, and Landis (AVL) tree 124 upper triangular matrix 145
B+ tree 133
B-tree 133 V
binary search tree 114
variadic functions
T-tree 133
about 63
TreeSets
delete operation 65, 66
about 193
update operation 64, 65
Delete method 195
vectors 142
inOrderTraverseTree method 195
InOrderTraverseTree method 195
InsertTreeNode method 194
W
main method 197, 198 weighted reference counting 270
Mutable TreeSets 199
preOrderTraverseTree method 196 Z
zig-zag matrix 152, 154