The syllabus is broken up into three two-week sections.
- Sorting and Searching
- Linked Lists, Stacks, and Queues
- Trees
Notes:
- The phrase “X through Y” means “from the
beginning of X to the end of Y.”
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- Section 1 - Sorting and Searching, Tuesday, 28 October to Thursday, 6 November.
- Readings
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Nyhoff, Chapter 13, section 13.2 omitted
- Class notes
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Sorting Basics
Faster Sorting
- Assignment
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Assignment 1a (last modified on 2 November 2008) available on Tuesday, 28 October; due on Tuesday, 4 November
at 6:00 p.m.
Assignment 1b (last modified on 9 November 2008) available on Tuesday, 4 November; due
on Tuesday, 11 November at 6:00 p.m.
An example solution for part 1.
A code review for part 1.
An example solution for part 2.
A code review for part 2.
- Quiz
- Tuesday, 11 November
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The answers.
The grades.
- Section 2 - Linked Lists, Stacks, and Queues, Tuesday, 11 November to Thursday, 20 November.
- Readings
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Nyhoff, Chapters 6 through 8
- Class notes
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Linked Lists
Stacks
Queues
- Assignment
-
Assignment 2 (last modified on 13 November 2008) available on Tuesday, 11 November; due on Tuesday, 25 November
at 6:00 p.m.
An example solution.
- Quiz
- Tuesday, 25 November
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The answers.
The grades.
- Section 3 - Trees, Tuesday, 25 November to Thursday, 4 December.
- Thanksgiving Break
- No class on Thursday, 27 November.
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- Readings
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Nyhoff, Sections 12.1 through 12.5, Section 13.2
- Class notes
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Tree Basics
Binary Search Trees
Heaps and Priority Queues
- Assignment
-
Assignment 3 (last modified on 10 December 2008) available on Tuesday, 25 November; due on Thursday, 11 December
at 6:00 p.m.
- Quiz
- Tuesday, 9 December
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The answers.
The grades.
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