How should I draw a singly/double linked list?
Here's a possible solution using TikZ
: I used multipart rectangles for the double nodes and a chain to place the nodes.
\documentclass{article}
\usepackage{tikz}
\usetikzlibrary{calc,shapes.multipart,chains,arrows}
\begin{document}
\begin{tikzpicture}[list/.style={rectangle split, rectangle split parts=2,
draw, rectangle split horizontal}, >=stealth, start chain]
\node[list,on chain] (A) {12};
\node[list,on chain] (B) {99};
\node[list,on chain] (C) {37};
\node[on chain,draw,inner sep=6pt] (D) {};
\draw (D.north east) -- (D.south west);
\draw (D.north west) -- (D.south east);
\draw[*->] let \p1 = (A.two), \p2 = (A.center) in (\x1,\y2) -- (B);
\draw[*->] let \p1 = (B.two), \p2 = (B.center) in (\x1,\y2) -- (C);
\draw[*->] let \p1 = (C.two), \p2 = (C.center) in (\x1,\y2) -- (D);
\end{tikzpicture}
\end{document}
Users only need to modify the following values and keep the names remain unchanged.
% user defined data
\def\list{12,99,37}% list of elements
\const{_W}{2}% node width
\const{_H}{1}% node height
\const{_D}{1.5}% arrow length
\documentclass[pstricks,border=3pt]{standalone}
\usepackage{pstricks-add,fp}
\psset{dimen=middle}
\makeatletter
\newcommand\const[3][\FPeval]{% #1=method, #2=name, #3=data
\expandafter#1\csname#2\endcsname{#3}%
\begingroup\edef\x{\endgroup
\noexpand\pstVerb{/#2 \csname#2\endcsname\space def}}\x
}
\newcount\const@count
\def\FPnset#1#2{%
\const@count=\z@
\@for\next:=#2\do{\advance\const@count\@ne}%
\edef#1{\number\const@count}%
}
\makeatother
% user defined data
\def\list{12,99,37}% list of elements
\const{_W}{2}% node width
\const{_H}{1}% node height
\const{_D}{1.5}% arrow length
% internal used constants
\const[\FPnset]{_N}{\list}% number of nodes
\const{_QW}{_W/4}
\const{_HW}{_W/2}
\const{_TQW}{3*_W/4}
\const{_HH}{_H/2}
\const{_NL}{_TQW+_D}
\const{CanvasHeight}{_H}% Canvas Height = _H
\const{CanvasWidth}{_NL * _N + _HW}% Canvas Width = _NL*_N+_HW
\def\node#1#2{%
\rput(!_NL #2 mul 0){%
\psframe(!_W _H)%
\rput(!_QW _HH){#1}%
\psline(!_HW 0)(!_HW _H)%
\psline[arrowscale=2]{*->}(!_TQW _HH)(!_NL _HH)%
}}
\def\finish{%
\rput(!_NL _N mul 0){%
\psframe(!_HW _H)%
\psline(!_HW _H)%
\psline(!0 _H)(!_HW 0)%
}}
\def\DrawLinkedList{%
\begin{pspicture}(\CanvasWidth,\CanvasHeight)
\psforeach{\i}{\list}{\node{\i}{\the\psLoopIndex}}\finish
\end{pspicture}}
\begin{document}
\DrawLinkedList
\end{document}
Graphviz is an easy-to-use tool that lets one specify graphs without worrying too much about how they appear. The dot language is easy. Here is a singly-linked list:
foo -> bar
bar -> baz
baz -> qux
Making this bidirectional is almost as easy. You could specify that each node is bidirectional. Even easier, specify that all nodes are bidirectional:
edge [dir=both]
foo -> bar
bar -> baz
baz -> qux
There are a number of avenues to import your .dot file as a graphic in your LaTeX document. If you are using pdflatex, pipe the output of the dot command (specifying output format=ps) that comes with graphviz to ps2pdf to generate a .pdf file. You can \includegraphics this .pdf into your document.
Don't like the mixed up fonts that result? Use dot2text to convert the .dot file to latex as a series of pstricks commands.