how to make a node point to null in javascript linkedlist code example
Example: Javascript singly linked list
/**
* @constructor SLL
*
* @param head The head of the list.
* @param klass The reference to the SLLNode class
* @param size the size or length of the list.
* @arguments <klass:SLLNode>
* @description The SLL Factory
*
*/
export function SLL(klass = Node) {
this.head = new Node();
this.klass = Node;
this.size = 0;
}
/**
* @function Add|Method
*
* @returns SLLNode
* @param node The node you will append
* @arguments <key:string>
* @description A method that will insert a new node at the beginning of the
* list.
*/
SLL.prototype.add = function insert(key) {
const node = new this.klass(key);
this.head = this.head.add(node);
this.size++;
return this;
}
/**
* @function Find|Method
*
* @returns SLLNode
* @param key The key of the node you wish to find.
* @arguments <key:string>
* @description A method that will retireve a node associated with the
* corrosponding key.
*/
SLL.prototype.find = function find(key) {
return this.head && this.head.find(key);
}
/**
* @function Insert|Method
*
* @returns SLLNode
* @param key The key of the node you wish to append a new node.
* @param key1 The key of the node you wish to insert
* @arguments <key:string>, <key1:string>
* @description A method that will insert a new node into the middle of the
* list
*/
SLL.prototype.insert = function insert(key, key1) {
const node = new this.klass(key1);
return this.head && this.head.insert(key, node);
}
/**
* @function Del|Method
*
* @returns SLLNode
* @param key The key of the node you wish to delete.
* @arguments <key:string>
* @description A method that will delete a node associated with the
* corrosponding key.
*/
SLL.prototype.del = function del(key) {
return this.head.del(key);
}
/**
* @returns SLLNode
* @param key The key of the node you wish to create.
* @arguments <key:null?string>
* @description The SLLNode Interface
*
* @interface ISLLNode
*/
function ISSLNode(key=null) {
this.key = key;
this.next = null;
}
/**
* @constructor SLLNode
*
* @param key The key of the node you wish to create.
* @arguments <key:null?string>
* @description The SLLNode Factory
*
* @implements ISLLNode
*/
export function SLLNode(key=null) {
ISSLNode.call(this, key=null);
}
/**
* @function Add|Method
*
* @returns SLLNode
* @param node The node you will append
* @arguments <node:SLLNode>
* @description A method that will insert a new node at the beginning of the
* list.
*/
SLLNode.prototype.add = function add(node) {
if(!this.key && !this.next) {
this.key = node.key;
this.next = node.next;
return node;
}
node.next = this;
return node;
}
/**
* @function Find|Method
*
* @returns SLLNode
* @param key The key of the node you wish to find.
* @arguments <key:string>
* @description A method that will retireve a node associated with the
* corrosponding key.
*/
SLLNode.prototype.find = function find(key) {
if (this.key === key) {
this.next = null;
return this;
}
if (this.key !== key) {
if(!this.next) {
return 0;
}
return this.next.find(key);
}
}
/**
* @function Insert|Method
*
* @returns SLLNode
* @param key The key of the node you wish to append a new node.
* @param node The node you will append
* @arguments <key:string>, <node:SLLNode>
* @description A method that will insert a new node into the middle of the
* list
*/
SLLNode.prototype.insert = function insert(key, node) {
if (this.key === key) {
let tmp = this.next;
this.next = node;
node.next = tmp;
return node;
}
if (this.key !== key) {
if (!this.next) {
return 0;
}
return this.next.insert(key, node);
}
}
/**
* @function Del|Method
*
* @returns SLLNode
* @param key The key of the node you wish to delete.
* @param pre
* @arguments <key:string>, <pre:null?SLLNode>
* @description A method that will delete a node associated with the
* corrosponding key.
*/
SLLNode.prototype.del = function del(key, pre=null) {
if (this.key === key) {
let tmp = this.next;
pre.next = tmp;
return this;
}
if (this.key !== key) {
if (!this.next) {
return 0;
}
return this.next.del(key, this);
}
}