/** * @file * @brief Implementation of the [Sublist Search Algorithm](https://www.geeksforgeeks.org/sublist-search-search-a-linked-list-in-another-list) algorithm. * @details * * Sublist search is used to detect a presence of one list in another list. * * Suppose we have a single-node list (let's say the first list), and we want to ensure that the list is present * in another list (let's say the second list), then we can perform the sublist search to find it. * * * For instance, the first list contains these elements: 23 -> 30 -> 41, and the second list contains these * elements: 10 -> 15 -> 23 -> 30 -> 41 -> 49. At a glance, we see that the first list presents in the second list. * * ### Working * * The sublist search algorithm works by comparing the first element of the first list with the * first element of the second list. * * If the two values don't match, it goes to the next element of the second list. It does this until the two values match. * * @author [Nitin Sharma](https://github.com/foo290) */ #include // for IO operations #include // For passing data as array #include // For assert /** * A Node structure representing single link Node in a linked list. */ struct Node { int data; Node *next; }; /** * @brief Main searching function * @param sublist A linked list which is supposed to be searched in mainList. * @param mainList A linked list in which sublist will be searched. * @returns bool If the sublist is found, returns true, else false. */ bool sublistSearch(Node *sublist, Node *mainList) { if (sublist == nullptr || mainList == nullptr) { return false; } Node *target_ptr = sublist; while (mainList != nullptr) { Node *main_ptr = mainList; // Initialize main pointer to the current node of main list. while (target_ptr != nullptr) { if (main_ptr == nullptr) { return false; } else if (main_ptr->data == target_ptr->data) { // If the data of target node and main node is equal then move to the next node of both lists. target_ptr = target_ptr->next; main_ptr = main_ptr->next; } else { break; } } if (target_ptr == nullptr) { // Is target pointer becomes null that means the target list is been traversed without returning false. // Which means the sublist has been found and return ture. return true; } target_ptr = sublist; // set the target pointer again to stating point of target list. mainList = mainList->next; // set the main pointer to the next element of the main list and repeat the algo. } // If the main list is exhausted, means sublist does not found, return false return false; } /** * @brief A simple function to print the linked list. * @param start The head of the linked list * @returns void */ void printLinkedList(Node *start) { while (start != nullptr) { std::cout << "->" << start->data; start = start->next; } std::cout << std::endl; } /** * @brief Makes a dummy linked list for testing. * @param data A vector of "int" containing the data that is supposed to be stored in nodes of linked list. * @returns Node* A head pointer to the linked list. */ Node *makeLinkedList(const std::vector &data) { Node *head = nullptr; Node *tail = nullptr; for (int i : data) { Node *node = new Node; node->data = i; node->next = nullptr; if (head == nullptr) { head = node; tail = node; } else { tail->next = node; tail = tail->next; } } return head; } /** * A class, encapsulating the necessary test cases. */ class TestCases { private: template void log(T msg) { // It's just to avoid writing cout and endl std::cout << "[TESTS] : ---> " << msg << std::endl; } public: void runTests() { log("Running Tests..."); testCase_1(); testCase_2(); testCase_3(); log("Test Cases over!"); std::cout << std::endl; } void testCase_1() { const bool expectedOutput = true; log("~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~"); log("This is test case 1 for sublist search Algorithm : "); log("Description:"); log(" EDGE CASE : Only contains one element"); std::vector sublistData = {6}; std::vector mainlistData = {2, 5, 6, 7, 8}; Node *sublistLL = makeLinkedList(sublistData); Node *mainlistLL = makeLinkedList(mainlistData); bool exists = sublistSearch(sublistLL, mainlistLL); log("Checking assert expression..."); assert(exists == expectedOutput); log("Assertion check passed!"); log("[PASS] : TEST CASE 1 PASS!"); log("~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~"); delete(sublistLL); delete(mainlistLL); } void testCase_2() { const bool expectedOutput = true; log("~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~"); log("This is test case 2 for sublist search Algorithm : "); log("Description:"); log(" contains main list of 100 elements and sublist of 20"); std::vector sublistData(20); std::vector mainlistData(100); for (int i = 0; i < 100; i++) { // Inserts 100 elements in main list mainlistData[i] = i + 1; } int temp = 0; for (int i = 45; i < 65; i++) { // Inserts 20 elements in sublist sublistData[temp] = i + 1; temp++; } Node *sublistLL = makeLinkedList(sublistData); Node *mainlistLL = makeLinkedList(mainlistData); bool exists = sublistSearch(sublistLL, mainlistLL); log("Checking assert expression..."); assert(exists == expectedOutput); log("Assertion check passed!"); log("[PASS] : TEST CASE 2 PASS!"); log("~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~"); } void testCase_3() { const bool expectedOutput = false; log("~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~"); log("This is test case 3 for sublist search Algorithm : "); log("Description:"); log(" contains main list of 50 elements and sublist of 20"); std::vector sublistData(20); std::vector mainlistData(50); for (int i = 0; i < 50; i++) { // Inserts 100 elements in main list mainlistData.push_back(i + 1); } for (int i = 45; i < 65; i++) { // Inserts 20 elements in sublist sublistData.push_back(i + 1); } Node *sublistLL = makeLinkedList(sublistData); Node *mainlistLL = makeLinkedList(mainlistData); bool exists = sublistSearch(sublistLL, mainlistLL); log("Checking assert expression..."); assert(exists == expectedOutput); log("Assertion check passed!"); log("[PASS] : TEST CASE 3 PASS!"); log("~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~"); } }; /** * @brief A test function that runs various checks * @returns void */ void test() { TestCases tc; tc.runTests(); } /** * @brief Main function * @param argc commandline argument count (ignored) * @param argv commandline array of arguments (ignored) * @returns 0 on exit */ int main(int argc, char *argv[]) { test(); // Executing various test cases first. std::vector mainlistData = {2, 5, 6, 7, 8}; std::vector sublistData = {6, 8}; Node *mainlistLL = makeLinkedList(mainlistData); Node *sublistLL = makeLinkedList(sublistData); bool exists = sublistSearch(sublistLL, mainlistLL); std::cout << "Sublist :" << std::endl; printLinkedList(sublistLL); std::cout << "Main list : " << std::endl; printLinkedList(mainlistLL); std::cout << std::endl; if (exists){ std::cout << "[TRUE] - sublist found in main list"; } else{ std::cout << "[FALSE] - sublist NOT found in main list"; } return 0; }