Python program to delete a new node from the beginning of the doubly linked list.
In this program, we will create a doubly linked list and delete a node from the beginning of the list. If the list is empty, print the message “List is empty”. If the list is not empty, we will make the head to point to the next node in the list then; we will delete the first node.
Consider the above example, new was the head of the list. Make head to point to next node in the list. Now, node 1 will become the new head of the list thus, deleting node new.
ALGORITHM:
- Define a Node class which represents a node in the list. It will have three properties: data, previous which will point to the previous node and next which will point to the next node.
- 2Define another class for creating a doubly linked list, and it has two nodes: head and tail. Initially, head and tail will point to null.
- 3deleteFromStart() will delete a node from the beginning of the list:
- It first checks whether the head is null (empty list) then, it will return from the function as there is no node present in the list.
- If the list is not empty, it will check whether the list has only one node.
- If the list has only one node, it will set both head and tail to null.
- If the list has more than one node then, the head will point to the next node in the list and delete the old head node.
a. display() will show all the nodes present in the list.
- Define a new node ‘current’ that will point to the head.
- Print current.data till current points to null.
- Current will point to the next node in the list in each iteration.
PROGRAM:
- #Represent a node of doubly linked list
- class Node:
- def __init__(self,data):
- self.data = data;
- self.previous = None;
- self.next = None;
- class DeleteStart:
- #Represent the head and tail of the doubly linked list
- def __init__(self):
- self.head = None;
- self.tail = None;
- #addNode() will add a node to the list
- def addNode(self, data):
- #Create a new node
- newNode = Node(data);
- #If list is empty
- if(self.head == None):
- #Both head and tail will point to newNode
- self.head = self.tail = newNode;
- #head’s previous will point to None
- self.head.previous = None;
- #tail’s next will point to None, as it is the last node of the list
- self.tail.next = None;
- else:
- #newNode will be added after tail such that tail’s next will point to newNode
- self.tail.next = newNode;
- #newNode’s previous will point to tail
- newNode.previous = self.tail;
- #newNode will become new tail
- self.tail = newNode;
- #As it is last node, tail’s next will point to None
- self.tail.next = None;
- #deleteFromStart() will delete a node from the beginning of the list
- def deleteFromStart(self):
- #Checks whether list is empty
- if(self.head == None):
- return;
- else:
- #Checks whether the list contains only one element
- if(self.head != self.tail):
- #head will point to next node in the list
- self.head = self.head.next;
- #Previous node to current head will be made None
- self.head.previous = None;
- #If the list contains only one element
- #then, it will remove the node, and now both head and tail will point to None
- else:
- self.head = self.tail = None;
- #display() will print out the nodes of the list
- def display(self):
- #Node current will point to head
- current = self.head;
- if(self.head == None):
- print(“List is empty”);
- return;
- while(current != None):
- #Prints each node by incrementing pointer.
- print(current.data),
- current = current.next;
- print();
- dList = DeleteStart();
- #Add nodes to the list
- dList.addNode(1);
- dList.addNode(2);
- dList.addNode(3);
- dList.addNode(4);
- dList.addNode(5);
- #Printing original list
- print(“Original List: “);
- dList.display();
- while(dList.head != None):
- dList.deleteFromStart();
- #Printing updated list
- print(“Updated List: “);
- dList.display();
Output:
Original List: 1 2 3 4 5 Updated List: 2 3 4 5 Updated List: 3 4 5 Updated List: 4 5 Updated List: 5 Updated List: List is empty