Rabi Siddique
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Time Complexities of different Data Structures

Strings#

  • Create: O(n) time to create a string of length n.
  • Read: O(1) time to access an individual character.
  • Update: O(n) time, as strings are immutable and require creating a new string for updates.
  • Delete: O(n) time, requiring creation of a new string without the deleted character.

Arrays#

  • Create: O(1) for fixed size, O(n) for dynamic size.
  • Read: O(1) time to access an element at a specific index.
  • Update: O(1) time to update an element at a specific index.
  • Delete: O(n) time to delete an element in the middle, O(1) at the end.

Dynamic Arrays#

  • Create: O(1) to create an empty array, O(n) for n elements.
  • Read, Update, Delete: Same as Arrays.

Linked Lists#

  • Create: O(n) time to create a list with n elements.
  • Read/Update/Delete: O(n) to find an element.

Stacks#

  • Create/Read/Update/Delete: O(1) time for all operations related to the top element.

Queues#

  • Create/Read/Delete: O(1) time to create, access the front, and dequeue.
  • Update: O(n) time for updating an element.

Hash Tables#

  • Create: O(n) time.
  • Read/Update/Delete: O(1) average case, O(n) worst case due to collisions.

Trees#

  • Create: O(n log n) for balanced trees, O(n^2) for unbalanced.
  • Read/Update/Delete: O(log n) in balanced trees, O(n) in unbalanced.

Graphs#

  • Create: O(n + m) time, where n is nodes and m is edges.
  • Read/Update/Delete: O(m) time for edge-related operations.

Heaps#

  • Create: O(n log n) time.
  • Read: O(1) for the min/max element.
  • Update/Delete: O(log n) time for these operations.

Tries#

  • Create: O(n * m) time, where n is number of strings and m is average string length.
  • Read/Update/Delete: O(m) time for string operations.

Union Find#

  • Create: O(n) time.
  • Read: O(1) time to find the set representative.
  • Update: O(n) time to union two sets.
  • Delete: Not applicable.
Time Complexities of different Data Structures
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Author
Rabi Siddique
Published at
2023-02-13