J-Burns wrote: > I need to make a linked list that can do the following: > > 1) Point to multiple nodes at one time > 2) Should have 2 values: > a) The node no. > b) The value of that node in reference to the next node that it is > pointing to > > For example, this means that there can be a start node supposedly. > Having a value of 0. It is pointing to node 1 with the value of "a" > and to node 2 with the value of "b". Trying to make something like an > NFA. Where id be changing regular expressions to NFAs. > > How can I do this? And if I could do this by some other way than using > linked lists than do tell me about that as well.
when you mention NFAs and regular expressions, you make me think that you don't want a linked list at all, but a graph. there are various ways of storing a graph, but one of the simplest is to use a dict() that maps from source to destination node(s). in your case you could use ints for the nodes and a dict([int]) for the graph. so: {1: [2,3], 2: [3], 3: [3]} is a graph in which 1 and 2 are connected in each direction, both 1 and 2 are linked to 3, and 3 has a loop that links back to itself. andrew -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list