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sorted list

(data structure)

Definition: A list whose items are kept sorted.

See also sorted array, ordered linked list.

Note: Often the term "sorted list" is short for "ordered linked list".

Author: PEB

Implementation

insertion (C) into an ordered linked list.
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Paul E. Black, "sorted list", in Dictionary of Algorithms and Data Structures [online], Vreda Pieterse and Paul E. Black, eds. 12 February 2019. (accessed TODAY) Available from: /HTML/sortedlist.html