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    Default help with circular linked list

    i have an assignment to create a circular linked list.
    after adding to my list and printing it out it looks likt
    "one two three four"
    after using a moveFirst() method and say i wanted to start with three it should look like this
    "three four one two"
    However i cannot get my moveFirst() method to work properly i have tried many different ways but cannot get it to work. I understand all the concepts of how to do this it is just the actual coding to get it to do so.
    public class LinkedList<T> implements ListInterface<T> {
          private Node<T> head, tail;
          private int count;
     
          public LinkedList() {
             count=0;
             head = new Node<T>(null);
             head.setNext(new Node<T>(null));
             tail = head.getNext();
             if(tail.getNext()==null)
             	tail.setNext(head);
          }
     
     
          public void add(T elt){
             tail.setData(elt);
             tail.setNext(new Node<T>(null));
             tail=tail.getNext();
             count++;
          }
     
          public void addFirst(T elt){
             head.setNext(new Node<T>(elt, head.getNext()));
             count++;
          }
     
     
     
          public void addAt(T elt, int idx){
             int i;
             Node<T> p=head;
             if (idx<0 || idx>count)
                throw new IllegalArgumentException("Out of bounds: " + idx);
             for (i=0; i<idx; i++)
                p = p.getNext();
             p.setNext(new Node<T>(elt,p.getNext()));
             count++;
          }
     
          public int find(T elt){
             Node<T> p = head.getNext();
             int idx = 0;
             while (p!=tail) {
                if (p.getData().equals(elt))
                   return idx;
                p=p.getNext();
                idx++;
             }
             return -1;
          }
     
          public boolean contains(T elt){
             Node<T> p = head.getNext();
             while (p!=tail) {
                if (p.getData().equals(elt))
                   return true;
                p=p.getNext();
             }
             return false;
          }
     
          public boolean isEmpty(){
             return count==0; }
     
          public void makeEmpty(){
             count=0;
             head.setNext(tail);
          }
     
          public void printList(){
             Node<T> p= head.getNext();
             while (p!=tail) {
                System.out.print(p + " ");
                p = p.getNext();
             }
             System.out.println();
          }
     
          public T findKth(int idx){
             int i;
             Node<T> p = head.getNext();
             if (idx<0 || idx>=count)
                throw new IllegalArgumentException("Out of bounds: "+idx);
             for (i=0; i<idx; i++)
                p=p.getNext();
             return p.getData();
          }
     
          public boolean remove(T elt){
             int place = find(elt);
             return removeAt(place);
          }
     
          public boolean removeAt(int idx){
             Node<T> p = head;
             if (idx<0 || idx>=count)
                return false;
             for (int i=0; i<idx; i++)
                p=p.getNext();
             p.setNext(p.getNext().getNext());
             count--;
             return true;
          }
     
          public int size(){
             return count; }
     
          public Object[] toArray(){
             Node<T> p = head.getNext();
             Object[] newArray = new Object[count];
             int i=0;
             while (p!=tail) {
                newArray[i] = p.getData();
                ++i;
                p=p.getNext();
             }
             return newArray;
          }
    	public void moveFirst(T newTail, T newFirst) {
    		tail.setData(newTail);
    		System.out.println(tail);
    		head.setData(newFirst);
    		System.out.println(head);
     
     
    	}
          public static void main(String[] args) {
             LinkedList<String> ll = new LinkedList<String>();
     
             ll.add("one");
             ll.add("two");
             ll.add("three");
             ll.add("four");
             ll.printList();
             ll.moveFirst("one","three");
     
     
     
          }
       }
    Last edited by Seans0007; March 11th, 2012 at 10:25 PM.


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    Default Re: help with circular linked list

    Where is the moveFirst()?
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    Default Re: help with circular linked list

    public void moveFirst(T newTail, T newFirst) {
    		tail.setData(newTail);
    		System.out.println(tail);
    		head.setData(newFirst);
    		System.out.println(head);
     
     
    	}

    they print lines were for me to just see what exactly was happening to make sure i was doing it correctly.
    I can set the head and the tail to the new values given but when i reprint the line in the main method it just simply reprints the original line????

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    Default Re: help with circular linked list

    A comment on you debug output using printlns. If you add an ID String, a long list if printouts will be easier to understand:
    System.out.println("head="+head);

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