#include <iostream>
// since you wanna have all of Node in public, declare as struct
struct Node
{
char data;
int count = 1;
Node* next_node = nullptr;
Node(const char& a) // create a constrcor which will initilize data
: data(a) {} // at the time of Node creation
};
class set
{
private:
Node *head; // need only head, if it's a simple list
public:
set() :head(nullptr) {} // constructor set it to nullptr
~set()
{
Node* temp = head;
while( temp != nullptr )
{
Node* next = temp->next_node;
//std::cout << "deleting \t" << temp->data << std::endl;
delete temp;
temp = next;
}
head = nullptr;
}
inline bool isAvailable(const char& value)
{
Node *findPos = head;
while(findPos != nullptr)
{
if(findPos -> data == value) return true;
else findPos = findPos->next_node;
}
return false;
}
void insert(const char& value)
{
if(head == nullptr) // first case
{
Node *newNode = new Node(value);
newNode->next_node = head;
head = newNode;
}
else if(isAvailable(value)) // if node available
{
Node *temp = head;
while(temp->data != value) // find the node
temp = temp->next_node;
temp->count += 1; // and count it by 1
}
else // all new nodes
{
Node *temp = head;
while(temp->next_node != nullptr) // to find the null point (end of list)
temp = temp->next_node;
temp = temp->next_node = new Node(value);
}
}
void print() const // just to print
{
Node *temp = head;
while(temp != nullptr)
{
std::cout << temp->data << " " << temp->count << "\n";
temp = temp->next_node;
}
}
};
int main()
{
::set mySet;
mySet.insert('a');
mySet.insert('a');
mySet.insert('b');
mySet.insert('b');
mySet.insert('c');
mySet.insert('a');
mySet.print();
return 0;
}