DataStructureFundamentalCpp - UCSD Data Structures Fundamentals exercises done in C++ https://www.edx.org/course/data-structures-fundamentals-uc-san-diegox-algs201x

Age	Commit message (Collapse)	Author
2019-06-09	Tree traversal done in C++	Haidong Ji
	It's not too bad since I worked it out in Java. I didn't use recursive functions at all to avoid stack overflow issues. Instead, I worked it out using loop with stacks and queues. Lots of fun!
2019-03-17	Rabin-Karp string search done!	Haidong Ji
	Good practice of passing by reference again. First time using string compare method in C++. Also I guess I'm luck when I started the Java code using the poly hash function written earlier, therefore I didn't come across the mod negative issue that I read about. Fun stuff :)
2019-03-12	Hashing with Chains done!	Haidong Ji
	Didn't write test cases because the starter code wasn't easy for testing. Tested using sample input. Fun stuff :)
2019-03-09	Phone book done!	Haidong Ji

2019-03-05	Merging tables done!	Haidong Ji
	Lots of fun getting this one. I modified the starter code significantly, so it's more like my Java code (I did deviate away with setID as int). I'm happy for 2 things: 1. Learned and practiced again of passing by reference and modifying vector<Table> elements through address 2. Debugging googletests with Eclipse, I tried it and it worked. I had to click forward a few steps before I can really see variables and their changes in the debugger. Very nice :)
2019-02-24	Parallel processing job queue done!	Haidong Ji
	I used C++'s priority_queue (queue.h) and C++'s own pair data structure. Unlike Python and Java's similar data structure, C++'s priority_queue pops in reverse order, so I had to negate the value, and negate back when adding them to vectors. Cool use of pair. Fun stuff :)
2019-02-19	Build heap done!	Haidong Ji
	It turned out it's more challenging converting Java code to C++ this time. The for loop, commented in the code, was tricky! The while loop was better anyway. It was good practice of doing debugging with gdb. Once again, rewarding experience!
2019-01-29	Network packet done.	Haidong Ji
	Fun exercise. Good comparison and contrast with Java.
2019-01-15	Tree height done in C++!!!	Haidong Ji
	Wow, this is so frustrating at times but in the end so much fun!!! My real issue was creating and using a member function called getChildren, which returns a node's children. It turned out if I accessed the children member variable directly (since it's public), problem solved! Another somewhat interesting observation is that using "vector<Node>" in the main getHeight function seems slightly more efficient (memory wise) than "vector<Node*>". I also used Visual Studio Community C++ 2017, which was cool as well!
2019-01-11	Tree height partially done.	Haidong Ji
	Partially because it didn't pass time limitations for test case 19 out of 24. I suspect it's pointer reference stuff that was the cause of the issue. Checking in for now, I need to research and learn more and will tackle this again so it passes all tests.
2019-01-03	Check bracket done!	Haidong Ji
	Implementation isn't difficult since I worked the algo out in Java and Python already. I tried to use VS Code to write this but in the end decided to stick with Eclipse. Doing this in VS Code may not be worth the investment.