This article kicks off a six-part series that focuses on important data structures and their use in application development. We’ll examine both built-in data structures present in the .NET Framework, as well as essential data structures we’ll have to build ourselves. This first installment focuses on defining what data structures are, how the efficiency of data structures is analyzed, and why this analysis is important. In this article, we’ll also examine the Array and ArrayList, two of the most commonly used data structures present in the .NET Framework.
C#: An Extensive Examination of Data Structures
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Start of 12th paragraph has a typo:
The sort of analysis described here is called asymptotic analysis
I know this is picky, sorry
Also, when did Big-O notations become big-Oh notation that I see throught the document?
Furthermore – the article was nice, but in reality after reading it, it’s nothing more than elementary conspects that would be learned on the first day of any Computer Science Data Structures course.
I’m looking forward the rest of the articles in this series.
I think you meant:
“Furthermore – the article was nice, but in reality after reading it, it’s nothing more than elementary concepts that would be learned on the first day of any Computer Science Data Structures course.”
I guess nobody is perfect 🙂
Why use C# at all when you can get VB.NET as a standalone product for $50?
Furthermore,
“Also, when did Big-O notations become big-Oh notation that I see throughout the document?”
I know this is getting silly, but I just couldn’t resist it.
You can get C# as a single product as well. Or, you can use the command-line tools for free.
Most people, here, are not computer science graduates. ;-D For that matter, most programmers aren’t either.