Count Occurrences of an Element in Linked List without Recursion in Python

When it is required to count the number of occurrences of a specific element in a linked list without using recursion, a method to add elements to the linked list, a method to display the elements of the linked list, and a method to count the occurrences of a value are defined.

Below is a demonstration for the same −

Example

 Live Demo

class Node:
   def __init__(self, data):
      self.data = data
      self.next = None

class my_linked_list:
   def __init__(self):
      self.head = None
      self.last_node = None

   def add_value(self, my_data):
      if self.last_node is None:
         self.head = Node(my_data)
         self.last_node = self.head
      else:
         self.last_node.next = Node(my_data)
         self.last_node = self.last_node.next

   def print_it(self):
      curr = self.head
      while curr:
         print(curr.data)
         curr = curr.next

   def count_val(self, key):
      curr = self.head
      my_count = 0
      while curr:
         if curr.data == key:
            my_count = my_count + 1
         curr = curr.next
      return my_count

my_instance = my_linked_list()
my_list = [56, 43, 70, 67, 89, 91, 70, 23, 46, 70]
for elem in my_list:
   my_instance.add_value(elem)
print("The linked list contains the below elements:")
my_instance.print_it()

key_val = int(input('Enter the data item: '))
count_val = my_instance.count_val(key_val)
print('{0} occurs {1} time(s) in the list.'.format(key_val, count_val))

Output

The linked list contains the below elements:
56
43
70
67
89
91
70
23
46
70
Enter the data item: 70
70 occurs 3 time(s) in the list.

Explanation

• The ‘Node’ class is created.

• Another ‘my_linked_list’ class with required attributes is created.

• It has an ‘init’ function that is used to initialize the first element, i.e the ‘head’ to ‘None’ and last node to ‘None’.

• Another method named ‘add_value’ is defined, that is used to add data to the linked list.

• Another method named ‘print_it’ is defined, that iterates over the list, and prints the elements.

• Another method named ‘count_val’ is defined that is used to find the frequency of occurrence of a specific element in the linked list.

• An object of the ‘my_linked_list’ class is created.

• The count_val method is called, to find the frequency of a specific element.

• This output is displayed on the console.