Data Structures

[elisha]

After going through an entire course in Java Programming, I needed to take Data Structures (C++). I am new to C++ and that is why I joined this forum/community. Do you know any book or tutorial that would be best for me before starting on Data Structures? Please help me. Anyone interested in collaboration can contact me.

[sohguanh]

Strictly speaking, data structures and algorithms are programming language independent. The reason a programming language is chosen is so as to implement those concepts in "flesh". This mean you can use Java,Perl,PHP etc to implement those data structures and algorithms.

Now for learning C++, this forum has reference section you can refer to or search google for some C++ tutorials.

[lnk2019]

There are several tutorials that you would be interested in on this forum:

http://www.cplusplus.com/doc/tutorial/

You might want to start with "Variables. Data types." then move on from there. As your coming from a Java background "Pointers" and "Dynamic Memory" are both must reads.

If you're already fluent with Java, then you should be able to knock these out in a few days. Just bare in mind C++ does not have "Garbage Collection" like in Java. This link might add a little light:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Comparison_of_Java_and_C%2B%2B#Resource_management

Good luck.