trekhleb / trekhleb/javascript-algorithms
Implement new Data Structure: SkipList
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Description
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Skip_list
I learned about this data structure in my distributed systems class. Could we add it to the project?
Contributor guide
First steps
- Read the whole issue, then the project's contributing guide.
- Comment on the issue to say you are picking it up — it saves two people doing the same work.
- Fork the repository and make your change on a branch.
- Open a pull request that references the issue number.
Research direction
Start with the linked Wikipedia article, then inspect the repository's existing data-structure implementations to find the expected file, API, explanations, and test conventions. Done means adding a SkipList that follows those project conventions and has coverage for its expected behavior.
Written by the indexing model from the issue text.
Assessment
- Tech stack
- javascript
- Domain
- data
- Issue type
- Feature
- Difficulty
- 3/5
- Estimated time
- 1-2 days
- Activity status
- Stale
- Clarity
- Mostly clear
- Newbie friendliness
- 35/100