Define data structure. Explain data structure operations ?
DATA STRUCTURE------
- The logical or mathematical model of an organization of data is called a Data Structure.
DATA STRUCTURE OPERATIONS----
===> The data appearing in our data structures are processed by means of certain operations. In fact, the particular data structure that one chooses for a given situation depends largely on the frequency with which specific operations are performed.
- Traversing
- Searching
- Inserting
- Deleting
- Sorting
- Merging
TRAVERSING----
>> Accessing each record exactly once so that certain items in the record maybe processed. (This accessing and processing is sometimes called "visiting" the record)
SEARCHING----
>> Finding the location of the record with a given key value, or finding the locations of all records which satisfy one or more conditions.
INSERTING----
>> Adding a new record to the structure
DELETING ----
>> : Removing a record from the structure
SORTING----
>> Arranging the records in some logical order
MERGING----
>> Combining the records of two different sorted files into a single sorted file