Preface xxi
Acknowledgments . xxiii
Introduction xxv
PART I: THE BASICS 1
Chapter 1: Using JavaScript . 3
Chapter 2: Functional Programming in JavaScript . 23
Chapter 3: Abstract Data Types 37
Chapter 4: Analyzing Algorithms 49
PART II: ALGORITHMS . 61
Chapter 5: Designing Algorithms 63
Chapter 6: Sorting 91
Chapter 7: Selecting 121
Chapter 8: Shuffling and Sampling . 137
Chapter 9: Searching 159
PART III: DATA STRUCTURES 175
Chapter 10: Lists . 177
Chapter 11: Bags, Sets, and Maps . 203
Chapter 12: Binary Trees . 235
Chapter 13: Trees and Forests 283
Chapter 14: Heaps . 317
Chapter 15: Extended Heaps . 345
Chapter 16: Digital Search Trees 387
Chapter 17: Graphs 425
Chapter 18: Immutability and Functional Data Structures 469
Answer Key 487
Bibliography 545
Index . 549

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