Linked List Inserting strings in alphabetical order
- by user69514
I have a linked list where each node contains a string and a count. my insert method needs to inset a new node in alphabetical order based on the string. if there is a node with the same string, then i increment the count. the problem is that my method is not inserting in alphabetical order
public Node findIsertionPoint(Node head, Node node){
if( head == null)
return null;
Node curr = head;
while( curr != null){
if( curr.getValue().compareTo(node.getValue()) == 0)
return curr;
else if( curr.getNext() == null || curr.getNext().getValue().compareTo(node.getValue()) > 0)
return curr;
else
curr = curr.getNext();
}
return null;
}
public void insert(Node node){
Node newNode = node;
Node insertPoint = this.findIsertionPoint(this.head, node);
if( insertPoint == null)
this.head = newNode;
else{
if( insertPoint.getValue().compareTo(node.getValue()) == 0)
insertPoint.getItem().incrementCount();
else{
newNode.setNext(insertPoint.getNext());
insertPoint.setNext(newNode);
}
}
count++;
}
