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Nested list in C++ STL

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list in STL is used to represent a linked list in C++. How to create a nested list. We are given n lists, we need to create a list of n lists. Examples:

Input :  Number of lists: 2
1st list: {1 2}
2nd list:  {3 4 5 6}
Output : 
[
  [ 1  2 ]
  [ 3  4  5  6 ]
]

Input : Number of lists: 3
1st list : {0 1} 
2nd list : {1 2 3}
3rd list : {2 3 4 5}
Output :
[
  [ 0  1 ]
  [ 1  2  3 ]
  [ 2  3  4  5 ]
]
CPP
// c++ program for nested list 

#include <iostream> 
#include <iterator> 
#include <list> 
using namespace std; 

void printNestedList(list<list<int> > nested_list) 
{ 
    cout << "[\n"; 

    // nested_list`s iterator(same type as nested_list) 
    // to iterate the nested_list 
    list<list<int> >::iterator nested_list_itr; 

    // Print the nested_list 
    for (nested_list_itr = nested_list.begin(); 
        nested_list_itr != nested_list.end(); 
        ++nested_list_itr) { 

        cout << " ["; 

        // normal_list`s iterator(same type as temp_list) 
        // to iterate the normal_list 
        list<int>::iterator single_list_itr; 

        // pointer of each list one by one in nested list 
        // as loop goes on 
        list<int>& single_list_pointer = *nested_list_itr; 

        for (single_list_itr = single_list_pointer.begin(); 
            single_list_itr != single_list_pointer.end(); 
            single_list_itr++) { 
            cout << " " << *single_list_itr << " "; 
        } 
        cout << "]\n"; 
    } 
    cout << "]"; 
} 

// Driver code 
int main() 
{ 
    // instead integer type can have any data type 
    list<list<int> > nested_list; 
    list<int> single_list; 
    int n, m, num; 

    // number of lists in nested list 
    n = 3; 

    for (int i = 0; i < n; i++) { 

        // number of elements in list 
        m = i + 2; 
        for (int j = 0; j < m; j++) { 
            num = i + j; 
            single_list.push_back(num); 
        } 

        nested_list.push_back(single_list); 

        // delete all elements from single_list 
        single_list.erase(single_list.begin(), 
                        single_list.end()); 
    } 

    printNestedList(nested_list); 

    return 0; 
} 
Output:
[
  [ 0  1 ]
  [ 1  2  3 ]
  [ 2  3  4  5 ]
]

Time Complexity: O(n*n), where n is the number of lists in nested list

Space Complexity: O(n*n)


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