Data Structures - Create a Linked List Class

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Hi everyone,

I don’t get why I’m failing the tests with the code below,

Failing tests:

  • Your LinkedList class should assign head to the first node added.
  • The previous node in your LinkedList class should have reference to the newest node created.

Your code so far

class Node {
  constructor(element) {
    this.element = element;
    this.next = null;
  }
  getNext() {return this.next}
  setNext(n) {this.next = n}
};

class LinkedList {
  constructor() {
    this.length = 0;
    this.head = null;
  }

  getHead() {
    return this.head;
  };

  setHead(N) {
    this.head = N;
  }

  increaseLength() {
    this.length++;
  }

  size(){
    return this.length;
  };

  add(element){
    if(this.size() === 0) {
      //1st link
      let N = new Node(element);
      this.setHead(N);
      this.increaseLength();
      return
    }
    let tempHead = this.getHead();
    while(tempHead.getNext() !== null) {
      tempHead = tempHead.getNext();
    }
    let N = new Node(element);
    tempHead.setNext(N);
    this.increaseLength();
  };

  printList() {
    let read = this.getHead()
    do {
      console.log(read)
      read = read.getNext()
    } while(read)
  }
}

let L = new LinkedList

L.add(1)
console.log(L)
L.add(2)
console.log(L)
L.add(3)
console.log(L)
L.add(4)
console.log(L)
L.printList()


// console output
{ length: 1, head: { element: 1, next: null } }
{ length: 2,
  head: { element: 1, next: { element: 2, next: null } } }
{ length: 3,
  head: { element: 1, next: { element: 2, next: [Object] } } }
{ length: 4,
  head: { element: 1, next: { element: 2, next: [Object] } } }
{ element: 1,
  next: { element: 2, next: { element: 3, next: [Object] } } }
{ element: 2,
  next: { element: 3, next: { element: 4, next: null } } }
{ element: 3, next: { element: 4, next: null } }
{ element: 4, next: null }

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Challenge: Data Structures - Create a Linked List Class

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You shouldn’t edit anything outside of the lines indicating where you should change the code:

this.add = function(element){
    // Only change code below this line

    // Only change code above this line
  };

The tests are failing because you changed the code where you weren’t supposed to.