A Practical Introduction to
Data Structures and Algorithm Analysis
by Clifford A. Shaffer

The third edition of the textbook is now available! I maintain a Java version and a C++ version. This material is distributed free for educational use. See here for more information about the goals of this online textbook project.

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Note: The first and second editions of the text are now obsolete, and I do not support them.

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