Data Structures and Algorithms Using C# (Paperback)

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"An excellent, thoroughly enjoyable work on introductory and intermediate data structures for the increasingly popular C# programming language.... This book is valuable for any data structures course." -- M Connell, SUNY College at Cortland, CHOICE

Product Description

C# programmers: no more translating data structures from C++ or Java to use in your programs! Mike McMillan provides a tutorial on how to use data structures and algorithms plus the first comprehensive reference for C# implementation of data structures and algorithms found in the .NET Framework library, as well as those developed by the programmer. The approach is very practical, using timing tests rather than Big O notation to analyze the efficiency of an approach. Coverage includes arrays and array lists, linked lists, hash tables, dictionaries, trees, graphs, and sorting and searching algorithms, as well as more advanced algorithms such as probabilistic algorithms and dynamic programming. This is the perfect resource for C# professionals and students alike.

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Product Details

• Paperback: 366 pages
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press; 1 edition (March 26, 2007)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0521670152
• ISBN-13: 978-0521670159
• Product Dimensions: 9.2 x 7 x 0.7 inches
• Shipping Weight: 1.2 pounds (View shipping rates and policies)
• Average Customer Review: 1.8 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (18 customer reviews)
• Amazon.com Sales Rank: #350,650 in Books (See Bestsellers in Books)

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11 of 11 people found the following review helpful:

3.0 out of 5 stars Too many errors and omissions to be a great book, September 30, 2007

By	Scott Galloway "Scott Galloway" (Seattle, WA,) - See all my reviews (REAL NAME)

This book had the potential to be great but missed it's mark. The number of coding and textual errors is just too great for a book of this type. In addition, the coverage of the 'primitive' array and ArrayList items is, I feel incomplete...they're used a whole lot but how they're actually implemented isn't even touched upon (yes, they're language features...but it'd be nice to get some sort of insight here!).
I had such high hopes for this book; one which was missing from the C# armoury and essential to those of us who don't have a conventional Comp Sci background. This book just doesn't cut it...a second edition with better coverage and VASTLY better editing is needed.
Reading more, wish I could change my rating to 1 star (Amazon doesn't seem to allow this...). This is just an insulting book for the price...the number of errors and inaccuracies is remarkable...don't buy this!

8 of 8 people found the following review helpful:

1.0 out of 5 stars Are the errors kind of tricks to find the bugs?, January 29, 2008

By	Marco Dorantes (Mexico, DF MEXICO) - See all my reviews (REAL NAME)

I looked at the book for author's email address: None.
I looked at the Cambridge book site for kind of feedback form: None.
I wonder. Is this book written by a computer programmer?
Or perhaps the author has ingeniously left many errors in the programs so readers exercise the skills of finding bugs.

15 of 18 people found the following review helpful:

3.0 out of 5 stars Disappointing :-(, June 12, 2007

By	S. R. Moody "book wyrm" (Seattle WA USA) - See all my reviews (REAL NAME)

About half way through the book, and I am sadly disapointed and am beginning to wish I hadn't purchased this book. The examples printed in the book are grossly incorrect, variables used in the examples where something entirely different is referred to in the text, syntactically incorrect variables in a lot of the examples, and figures are even in consistent. I looked through the pages for an author email addy or someplace to go for eratta, but could find no such thing. I will keep reading through this but its costing me more work trying to figure out what the author really meant then the amount of information I am getting back in return... they really should have proof read this one a little better... my recommendation... do not buy it, or at least until they have fixed the errors.