{"id":5241,"date":"2021-09-29T11:25:41","date_gmt":"2021-09-29T11:25:41","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.prepbytes.com\/blog\/?p=5241"},"modified":"2023-04-20T10:47:20","modified_gmt":"2023-04-20T10:47:20","slug":"insertion-sort-for-singly-linked-list","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/prepbytes.com\/blog\/insertion-sort-for-singly-linked-list\/","title":{"rendered":"Insertion Sort for Singly Linked List"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Insertion sort is a simple and efficient sorting algorithm that works well on small or nearly sorted data sets and it works similarly to the way you sort playing cards in your hands. The elements are virtually split into a sorted and an unsorted part. Values from the unsorted part are picked and placed in the correct position in the sorted part. Insertion sort is also an ideal sorting algorithm for sorting the singly linked list. Let us study in detail the insertion sort in linked list and understand how the insertion sort using linked list works.<\/p>\n

Insertion Sort in Linked List<\/h2>\n

To perform the insertion sort using linked list, we will be given a singly linked list. We need to return the pointer to the head node after sorting the given linked list.<\/p>\n

Input linked list:<\/strong><\/p>\n

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Output after performing the insertion sort in linked list:<\/strong><\/p>\n

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Explanation:<\/strong> The given linked list is sorted and the sorted linked list is printed in the output.<\/p>\n

This problem is not a tricky one. Let\u2019s start performing insertion sort in linked list.<\/p>\n