freeCodeCamp/curriculum/challenges/english/10-coding-interview-prep/data-structures/create-a-doubly-linked-list.md

---
id: 587d825a367417b2b2512c87
title: Create a Doubly Linked List
challengeType: 1
forumTopicId: 301626
dashedName: create-a-doubly-linked-list
---

# --description--

All of the linked lists we've created so far are singly linked lists. Here, we'll create a <dfn>doubly linked list</dfn>. As the name implies, nodes in a doubly linked list have references to the next and previous node in the list.

This allows us to traverse the list in both directions but it also requires more memory to be used because every node must contain an additional reference to the previous node in the list.

# --instructions--

We've provided a `Node` object and started our `DoublyLinkedList`. Let's add two methods to our doubly linked list called `add` and `remove`. The `add` method should add the given element to the list while the `remove` method should remove all occurrences of a given element in the list.

Be careful to handle any possible edge cases when writing these methods, such as deletions for the first or last element. Also, removing any item on an empty list should return `null`.

# --hints--

The DoublyLinkedList data structure should exist.

```js
assert(
  (function () {
    var test = false;
    if (typeof DoublyLinkedList !== 'undefined') {
      test = new DoublyLinkedList();
    }
    return typeof test == 'object';
  })()
);
```

The DoublyLinkedList should have a method called add.

```js
assert(
  (function () {
    var test = false;
    if (typeof DoublyLinkedList !== 'undefined') {
      test = new DoublyLinkedList();
    }
    if (test.add == undefined) {
      return false;
    }
    return typeof test.add == 'function';
  })()
);
```

The DoublyLinkedList should have a method called remove.

```js
assert(
  (function () {
    var test = false;
    if (typeof DoublyLinkedList !== 'undefined') {
      test = new DoublyLinkedList();
    }
    if (test.remove == undefined) {
      return false;
    }
    return typeof test.remove == 'function';
  })()
);
```

Removing an item from an empty list should return null.

```js
assert(
  (function () {
    var test = false;
    if (typeof DoublyLinkedList !== 'undefined') {
      test = new DoublyLinkedList();
    }
    return test.remove(100) == null;
  })()
);
```

The add method should add items to the list.

```js
assert(
  (function () {
    var test = false;
    if (typeof DoublyLinkedList !== 'undefined') {
      test = new DoublyLinkedList();
    }
    test.add(5);
    test.add(6);
    test.add(723);
    return test.print().join('') == '56723';
  })()
);
```

Each node should keep track of the previous node.

```js
assert(
  (function () {
    var test = false;
    if (typeof DoublyLinkedList !== 'undefined') {
      test = new DoublyLinkedList();
    }
    test.add(50);
    test.add(68);
    test.add(73);
    return test.printReverse().join('') == '736850';
  })()
);
```

The first item should be removable from the list.

```js
assert(
  (function () {
    var test = false;
    if (typeof DoublyLinkedList !== 'undefined') {
      test = new DoublyLinkedList();
    }
    test.add(25);
    test.add(35);
    test.add(60);
    test.remove(25);
    return test.print().join('') == '3560';
  })()
);
```

The last item should be removable from the list.

```js
assert(
  (function () {
    var test = false;
    if (typeof DoublyLinkedList !== 'undefined') {
      test = new DoublyLinkedList();
    }
    test.add(25);
    test.add(35);
    test.add(60);
    test.remove(60);
    return test.print().join('') == '2535';
  })()
);
```

# --seed--

## --after-user-code--

```js
DoublyLinkedList.prototype = Object.assign(
  DoublyLinkedList.prototype,
  {
  
  print() {
    if (this.head == null) {
      return null;
    } else {
      var result = new Array();
      var node = this.head;
      while (node.next != null) {
        result.push(node.data);
        node = node.next;
      };
      result.push(node.data);
      return result;
    };
  },
  printReverse() {
    if (this.tail == null) {
      return null;
    } else {
      var result = new Array();
      var node = this.tail;
      while (node.prev != null) {
        result.push(node.data);
        node = node.prev;
      };
      result.push(node.data);
      return result;
    };
  }
});
```

## --seed-contents--

```js
var Node = function(data, prev) {
  this.data = data;
  this.prev = prev;
  this.next = null;
};
var DoublyLinkedList = function() {
  this.head = null;
  this.tail = null;
  // Only change code below this line
  
  // Only change code above this line
};
```

# --solutions--

```js
// solution required
```