- Hardcover: 1312 pages
- Language English
- ISBN-10: 0201849372
- ISBN-13: 978-0201849370
- Average Customer Review: 3.8 out of 5 stars See all reviews (14 customer reviews)
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3 of 3 people found the following review helpful
Format:Hardcover
This book covers the standard algorithms for searching, sorting, and some math, geometry, and graphing in a readable format. There is also some fun stuff including a brief section on the RSA cryptosystem. The code examples are very skimpy, leaving implementation to the reader, but the concepts are explained very well. Without doubt, a recommendation for intermediate programmers exploring these algorithms for the first or second time and for self-teaching.
2 of 2 people found the following review helpful
Format:Hardcover
This book is definitely not suitable for a first course in data structures. However, the coverage of algorithms is excellent and the book is suitable for an intermediate level programmer. There is one major problem with the book: no complete source code examples. The better books on programming on the market today include fully worked out source code examples (usually on disk or available through the internet). This book only includes snippets of code, intended to illustrate key aspects of the algorithms. I wanted to work with some of the algorithms later in the book and found myself having to keep paging through earlier sections of the book to figure out what the data structures were supposed to look like. There was no centralized location from which I could pull this information, and in some cases the types/classes/routines were not available at all, and had to be inferred from the information that was present. Given the complexity of the C++ language when it comes to specifying data structures, this is a major flaw. Further, the lack of compilable code with well defined test cases makes it harder for the reader to verify there are no errors in the code samples that ARE provided.
1 of 1 people found the following review helpful
Format:Hardcover
This book provides information on a wide variety of algorithms, from basic searching and sorting, to more advanced, mathematical material. While it does not go into as much depth as other texts, all ideas are explained in a clear and very readable manner. I highly recommend this book for any intermediate level programmer looking to gain a better perspective on a wide variety of algorithms.
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Why do people like this book?
It is strange to me why some people love this book so much. Admittedly, Sedgewick is very respected in his field and knows a lot about sorting algorithms, but his book is still... Read more
Published on 3 Jun 1999
Covers a lot but poor example and bad coding practice.
This book covers a wide variety of algorithms, ranging form basic sorting and searching to file compression and encryption. Read more
Published on 22 April 1999
Ugly and Obtusely written examples and text.
For being one of the top computer gurus, this person sure writes some ugly code. Many if not most of the code samples are broken. Read more
Published on 25 Feb 1999
Clean and Clear book
The source codes was written in a precise condense way and are intelligible. The content was well arranged.
Published on 25 Feb 1999
Greatest Book Known to Man!
Comes in handy for tests at school and great resource for programming issues concerning sorts and searches!
Published on 31 Dec 1998
Good book but the title is Deceptive
When I first opened the book, my initial inclination was to return it. The title is deceptive since it's examples are more C like with hardly any of the C++ OO features thrown in. Read more
Published on 6 Aug 1998
The best algorithm book in the world!
A very good book! Doesn't go into the material too deeply, but is a great thing for all students who want to learn interesting algorithms from any part of informatics.
Published on 15 Jun 1998
This is a GREAT algorithms book for intermediate level...
Finally a book that just cuts to the chase and gives you the building blocks for basic and advanced data structures and methods. Read more
Published on 12 Jun 1998
Good reference for data structures in any old language
This doesn't do a very good job of presenting data structures that mesh into a well designed C++ program, but it's got great explanations of the algorithms themselves, and if... Read more
Published on 18 Dec 1997
Fair to midland
This book was probably pretty good in 1992 but, is terribly outdated now. There is a complete lack of modern data structures and anything close to encapsulation techniques just... Read more
Published on 21 Oct 1997
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