[Athen] RE: computer science symbols in Word or ?

[Heidi Scher]

I second that!!!

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On Tue, Feb 11, 2014 at 11:25 PM, Ron Stewart <ron at ahead.org> wrote:


> Paul I am so glad you have joined our happily little but very strange

> community!

>

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> *From:* athen-list-bounces at mailman2.u.washington.edu [mailto:

> athen-list-bounces at mailman2.u.washington.edu] *On Behalf Of *Paul E. Paire

> *Sent:* Tuesday, February 11, 2014 8:52 AM

>

> *To:* Access Technology Higher Education Network

> *Subject:* [Athen] RE: computer science symbols in Word or ?

>

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>

> Linda,

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>

> Your request was for software which can be used to visually create a

> linked list... one exists but I don't know if it's going to suit your needs

> well as I don't know how accessible the software is.

>

>

>

> http://www.comscigate.com/cs/cs2.htm  Look for the section titled "Visual

> Automated Linked List".  Download the links from the cs2.htm page, don't

> follow the other links (the software has vanished from the original host,

> and this is the only page I've found which still hosts it.)  The software

> will allow you to create and save a linked list (though it doesn't seem to

> give you the option to print it - though a screen shot may work, and I

> don't know how complex you can get with it - I don't see how to create a

> doubly linked list.)

>

>

>

> Here's what it looks like:

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>

> Alternately you may look at Visio they have a 'program structure' set of

> templates:

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>

>

> However I wasn't able to find out how to easily create the linked lists

> that they show in the template preview (it's Visio, what can I say.)

>

>

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> Instead you can use the basic shapes (boxes, lines, and arrows) in

> Word/PowerPoint to do the same thing (and it's a heck of a lot easier):

>

> (just take the arrow shape and turn the head into a ball instead of an

> arrow or null)

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>

> I hope this helps.

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>

> -Paul

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> *From:* athen-list-bounces at mailman2.u.washington.edu

> [mailto:athen-list-bounces at mailman2.u.washington.edu] *On Behalf Of *Linda

> Petty

> *Sent:* Monday, February 10, 2014 2:59 PM

> *To:* athen-list at u.washington.edu

> *Subject:* [Athen] computer science symbols in Word or ?

>

>

>

> Hi

>

> I have a student who is majoring in math and computer sci., and needs to

> do his work on the computer, rather than by hand.

>

> He needs to be able to make "Linked Lists" in computer science, which use

> some unusual symbols. I've gone thru Inspiration and MathType, as well as

> Word symbols, but cannot find them- here is the Wikipedia example- boxes

> with lines in them, essentially.

>

> "In computer science <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Computer_science>, a *linked

> list* is a data structure <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Data_structure>consisting of a group of

> nodes <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Node_%28computer_science%29> which

> together represent a sequence. Under the simplest form, each node is

> composed of a datum and a reference<http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Reference_%28computer_science%29>(in other words, a

> *link*) to the next node in the sequence; more complex variants add

> additional links. This structure allows for efficient insertion or removal

> of elements from any position in the sequence.

>

> [image: Singly-linked-list.svg]<http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Singly-linked-list.svg>

> *A linked list whose nodes contain two fields: an integer value and a link

> to the next node. The last node is linked to a terminator used to signify

> the end of the list.*

>

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>

>

> Is anyone aware of how to insert these, or software to make this process

> easier?

>

> Thanks

>

> Linda

>

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