Which data structures and algorithms book should I buy

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I know C and C   and I have some experience with Java  but I don t know too much about Algorithms and Data Structures   I did a search on Amazon  but I don t know what book should I choose  I don t want a book which put its basis only on the theoretic part  I want the practical part too  probably more than the theoretical one        I don t want the code to be implemented in a certain language  but if is in Java  probably I would happier

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I think introduction to Algorithms is the reference books, and a must have for any serious programmer.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Introduction_to_Algorithms

Other fun book is The algorithm design manual http://www.algorist.com/. It covers more sophisticated algorithms.

I can't not mention The art of computer programming of Knuth http://www-cs-faculty.stanford.edu/~knuth/taocp.html

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Introduction to Algorithms by Cormen et  al  is a standard introductory algorithms book  and is used by many universities  including my own  It has pretty good coverage and is very approachable   And anything by Robert Sedgewick is good too

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Don t buy any book use   MIT OCW

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If you don t need in a complete reference to the most part of algorithms and data structures that are in use and just want to get acquainted with common techniques I would recommend something more lightweight than Cormen  Sedgewick or Knuth  I think  Algorithms and Data Structures by N  Wirth is not as bad choice even in spite of it was printed far ago

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If you want the algorithms to be implemented specifically in Java then there is Mitchell Waite s Series book  Data Structures  amp  Algorithms in Java    It starts from basic data structures like linked lists  stacks and queues  and the basic algorithms for sorting and searching   Working your way through it you will eventually get to Tree data structures  Red-Black trees  2-3 trees and Graphs   All-in-all its not an extremely theoretical book  but if you just want an introduction in a language you are familiar with then its a good book   At the end of the day  if you want a deeper understanding of algorithms you re going to have to learn some of the more theoretical concepts  and read one of the classics  like  Cormen Leiserson Rivest Stein s Introduction to Algorithms

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