incremented loop question

-Hello, I am trying to loop through a linked list so that after all elements are looped through, the first element
-is removed from the list, and then after the new loop occurs again, the second item is removed, this occurs until the second to
-last node and last node remain.

Example print out:

loop 1: A,B,C,D,E
loop 2: B,C,D,E
loop 3: C,D,E
loop 4: D,E
loop 5: E



Here is my code (wanting it to do above increment in tree3Loop method.

public void tree3Loop(){
for(int k=0;k<clusterList3.size();k++)
{
buildTree3();
System.out.println(k);

}

}

public void buildTree3() {
// if no common elements, then new node is set as parent and shifted x_increment to right
// if not parent, then attach to node that shares common element(s)
// ListIterator itr3 = clusterList3.listIterator();

//Loop through all pairwise combinations


// ClusterNode's first element is the root node
for (int i=1; i<clusterList3.size(); i++) { // start from 2nd node
ClusterNode2 cNode3 = clusterList3.get(i); // current node
for (int j=0; j<i && cNode3.isRoot(); j++) {
ClusterNode2 pNode3 = clusterList3.get(j); // prev node already has (x,y) fixed
LinkedList<String> commonCDTs3 = cNode3.getCommonCDTs(pNode3);
if (commonCDTs3.size() != 0) {
cNode3.setParent(pNode3); // cNode is child to pNode
pNode3.addChild(cNode3);
}
}
if (cNode3.isRoot()) { // no common elements with any nodes already in list
rootClusterList3.add(cNode3);
cNode3.setLoc(3, x_marker3, y_marker3);
moveMarkers3(); // shift x marker to next parent
}
}


// Now all root nodes have their location fixed so we run BFS to fix children location
for (int i=0; i<rootClusterList3.size(); i++) {
queue3.add(rootClusterList3.get(i));
BFS3();
}



}

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Ok, how do I run an incremented loop from tree3Loop where the linked list (clusterList3) output of nodes is

0,1,2,3,4
1,2,3,4
2,3,4
3,4
4

? Currently I am trying after each increment to remove the top node and run the loop again (and my buildTree3 method) so that each time the number of nodes is smaller and smaller. The best I can do is

0,1,2,3,4 and I am trying remove but it doesn't increment back into my loop tree3Loop() method.

Code:

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public void tree3Loop(){
    for(int k=0;k<clusterList3.size();k++)
    {
      buildTree3();
      System.out.println(k);
      clusterList3.remove(k);
    }

  }

public void buildTree3() {



//Loop through all pairwise combinations


// ClusterNode's first element is the root node
      for (int i=1; i<clusterList3.size(); i++) { // start from 2nd node
        ClusterNode2 cNode3 = clusterList3.get(i); // current node
             
              for (int j=0; j<i && cNode3.isRoot(); j++) {
                ClusterNode2 pNode3 = clusterList3.get(j); // prev node already has (x,y) fixed
                LinkedList<String> commonCDTs3 = cNode3.getCommonCDTs(pNode3);
                     
                    if (commonCDTs3.size() != 0) {
                          cNode3.setParent(pNode3); // cNode is child to pNode
                          pNode3.addChild(cNode3);
                    }
            }
         
              if (cNode3.isRoot()) { // no common elements with any nodes already in list
                rootClusterList3.add(cNode3);
                cNode3.setLoc(3, x_marker3, y_marker3);
                moveMarkers3(); // shift x marker to next parent
              }
}


      // Now all root nodes have their location fixed so we run BFS to fix children location
        for (int i=0; i<rootClusterList3.size(); i++) {
        queue3.add(rootClusterList3.get(i));
        BFS3();
      }



}

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Well, if I was doing this, I'd first loop through all the nodes in the list. Then I'd use the node in the list from that loop as the starting point in a second loop. In the second loop I'd print the list from the selected node to the end.

Something like this:

Code:

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for(int i = 0; i < list_size; i++)
{
    for(int j = i; j < list_size; j++)
    {
        // print all list nodes indexed by j
    }
}

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Of course, you'd have to adjust this if you really have to delete a node each time through.

BTW, it would help if you show us all your code when you post.

In your method

Code:

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public void tree3Loop(){
    for(int k=0;k<clusterList3.size();k++)
    {
      buildTree3();
      System.out.println(k);
      clusterList3.remove(k);
    }

  }

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you are changing the size of your list, and doing a size check on each iteration, are you assuming that will be constant?

i.e. after the first iteration, clusterList3.size() will be 1 less than whatever it started with. Unless K is greater than this value, you will only do one iteration of you loop.

A general note for removing things from a list in this manner is to change your loop condition to

Code:

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for(int k=clusterList3.size(); k>0;k--)

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and to remove the last element each time (index=k-1)