SkipList.py: Added SkipList Data Structure Implementation

This adds the implementation of Skip List Data Structure in python, this also adds the operation that can be done in a SkipList Data Structure like Insertion, Deletion, Traversal.

Closes NITSkmOS#234

skip_list/Python/SkipList.py

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+'''
+    Skip list is a probabilistic data structure that allows efficient search, insertion and removal operations.
+    It allows fast search within an ordered sequence of elements, O(log(n)) complexity.
+
+    Wikipedia Page: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Skip_list
+'''
+
+from random import randint, seed
+import time
+
+
+class SkipNode:
+    '''
+        A single node in a SkipList data structure, which is similar to a normal linked list node.
+    '''
+    def __init__(self, height = 0, elem = None):
+        self.elem = elem
+        self.next = [None]*height
+
+class SkipList:
+
+    def __init__(self):
+
+        # This will set the head node of the list.
+        self.head = SkipNode()
+        self.len = 0
+        self.maxHeight = 0
+
+    def __len__(self):
+        return self.len
+
+    '''
+        The Search operation takes O(log(n)) time complexity as compared to O(n) in classical linked list.
+    '''
+    def find(self, elem, update = None):
+        if update == None:
+            update = self.updateList(elem)
+        if len(update) > 0:
+            candidate = update[0].next[0]
+            if candidate != None and candidate.elem == elem:
+                return candidate
+        return None
+
+    '''
+        This function returns a randomized hieght for insertion algorithm.
+    '''
+    def randomHeight(self):
+        height = 1
+        while randint(1, 2) != 1:
+            height += 1
+        return height
+
+    '''
+        This function returns the skip list that is below the element
+        which is closest and smaller than the element that is required to find.
+    '''
+    def updateList(self, elem):
+        update = [None]*self.maxHeight
+        x = self.head
+        for i in reversed(range(self.maxHeight)):
+            while x.next[i] != None and x.next[i].elem < elem:
+                x = x.next[i]
+            update[i] = x
+        return update
+
+    '''
+        This function inserts an element in the correct possition.
+        The insertion operation takes O(n) time complexity
+    '''
+
+    def insert(self, elem):
+        node = SkipNode(self.randomHeight(), elem)
+        self.maxHeight = max(self.maxHeight, len(node.next))
+        while len(self.head.next) < len(node.next):
+            self.head.next.append(None)
+        update = self.updateList(elem)            
+        if self.find(elem, update) == None:
+            for i in range(len(node.next)):
+                node.next[i] = update[i].next[i]
+                update[i].next[i] = node
+            self.len += 1
+
+    '''
+        This function will remove the specified element from the list. 
+        The deletion operation in Skip List takes O(log(n)) time.
+    '''
+    def remove(self, elem):
+        update = self.updateList(elem)
+        x = self.find(elem, update)
+        if x != None:
+            for i in reversed(range(len(x.next))):
+                update[i].next[i] = x.next[i]
+                if self.head.next[i] == None:
+                    self.maxHeight -= 1
+            self.len -= 1            
+
+    '''
+        This function will print the entier Data Structure, level by level (top to bottom)
+    '''       
+    def printList(self):
+        for i in range(len(self.head.next)-1, -1, -1):
+            x = self.head
+            while x.next[i] != None:
+                print x.next[i].elem,
+                x = x.next[i]
+            print ''
+
+if __name__ == "__main__":
+    skipList = SkipList()
+
+    print("Insertion Started")
+    t0 = time.time()
+    for i in range(1000000):
+        skipList.insert(i)
+    print("Time taken to insert 1 Million elements to the skip list: "+str(time.time() - t0)+" s.")
+    print("Total Size = "+str(len(skipList)))
+    # skipList.printList()
+
+    t0 = time.time()
+    # Skip List takes the maximum time to search the elements in the middle.
+    print(skipList.find(596536) != None)
+    print("Time taken to search in a list of size 1 Million: "+str(time.time() - t0)+" s.")