--- title: Data Structures Cheat Sheet | daily.dev description: This guide provides an introduction to data structures and their representation in Memgraph. It explains the basics of graphs, linked lists, queues, stacks,... canonical: https://daily.dev/posts/data-structures-cheat-sheet-l3u6wbi5b twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:site: @dailydotdev og:type: website og:site_name: daily.dev og:title: Data Structures Cheat Sheet | daily.dev og:description: This guide provides an introduction to data structures and their representation in Memgraph. It explains the basics of graphs, linked lists, queues, stacks,... og:url: https://daily.dev/posts/data-structures-cheat-sheet-l3u6wbi5b og:image: https://api.daily.dev/og/posts/l3U6wBi5B.png og:image:alt: Data Structures Cheat Sheet og:image:width: 1200 og:image:height: 630 og:locale: en --- > ## Documentation Index > Fetch the complete documentation index at: https://daily.dev/llms.txt > Use this file to discover all available pages before exploring further. # Data Structures Cheat Sheet **[Hacker News](https://daily.dev/sources/hn)** · 10 min read · 2576 upvotes · 38 comments ## Summary This guide provides an introduction to data structures and their representation in Memgraph. It explains the basics of graphs, linked lists, queues, stacks, and trees, along with examples and queries to create these data structures using Memgraph. The document also discusses tree traversal algorithms like BFS and DFS and demonstrates how to run these algorithms in Memgraph. ## Full article daily.dev links to this article rather than hosting it. Read it at the original source: ## Community discussion Top comments from developers on daily.dev. **@omkarmundhe** · 50 upvotes > Please add dark mode .It will be more helpful to read . **@majortank** · 20 upvotes > It would be nice to know beforehand that you're selling Memgraph... and it's not really about data structures. **@ezilemdodana** · 4 upvotes > Clear and concise, thank you very much for sharing! **@selfboot** · 3 upvotes > Recently, I used AI to help write some visualizations of the underlying data structures, which can be seen on this site. > > https://gallery.selfboot.cn/algorithms/ > > such as： > [linkedlist](https://gallery.selfboot.cn/algorithms/linkedlist/) > [stack](https://gallery.selfboot.cn/algorithms/stack/) **@jamesmathenge** · 3 upvotes > This post is more about Memgraphs than data structures ## Similar posts on daily.dev - [Don’t just attend KubeCon \+ CloudNativeCon, Merge Forward your experience\!](https://daily.dev/posts/don-t-just-attend-kubecon-cloudnativecon-merge-forward-your-experience--l0rpp73x8) · CNCF · 1 upvotes · 0 comments - [Announcing H2 2026 KCDs](https://daily.dev/posts/announcing-h2-2026-kcds-m96goajm1) · CNCF · 1 upvotes · 0 comments - [Two months of Open Community Groups](https://daily.dev/posts/two-months-of-open-community-groups-asf52zhbs) · CNCF · 0 upvotes · 0 comments - [CNCF Unveils Schedule for KubeCon \+ CloudNativeCon Europe 2026](https://daily.dev/posts/cncf-unveils-schedule-for-kubecon-cloudnativecon-europe-2026-ikhcoa5cb) · CNCF · 2 upvotes · 0 comments - [CNCF Debuts KubeCon \+ CloudNativeCon Japan 2026 Schedule](https://daily.dev/posts/cncf-debuts-kubecon-cloudnativecon-japan-2026-schedule-xp5pyudub) · CNCF · 1 upvotes · 0 comments --- Tags: [#data-science](https://daily.dev/tags/data-science), [#computer-science](https://daily.dev/tags/computer-science), [#data-structures](https://daily.dev/tags/data-structures) [View this post on daily.dev](https://daily.dev/posts/data-structures-cheat-sheet-l3u6wbi5b) ```json {"@context":"https://schema.org","@graph":[{"@type":"Organization","@id":"https://daily.dev/#organization","name":"daily.dev","url":"https://daily.dev","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://daily.dev/apple-touch-icon.png","width":180,"height":180},"sameAs":["https://twitter.com/dailydotdev","https://github.com/dailydotdev","https://www.linkedin.com/company/daily-dev-ltd"]},{"@type":"WebSite","@id":"https://daily.dev/#website","url":"https://daily.dev","name":"daily.dev","publisher":{"@id":"https://daily.dev/#organization"},"potentialAction":{"@type":"SearchAction","target":{"@type":"EntryPoint","urlTemplate":"https://daily.dev/search?q={search_term_string}"},"query-input":"required name=search_term_string"}}]} {"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"TechArticle","headline":"Data Structures Cheat Sheet","url":"https://daily.dev/posts/data-structures-cheat-sheet-l3u6wbi5b","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://daily.dev/posts/data-structures-cheat-sheet-l3u6wbi5b"},"datePublished":"2024-07-08T09:00:44.462Z","dateModified":"2024-10-05T17:22:30.446Z","description":"This guide provides an introduction to data structures and their representation in Memgraph. 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