🚀 Data Structures and Algorithms (DSA) – Hacktoberfest 2025

Welcome to the Data Structures and Algorithms open-source repository!
This repo is created to help beginners and intermediate programmers practice and contribute their DSA problem solutions in any programming language.

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🎯 Objective

The goal of this repository is to encourage you to:

• Write DSA solutions in your favorite programming language
• Learn Git & GitHub workflow (Fork → Commit → Pull Request)
• Contribute to Hacktoberfest 2025

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💖 Hacktoberfest 2025

This repository is participating in Hacktoberfest 2025! We welcome and encourage new contributors to help us improve this project.

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🧩 How to Contribute

1. Fork this repository

2. Clone your fork:

   git clone https://github.com/<your-username>/data-structure-and-algorithm.git

3. Create a new branch:

   git checkout -b feature/your-feature-name

4. Add your code:

   • Create or use the folder for your programming language
   • Example:

     Java/
     Python/
     C++/
     JavaScript/
     

   • Add your DSA solution file (e.g., BinarySearch.java or Stack.py)
   • Include comments explaining your approach

5. Commit your changes:

   git add .
   git commit -m "Added Binary Search in Python"

6. Push your branch:

   git push origin feature/your-feature-name

7. Create a Pull Request (PR) to the main branch.

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🧠 Example Folder Structure

📂 data-structure-and-algorithm
 ┣ 📂 Java
 ┃ ┣ Array.java
 ┃ ┣ Stack.java
 ┣ 📂 Python
 ┃ ┣ BinarySearch.py
 ┃ ┣ Queue.py
 ┣ 📂 C++
 ┃ ┣ LinkedList.cpp
 ┃ ┗ Graph.cpp
 ┣ 📄 README.md
 ┣ 📄 CONTRIBUTING.md
 ┣ 📄 CODE_OF_CONDUCT.md
 ┗ 📄 LICENSE

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⚙️ Rules for Contribution

• Add unique solutions only (no duplicate problem-language pairs)
• Include comments for clarity
• Write clean, readable code
• Don't spam — only meaningful PRs will be accepted

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🏷️ Labels

Issues will be categorized using these labels:

• good first issue — for beginners
• hacktoberfest — eligible for Hacktoberfest
• help wanted — needs contributors

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📜 License

This repository is licensed under the MIT License — free for anyone to use, modify, and distribute.

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🌟 Acknowledgement

Maintained by Vikram Kumar
Open for Hacktoberfest 2025 contributions 🎉