What is the Time complexity of the insert function implemented in Part A. Explain your reasoning

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//main.cpp 

#include "linkedListType.h"
int main()
{
Node* head = NULL;
orderedLinkedList oll = orderedLinkedList(head);

oll.insert(40);
oll.insert(100);
oll.insert(50);

oll.printList();

oll.insert(50);
oll.printList();

return 0;
}

 

//linkedListType.h

 

#include <stdio.h>
#include <iostream>
using namespace std;


class Node
{
public:
int data;
Node* next;
};

class orderedLinkedList {
Node* head;

public:
orderedLinkedList(Node* h) {
head = h;
}

void insert(int new_data)
{
Node* head_ref = head;

while (head_ref != NULL && (head_ref->next != NULL) && (head_ref->next)->data < new_data)
{
cout << head_ref->data << "\n";
head_ref = head_ref->next;
}

if (head_ref != NULL && (head_ref->next != NULL) && (head_ref->next)->data == new_data)
{
cout << "ERROR: Item to be inserted is already in the list\n";
return;
}

/* Insert new node */
Node* new_node = new Node();
new_node->data = new_data;
if (head_ref != NULL) {
new_node->next = head_ref->next;
head_ref->next = new_node;
}
else {
new_node->next = NULL;
head = new_node;
}

}

void printList()
{
Node* node = head;
while (node != NULL)
{
cout << node->data << " ";
node = node->next;
}
cout << "\n";
}

};

 

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