A queue is a linear data structure that follows the FIFO (First In First Out) principle. It is open at both ends and the operations are performed in FIFO order. A circular queue is a variation of a queue in which the last element is connected to the first element to make a circle. This makes it easier to reuse the positions in the array that are left empty after dequeuing elements. The algorithm for inserting data into a circular queue is as follows:
- Check if the queue is full by comparing the value of
rear
withfront - 1
. If it is, then the queue is full and no more elements can be inserted. - If the queue is not full, then increment the value of
rear
by 1 and insert the new element at the position pointed to byrear
. - If the value of
rear
becomes equal to the size of the queue, then setrear
to 0. - If this is the first element being inserted, then set
front
to 0.
Summary: A queue is a linear data structure that follows the FIFO principle. A circular queue is a variation of a queue in which the last element is connected to the first element to make a circle. The algorithm for inserting data into a circular queue involves checking if the queue is full, incrementing the value of rear
, and inserting the new element at the position pointed to by rear
. If the value of rear
becomes equal to the size of the queue, then set rear
to 0. If this is the first element being inserted, then set front
to 0.
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