data-structures Queue Linked List representation of Queue

Example

Linked list representation is more efficient in terms of memory managerment.

Code to show enqueue and deque in a Queue using Linklist in O(1) time.

#include<stdio.h>
#include<malloc.h>

struct node{
    int data;
    node* next;
};

node* front = NULL;
node* rear = NULL;

void enqueue(int data){      //adds element to end
    
    struct node* temp = (struct node*)malloc(sizeof(struct node*));
    temp->data = data;
    temp->next =NULL;
    
    if(front== NULL && rear == NULL){
        front = rear = temp;
        return;
    }
    rear->next = temp;
    rear= temp;
}

void deque(){     //removes element from front
    node* temp = front;
    
    if(front== NULL && rear == NULL){
        return;
    }
    else if (front==rear){
        front =rear = NULL;
    }
    else
    front= front ->next;
    
    free(temp);
}

void print(){
    node* temp = front;
    
    for(; temp != rear; temp=temp->next){
        printf("%d ",temp->data);
    }
    //for printing the rear element
    
        printf("%d ",temp->data);
    printf("\n");
}



int main(){
    
    enqueue(20);
    enqueue(50);
        enqueue(70);
        printf("After set of enques\n");
        print();
        
        deque();
        printf("After 1 deque\n");    
        print();
        
        return 0;    
    
    
}