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How is circular linked list similar to singly linked list?


Asked by Alina Rodriguez on Dec 06, 2021 FAQ



In a Circular linked list, every element has a link to its next element in the sequence and the last element has a link to the first element. A circular linked list is similar to the singly linked list except that the last node points to the first node. Below is the image to illustrate the same:
Similarly,
To implement a circular singly linked list, we take an external pointer that points to the last node of the list. If we have a pointer last pointing to the last node, then last -> next will point to the first node. The pointer last points to node Z and last -> next points to node P.
Just so, In a doubly circular linked list, the previous pointer of the first node is connected to the last node while the next pointer of the last node is connected to the first node. Its representation is shown below. We can declare a node in a circular linked list as any other node as shown below:
In this manner,
In this post, the implementation and insertion of a node in a Circular Linked List using a singly linked list are explained. To implement a circular singly linked list, we take an external pointer that points to the last node of the list. If we have a pointer last pointing to the last node, then last -> next will point to the first node.
Furthermore,
In a singly linked list, the next part (pointer to next node) is NULL. If we utilize this link to point to the first node, then we can reach the preceding nodes. Refer to this for more advantages of circular linked lists.