@yogesh:for linked list that will not work coz loop doesnt always mean
rear->next will be front
hare and tortoise rule will serve the purpose

On Fri, Sep 23, 2011 at 10:15 PM, Yogesh Yadav <[email protected]> wrote:

> I am not sure about these...but i guess this will do the job
>
> In Linked List:
>
> (rear->next==front)
>
> In Array:
>
> after reaching the maximum size or the end of queue ...just add one more
> element in queue... and after addition just check
> (queue[front]==new_element_added) ... if yes then circular queue
>
>
> .....
>
> On Fri, Sep 23, 2011 at 9:51 PM, Ashima . <[email protected]> wrote:
>
>> in hair and tortoise this they will meet wen 1st pointer(tortoise) is at
>> the end of the linked list(in 1st traverse) and 2nd pointer( hair) reaches
>> the same node 2nd time. That means u traversed the list twice.
>> Its better that since u hv the head of the linked list,  keep on moving
>> till the end .If next of end is head then its circular.
>> Rather for queue, u hv track of both front and rear, so just check if
>> rear->next ==front. One line code.
>> Ashima
>> M.Sc.(Tech)Information Systems
>> 4th year
>> BITS Pilani
>> Rajasthan
>>
>>
>>
>>
>> On Fri, Sep 23, 2011 at 8:13 AM, Aditya Virmani <[email protected]
>> > wrote:
>>
>>> in arrays i guess it can be simply analysed checking the last element of
>>> array(which can be obtained by sizeof) & checking how the entries are filled
>>> inn the array...
>>> in linked list hair & tortoise rule...initialize two pointers...one's
>>> step size:1, second's step size two... & run through the linked list, if
>>> they meet newhere ...it contains a loop or circular list.
>>>
>>>
>>> On Thu, Sep 22, 2011 at 10:51 PM, sukran dhawan 
>>> <[email protected]>wrote:
>>>
>>>> use hair and tortoise rule for lists
>>>> i don think we can do it for arrays
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> On Thu, Sep 22, 2011 at 10:22 PM, Ishan Aggarwal <
>>>> [email protected]> wrote:
>>>>
>>>>> In both the cases... what would be the condition?
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>> On Thu, Sep 22, 2011 at 10:19 PM, sukran dhawan <
>>>>> [email protected]> wrote:
>>>>>
>>>>>> queue represnted as array or linked list ?
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>> On Thu, Sep 22, 2011 at 10:08 PM, Ishan Aggarwal <
>>>>>> [email protected]> wrote:
>>>>>>
>>>>>>> How will u detect if a queue is circular or not??
>>>>>>>
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