What's the difference between a linked list and an array?
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Answer / paridhi
An array is simply a collection of variables of similar
datatype while a linklist is a collection of nodes where
each node is a combination of a data value and pointer to
another record.
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Answer / shatul
an array allocates continous memory allocation whereas a
linked list does not allocates continous memory,
| Is This Answer Correct ? | 22 Yes | 4 No |
Answer / div
In an array elments accessing is easy. Accessing time of
1st element and 1000th element is same,but not in linked lists.
| Is This Answer Correct ? | 14 Yes | 1 No |
Answer / shilpa
array is static ,where we need to intialize the size in
starting , but linkelist is dynamic , we can dynamically
add the any variable in to the list
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Answer / valli
Array is statically allocated group. Linked list is
dynamically allocated group.
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Answer / santosh
in array we are having limted memory size(by intializing the
array size).but in the linked list we dont want to intialize
the size because it is the list of elements.there will many
tyes of linked list,by our requirements we can use any one
of the linkedlist.
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Answer / vikraman85
I accept the answer 2 ,then we can delete the specified
node in the linked list,but the same thing we can't do in
arrays..
| Is This Answer Correct ? | 10 Yes | 3 No |
Answer / noopur
We can allocate memory DYNAMICALLY in linked list where as
in array static allocation of memory is there. In array
contiguous memory allocation procedure is there where as in
linked list we can allocatememory where we want.
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Answer / presto
An array is simply a collection of variables of similar
datatype while a linklist is a collection of nodes where
each node is a combination of a data value and pointer to
another record.
| Is This Answer Correct ? | 6 Yes | 1 No |
Answer / raja sekhar
In linkedlist,The operations(delete,insert&etc)are eazily
perform.Where as in arrays that is not possible.
| Is This Answer Correct ? | 4 Yes | 1 No |
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