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Circular Linked List in Data Structures: Definition and Operations
Table of Content:
Circular Linked List
- Circular Linked List is Divided into 2 Categories .
- I. Singly Circular Linked List
- II. Doubly Circular Linked List
- In Circular Linked List Address field of Last node contain address of “First Node“.
- In short First Node and Last Nodes are adjacent .
- Linked List is made circular by linking first and last node , so it looks like circular chain [ shown in Following diagram ].
- Two way access is possible only if we are using “Doubly Circular Linked List”
- Sequential movement is possible
- No direct access is allowed.
Singly Circular Linked List:
![Singly Circular Linked List](http://www.atnyla.com/library/images-tutorials/Linkedlist-Slide8.png)
Doubly Circular Linked List:
![Doubly Circular Linked List](http://www.atnyla.com/library/images-tutorials/Linkedlist-Slide9.png)