Insertion in the Beginning of a Circular Linked List in JAVA
February 18, 2023
JAVA Program to Insert a Node in the Beginning of a Circular Linked List
Insertion in any type of a Linked List is just modification of the address stored in the references of the Nodes, Insertion in the Beginning of a Circular Linked List in JAVA is also achieved using similar minor modification. For insertion in the beginning the address stored in the HEAD now points to the new node and the New Node will now point towards the Node where head was earlier pointing to.
Steps to insert a node in the Beginning of a Circular Linked List
While Insertion in the Beginning of a Circular Linked List in JAVA two cases can be considered.
The circular linked is empty –
To insert an element in an empty circular list is quite easy.
Both the head and the tail points to the very first element in a circular linked list.
The circular linked list is not empty –
In a circular linked list the first element serves the purpose of a head. It stores the information of the next node of the circular linked.
To insert an element in the beginning of the linked list. The new node should point towards the previous Head making it the new head of the circular linked list.
The tail is the last node that points back to the first note making the linked list circular because the traversal can be done from start till end.
To add a node in the beginning means to change the node tail is referring to newly added node. By doing this the new node will be inserted in the beginning of the circular linked list.
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