Linked Lists vs. Arrays
Explore the fundamental differences between linked lists and arrays, focusing on their performance in insertion, deletion, and access operations. This lesson helps you understand trade-offs in memory layout and time complexity to choose the appropriate data structure during coding interviews.
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Difference between Array and Linked List
The main difference between arrays and linked lists is in the way elements are inserted and deleted. As for linked lists, insertion, and deletion if done at the beginning of the linked-list, happen in a constant amount of time, while in the case of arrays, it takes O(n) time to insert or delete a value. This is because of the different memory layout of both the data structures. Arrays are arranged ...