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# Instructions | ||
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A circular buffer, cyclic buffer or ring buffer is a data structure that | ||
uses a single, fixed-size buffer as if it were connected end-to-end. | ||
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A circular buffer first starts empty and of some predefined length. For | ||
example, this is a 7-element buffer: | ||
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[ ][ ][ ][ ][ ][ ][ ] | ||
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Assume that a 1 is written into the middle of the buffer (exact starting | ||
location does not matter in a circular buffer): | ||
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[ ][ ][ ][1][ ][ ][ ] | ||
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Then assume that two more elements are added — 2 & 3 — which get | ||
appended after the 1: | ||
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[ ][ ][ ][1][2][3][ ] | ||
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If two elements are then removed from the buffer, the oldest values | ||
inside the buffer are removed. The two elements removed, in this case, | ||
are 1 & 2, leaving the buffer with just a 3: | ||
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[ ][ ][ ][ ][ ][3][ ] | ||
A circular buffer, cyclic buffer or ring buffer is a data structure that uses a single, fixed-size buffer as if it were connected end-to-end. | ||
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A circular buffer first starts empty and of some predefined length. | ||
For example, this is a 7-element buffer: | ||
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```text | ||
[ ][ ][ ][ ][ ][ ][ ] | ||
``` | ||
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Assume that a 1 is written into the middle of the buffer (exact starting location does not matter in a circular buffer): | ||
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```text | ||
[ ][ ][ ][1][ ][ ][ ] | ||
``` | ||
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Then assume that two more elements are added — 2 & 3 — which get appended after the 1: | ||
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```text | ||
[ ][ ][ ][1][2][3][ ] | ||
``` | ||
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If two elements are then removed from the buffer, the oldest values inside the buffer are removed. | ||
The two elements removed, in this case, are 1 & 2, leaving the buffer with just a 3: | ||
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```text | ||
[ ][ ][ ][ ][ ][3][ ] | ||
``` | ||
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If the buffer has 7 elements then it is completely full: | ||
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[5][6][7][8][9][3][4] | ||
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When the buffer is full an error will be raised, alerting the client | ||
that further writes are blocked until a slot becomes free. | ||
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When the buffer is full, the client can opt to overwrite the oldest | ||
data with a forced write. In this case, two more elements — A & B — | ||
are added and they overwrite the 3 & 4: | ||
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[5][6][7][8][9][A][B] | ||
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3 & 4 have been replaced by A & B making 5 now the oldest data in the | ||
buffer. Finally, if two elements are removed then what would be | ||
returned is 5 & 6 yielding the buffer: | ||
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[ ][ ][7][8][9][A][B] | ||
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Because there is space available, if the client again uses overwrite | ||
to store C & D then the space where 5 & 6 were stored previously will | ||
be used not the location of 7 & 8. 7 is still the oldest element and | ||
the buffer is once again full. | ||
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[C][D][7][8][9][A][B] | ||
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```text | ||
[5][6][7][8][9][3][4] | ||
``` | ||
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When the buffer is full an error will be raised, alerting the client that further writes are blocked until a slot becomes free. | ||
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When the buffer is full, the client can opt to overwrite the oldest data with a forced write. | ||
In this case, two more elements — A & B — are added and they overwrite the 3 & 4: | ||
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```text | ||
[5][6][7][8][9][A][B] | ||
``` | ||
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3 & 4 have been replaced by A & B making 5 now the oldest data in the buffer. | ||
Finally, if two elements are removed then what would be returned is 5 & 6 yielding the buffer: | ||
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```text | ||
[ ][ ][7][8][9][A][B] | ||
``` | ||
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Because there is space available, if the client again uses overwrite to store C & D then the space where 5 & 6 were stored previously will be used not the location of 7 & 8. | ||
7 is still the oldest element and the buffer is once again full. | ||
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```text | ||
[C][D][7][8][9][A][B] | ||
``` |
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