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C Exercises: Delete the nth element of a queue

C Queue: Exercise-11 with Solution

Write a C program to delete the nth element of a queue.

Firstly, this code checks if the queue is empty or if the position to delete is invalid. If the position is valid, it deletes the first n-1 elements, then deletes the nth element by calling the dequeue() function.

Sample Solution:

C Code:

#include <stdio.h>

#define MAX_SIZE 100

int queue[MAX_SIZE];
int front = -1, back = -1;

// Function to insert an element into the queue
void enqueue(int item) {
    if (back == MAX_SIZE - 1) {
        printf("Error: Queue is full\n");
        return;
    }
    if (front == -1) {
        front = 0;
    }
    back++;
    queue[back] = item;
}

// Function to remove an element from a queue
int dequeue() {
    if (front == -1 || front > back) {
        printf("Error: Queue is empty\n");
        return -1;
    }
    int item = queue[front];
    front++;
    return item;
}

// Function to delete the nth element of a queue
void delete_nth(int n) {
    if (front == -1 || front > back) {
        printf("Error: Queue is empty\n");
        return;
    }
    if (n <= 0 || n > back - front + 1) {
        printf("Error: Invalid position\n");
        return;
    }

    // Delete the first n - 1 elements
    for (int i = 1; i < n; i++) {
        dequeue();
    }

    // Delete the nth element
    dequeue();
}
display_elements()
 {
   // Display the elements in the queue.
    printf("Queue elements are: ");
    for (int i = front; i <= back; i++) {
        printf("%d ", queue[i]);
    }
    printf("\n");
 }

int main() {
    // Insert some elements into the queue.
    printf("Insert some elements into the queue:\n");
    enqueue(1);
    enqueue(2);
    enqueue(3);
    enqueue(4);
    enqueue(5);
    display_elements();
    // Delete the 7th element.
    printf("\nDelete the 7th element of the said queue:\n");
    delete_nth(7);
    // Delete the 3rd element.
    printf("\nDelete the 3rd element of the said queue:\n");
    delete_nth(3);
	display_elements();
    
    return 0;
}

Sample Output: 

Insert some elements into the queue:
Queue elements are: 1 2 3 4 5

Delete the 7th element of the said queue:
Error: Invalid position

Delete the 3rd element of the said queue:
Queue elements are: 4 5

Flowchart:

Flowchart: Delete the nth element of a queue.
Flowchart: Delete the nth element of a queue.
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Declaration

A prototype for a function which takes a function parameter looks like the following:

void func ( void (*f)(int) );

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Function Call

When calling a function with a function parameter, the value passed must be a pointer to a function. Use the function's name (without parentheses) for this:

func(print);

would call func, passing the print function to it.

Function Body

As with any parameter, func can now use the parameter's name in the function body to access the value of the parameter. Let's say that func will apply the function it is passed to the numbers 0-4. Consider, first, what the loop would look like to call print directly:

for ( int ctr = 0 ; ctr < 5 ; ctr++ ) {
  print(ctr);
}

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