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title: Create a Circular Queue
---
## Create a Circular Queue
### Method:
- In this challenge we create a Circular Queue data structure.
- First, we need to create an array of `size` with all elements set to `null`.
- Then we create an equeue method, which moves the write pointer but doesnt exceed the read pointer.
- The dequeue method on the other hand, moves the read pointer but doesnt exceed the write pointer.
- Example:
- First, we create an array of length 5:
```output
[null, null, null, null, null]
^Read @ 0
^Write @ 0
```
- Then we enqueue `a`, `b`, and `c`:
```output
[a, b, c, null, null]
^Read @ 0
^Write @ 3
```
- Now we dequeue all the enqueued items:
```output
[null, null, null, null, null]
^Read @ 3
^Write @ 3
```
- Finally, we enqueue `d`, `e` and `f`:
```output
[f, null, null, d, e]
^Read @ 3
^Write @ 1
```
### Solution:
```js
class CircularQueue {
constructor(size) {
this.queue = [];
this.read = 0;
this.write = 0;
this.max = size - 1;
while (size > 0) {
this.queue.push(null);
size--;
}
}
print() {
return this.queue;
}
enqueue(item) {
if (this.queue[this.write] === null){
this.queue[this.write++] = item;
if (this.write > this.max) this.write = 0;
return item;
}
return null;
}
dequeue() {
if (this.queue[this.read] != null){
let item = this.queue[this.read];
this.queue[this.read++] = null;
if (this.read > this.max) this.read = 0;
return item;
}
return null;
}
}
```
### References:
- [Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Circular_buffer)