[Help] LinkedList

Thorn · Post by **Thorn** » Sat Nov 12, 2005 1:46 pm

Hi
In what way i can used them?
I don understand where they can be useful...

thanks

Trond · Post by **Trond** » Sat Nov 12, 2005 2:17 pm

Let's say you have customer database. You could store the customers in a linked list. This allows to have a large maximum of customers without having to declare a large array that will take up memory.

Froggerprogger · Post by **Froggerprogger** » Sat Nov 12, 2005 11:03 pm

The main difference between lists and arrays is, that for an array you have to specify a maximum number of entries and memory is reserved for this maximum amount, for lists you don't need to specify the number of items, and memory is allocated only for the current amount of elements inside the list.

So lists are often more convenient, while arrays have a faster access.