#include <stdio.h>
typedef struct {
int buffer[10];
int head;
int tail;
int count;
int capacity;
} CircularBuffer;
void read_bytes(CircularBuffer *cb, int n)
{
while(n) //we should run this loop for n number of times definitely.
{
//Only thing is we can print elements count number of times.If count becomes <0 then we need to print NULL for all the remaining iterations.
if(cb->count)
{
printf("%d",cb->buffer[cb->tail]);
cb->tail=(cb->tail+1)%(cb->capacity);
(cb->count)--;
}
else
printf("NULL");
n--;
if(n)
printf(" "); //extra space after printing an element also leads to mismatch in output.Hence we need to make sure no extra space is printed after last element.
}
printf("\nTail: %d",cb->tail);
}
int main() {
CircularBuffer cb = {
.buffer = {10, 20, 30, 40, 50, 60, 70, 80, 90, 100},
.head = 3,
.tail = 7,
.count = 6,
.capacity = 10
};
int n;
scanf("%d", &n);
read_bytes(&cb, n);
return 0;
}
Input
4
Expected Output
80 90 100 10 Tail: 1