Linked Lists vs. Arrays

Let's put the two data structures against each other to find out which is more efficient.

Array vs. Linked List

Memory Allocation

The main difference between a linked list and an array is the way they are allocated memory. Arrays instantiate a whole block of memory, e.g., array[1000] gets space to store 1000 elements at the start even if it doesn’t contain any element yet. On the other hand, a linked list only ...