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What are the advantages and disadvantages of linked lists in C language?

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Disadvantages:

Extra memory is needed for storing the pointer .
Array can be randomly accessed , while the Linked list cannot be accessed Randomly
Individual nodes are not stored in the contiguous memory Locations.
Access time for Individual Element is O(n) whereas in Array it is O(1).

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