how to find number of elements in a Circular Queue

Question

how do i find the number of items in a circular queue?

|front - rear| doesnt always work.

is there one equation to know how many element is in a cir

Answer 1

None of the formulas take into account the empty (zero) case. This will give you the number of free bytes available in the queue:

FreeSpace = (printRdQue == printWrQue) ? PRINT_QUEUE_SIZE :
           (PRINT_QUEUE_SIZE - printWrQue + printRdQue) % PRINT_QUEUE_SIZE;