Question: For this assignment, you will write a multi-file C program to create and use a dynamic (array based) q ueue of float values. A queue

For this assignment, you will write a multi-file C program to create and use a dynamic (array based) queueof float values.

A queue is a container that can be defined in terms of an array where all adds are preformed at the end of the sequence of existing values, and all removes are preformed at the start of the sequence of existing values. An empty queue is one that has no existing values in the array at all. We use the notion of a tail of the queue to keep track of (at which index) a new value in the sequence is to be added. Hence, an empty queue is one in which tail = 0 and a full queue is one in which tail = capacity - 1

The difference with a dynamic queue is that adds never fail. After an add (que), if the queue is full you create a new array with twice the capacity of the current array, copy all the existing items to the new array, free the memory of the old array, and set the queue pointer to the new array. Similarly, after a remove (deque) from (a non-empty queue), if the queue is less than half full, then you shrink the array in half.

Requirements:

You must write queue.h and queue.c which declares and defines functions to:

Create an empty queue with an initial capacity of one.

Add (que) an item to the queue

Test to see if the queue is full at capacity

Grow the capacity of the queue to twice its current capacity

Test to see if the queue is empty

Remove / return (deque) an item from the queue

Test to see if the queue is less than half full

Shrink the capacity of the queue in half its current capacity

You must write main.c which tests your queue implementation completely

You must write an appropriate Makefile

Notes:

A queue is really three separate data items: a pointer to the array, a tail indicator, and a capacity.

The current size (number of items in the queue) can be deduced from the tail indicator

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