PU Implement Queue using Stacks

Jan 01, 1970

Implement the following operations of a queue using stacks.

  • You must use only standard operations of a stack -- which means only push to top, peek/pop from top, size, and is empty operations are valid.
  • Depending on your language, stack may not be supported natively. You may simulate a stack by using a list or deque (double-ended queue), as long as you use only standard operations of a stack.
  • You may assume that all operations are valid (for example, no pop or peek operations will be called on an empty queue).

Valid operations:

  • push(x) -- Push element x to the back of queue.
  • pop() -- Removes the element from in front of queue.
  • peek() -- Get the front element.
  • empty() -- Return whether the queue is empty.

Python Solution:

class MyQueue(object):

    def __init__(self):
        """
        Initialize your data structure here.
        """
        self.ins = []
        self.outs = []

    def push(self, x):
        """
        Push element x to the back of queue.
        :type x: int
        :rtype: void
        """
        self.ins.append(x)


    def pop(self):
        """
        Removes the element from in front of queue and returns that element.
        :rtype: int
        """
        if not self.outs:
            self.outs = self.ins[::-1]
            self.ins = []
        return self.outs.pop()


    def peek(self):
        """
        Get the front element.
        :rtype: int
        """
        if not self.outs:
            self.outs = self.ins[::-1]
            self.ins = []
        return self.outs[-1]

    def empty(self):
        """
        Returns whether the queue is empty.
        :rtype: bool
        """
        return not self.ins and not self.outs


# Your MyQueue object will be instantiated and called as such:
# obj = MyQueue()
# obj.push(x)
# param_2 = obj.pop()
# param_3 = obj.peek()
# param_4 = obj.empty()

Summary:

  • Two stack, one for input, the other for output.

LeetCode: 232. Implement Queue using Stacks