Stacks
This way of organizing elements is called LIFO:
Last In First Out.
Stack Implementation using Arrays
class Stack:
def __init__(self):
self.stack = []
def push(self, element):
self.stack.append(element)
def pop(self):
if self.isEmpty():
return "Stack is empty"
return self.stack.pop()
def peek(self):
if self.isEmpty():
return "Stack is empty"
return self.stack[-1]
def isEmpty(self):
return len(self.stack) == 0
def size(self):
return len(self.stack)
# Create a stack
myStack = Stack()
myStack.push('A')
myStack.push('B')
myStack.push('C')
print("Stack: ", myStack.stack)
print("Pop: ", myStack.pop())
print("Peek: ", myStack.peek())
print("isEmpty: ", myStack.isEmpty())
print("Size: ", myStack.size())
Stack Implementation using Linked Lists
class Node:
def __init__(self, value):
self.value = value
self.next = None
class Stack:
def __init__(self):
self.head = None
self.size = 0
def push(self, value):
new_node = Node(value)
if self.head:
new_node.next = self.head
self.head = new_node
self.size += 1
def pop(self):
if self.isEmpty():
return "Stack is empty"
popped_node = self.head
self.head = self.head.next
self.size -= 1
return popped_node.value
def peek(self):
if self.isEmpty():
return "Stack is empty"
return self.head.value
def isEmpty(self):
return self.size == 0
def stackSize(self):
return self.size
myStack = Stack()
myStack.push('A')
myStack.push('B')
myStack.push('C')
print("Pop: ", myStack.pop())
print("Peek: ", myStack.peek())
print("isEmpty: ", myStack.isEmpty())
print("Size: ", myStack.stackSize())