Queues
This way of organizing elements is called FIFO:
First In First Out.
Queue Implementation using Arrays
class Queue:
def __init__(self):
self.queue = []
def enqueue(self, element):
self.queue.append(element)
def dequeue(self):
if self.isEmpty():
return "Queue is empty"
return self.queue.pop(0)
def peek(self):
if self.isEmpty():
return "Queue is empty"
return self.queue[0]
def isEmpty(self):
return len(self.queue) == 0
def size(self):
return len(self.queue)
# Create a queue
myQueue = Queue()
myQueue.enqueue('A')
myQueue.enqueue('B')
myQueue.enqueue('C')
print("Queue: ", myQueue.queue)
print("Dequeue: ", myQueue.dequeue())
print("Peek: ", myQueue.peek())
print("isEmpty: ", myQueue.isEmpty())
print("Size: ", myQueue.size())
Queue Implementation using Linked Lists
class Node:
def __init__(self, data):
self.data = data
self.next = None
class Queue:
def __init__(self):
self.front = None
self.rear = None
self.length = 0
def enqueue(self, element):
new_node = Node(element)
if self.rear is None:
self.front = self.rear = new_node
self.length += 1
return
self.rear.next = new_node
self.rear = new_node
self.length += 1
def dequeue(self):
if self.isEmpty():
return "Queue is empty"
temp = self.front
self.front = temp.next
self.length -= 1
if self.front is None:
self.rear = None
return temp.data
def peek(self):
if self.isEmpty():
return "Queue is empty"
return self.front.data
def isEmpty(self):
return self.length == 0
def size(self):
return self.length
def printQueue(self):
temp = self.front
while temp:
print(temp.data, end=" ")
temp = temp.next
print()
# Create a queue
myQueue = Queue()
myQueue.enqueue('A')
myQueue.enqueue('B')
myQueue.enqueue('C')
print("Queue: ", end="")
myQueue.printQueue()
print("Dequeue: ", myQueue.dequeue())
print("Peek: ", myQueue.peek())
print("isEmpty: ", myQueue.isEmpty())
print("Size: ", myQueue.size())