Section 3.19 Summary
- Linear data structures maintain their data in an ordered fashion.
- Stacks are simple data structures that maintain a LIFO, last-in first-out, ordering.
- The fundamental operations for a stack are
push
,pop
, andempty
. - Queues are simple data structures that maintain a FIFO, first-in first-out, ordering.
- The fundamental operations for a queue are
push
,pop
, andempty
. - Prefix, infix, and postfix are all ways to write expressions.
- Stacks are very useful for designing algorithms to evaluate and translate expressions.
- Stacks can provide a reversal characteristic.
- Queues can assist in the construction of timing simulations.
- Simulations use random number generators to create a real-life situation and allow us to answer “what if” types of questions.
- Deques are data structures that allow hybrid behavior like that of stacks and queues.
- The fundamental operations for a deque are
push_front
,push_back
,pop_front
,pop_back
, andempty
.
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