232. Implement Queue using Stacks

Problem


Tags: Stack, Design, Queue

Implement a first in first out (FIFO) queue using only two stacks. The implemented queue should support all the functions of a normal queue (push, peek, pop, and empty).

Implement the MyQueue class:

  • void push(int x) Pushes element x to the back of the queue.
  • int pop() Removes the element from the front of the queue and returns it.
  • int peek() Returns the element at the front of the queue.
  • boolean empty() Returns true if the queue is empty, false otherwise.

Notes:

  • 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, the stack may not be supported natively. You may simulate a stack using a list or deque (double-ended queue) as long as you use only a stack's standard operations.

Example 1:

Input
["MyQueue", "push", "push", "peek", "pop", "empty"]
[[], [1], [2], [], [], []]
Output
[null, null, null, 1, 1, false]

Explanation
MyQueue myQueue = new MyQueue();
myQueue.push(1); // queue is: [1]
myQueue.push(2); // queue is: [1, 2] (leftmost is front of the queue)
myQueue.peek(); // return 1
myQueue.pop(); // return 1, queue is [2]
myQueue.empty(); // return false

Constraints:

  • 1 <= x <= 9
  • At most 100 calls will be made to push, pop, peek, and empty.
  • All the calls to pop and peek are valid.

Follow-up: Can you implement the queue such that each operation is amortizedopen in new window O(1) time complexity? In other words, performing n operations will take overall O(n) time even if one of those operations may take longer.

Code

JS

// 232. Implement Queue using Stacks (3/13/53733)
// Runtime: 129 ms (0.00%) Memory: 37.81 MB (87.05%) 


class MyQueue {
    constructor() {
        this.stk = [];
    }

    /**
     * @param {number} x
     * @return {void}
     */
    push(item) {
        this.stk.push(item);
    }

    /**
     * @return {number}
     */
    pop() {
        const stk2 = [];
        while (this.stk.length > 1) stk2.push(this.stk.pop());
        const target = this.stk.pop();
        while (stk2.length > 0) this.stk.push(stk2.pop());
        return target;
    }

    /**
     * @return {number}
     */
    peek() {
        const stk2 = [];
        while (this.stk.length > 1) stk2.push(this.stk.pop());
        const target = this.stk.pop();
        stk2.push(target);
        while (stk2.length > 0) this.stk.push(stk2.pop());
        return target;
    }

    /**
     * @return {boolean}
     */
    empty() {
        return this.stk.length === 0;
    }
}

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