A stack is a last in, first out (LIFO) abstract data type and data structure. Perhaps the most common use of stacks is to store subroutine arguments and return addresses.

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Implement stack using a linked list

I am trying to implement Stack using a linked list. Looking for code-review, best practices and optimizations. ...
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Find the Next Greatest Element

Given an array, print the Next Greater Element (NGE) for every element. The Next Greater Element for an element x is the first greater element on the right side of x in array. Elements for which no ...
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Stack challenge - improving memory consumption

I am working on this problem: Stacks Imagine, that you are employed by a software development company. You work now on the famous "D++ project", which is devoted to the creation of a new ...
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Class that implements a queue using two stacks

I am looking for a review of my code that implements a MyQueue class which implements a queue using two stacks. ...
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How is my Java code for stack implementation?

The following example shows how to implement stack by creating user defined push() method for entering elements and pop() method ...
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Implementing a Stack in Java for Technical Interview

This code is based off the Stack implementation in Chapter 3 of Cracking The Coding Interview. I modified the code to make it compile and give me the correct output. I'd appreciate any feedback on ...
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Stack implementation using a queue

I've implemented a stack using a queue. Time complexity: \$O(n)\$ - push(), where n is the number of elements in the queue \$O(1)\$ - ...
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STL Stack Implementation

I implemented std::stack from the STL for deeper understanding of the language and memory since I still am only a beginner. I implemented the stack using a singly ...
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How does this naive stack implementation look?

Consider this naive stack implementation in Elixir: ...
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Managing People in a SimCity Clone

So I am working through a few different game ideas as I learn programming, and I could definitely use some feedback on my latest project. This is a simple SimCity clone. So far I have created a City ...
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Stack implementation using an array

I am trying a stack implementation using an array. I want to know if this approach is OK or if there is a logical problem. This program is working fine. ...
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Infix to postix conversion

I'm looking for code review, optimizations and best practices. Also verifying complexity to be O(n), where n is the string length. ...
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Implementation of stack using pointers

Please review my code and let me know how I can possibly improve it. ...
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Stack implemented using linked list in x86_64 assembly

I wrote a stack implementation using a singly linked list in x86_64 assembly. This stack supports the usual push/pop operations ...
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Balanced parentheses

Given an expression string exp, write a program to examine whether the pairs and the orders of "{","}","(",")","[","]" are correct in exp. For ...
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Check for balanced parentheses

Given an expression string exp, write a program to examine whether the pairs and the orders of "{","}","(",")","[","]" are correct in exp. For ...
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Functional, but not recursive, tree traversal

To learn tree traversal i implemented os.walk, tail-recursive and stack-based. Unfortunately Python doesn't support tail call optimization. How do i rewrite my ...
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Retrieve min from stack in O(1)

I wrote some Python code to solve the following problem. I'm curious to see if someone else can find a better solution, or critique my solution. How would you design a stack which, in addition to ...
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Dynamic stack in C - new version

Not long ago, I posted this dynamic stack for review. Now I wrote a new version, which is hopefully a better one. Please take a look and let me know how I could improve performance and increase code ...
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Dynamic stack implementation

I wrote this code for a dynamic stack and would like to know what would be better if done differently. It can increase memory by a percentage and/or fixed value when needed. It can also be set to not ...
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Postfix evaluation using a stack

I just wrote the code to evaluate a postfix expression and would like it if someone reviews it for me, it works perfectly fine but I'm having trouble adding the character "=" at the end. ...
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Multi producer/consumers lockfree stack

Can you please take a look at the following x86-64 C++ code which should implement a multi consumer/produce lockfree stack? Do you think I have missed anything? ...
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Reviewing my implementation of a stack using linked list

I have been studying data structures, and I'm new to this. Here is my code for the push and pop operations. I considered using a node=top, so that I can avoid O(n) operations for the push (i.e. ...
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Is it needed to “beautify” this Stack implementation?

I'm just learning OOP, and I have an assignment to create a Stack. I came up with the following. Is it "beauty" enough, or to "schooly". Where can I evolve? This is the class: ...
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Stack implementation using linked list

This is a working stack implementation using a linked list. I'm just curious to know if this is a good way of doing it. Any suggestions are welcome. Can we keep track of the number of elements in ...
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How is my implementation of an immutable stack?

Below is my implementation of an immutable stack class. The reverse function is trying to return a stack with all elements reversed. Is my implementation good? Maybe the reverse function can be ...
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Linked stack and template class [closed]

I'm having problem making this linked stack working. The compiler is giving me errors and I've been checking for half an hour and still could not figure out what is wrong with my code. Would anyone ...
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Linked stack implementation in C++

Please feel free to be as harsh as possible. Implementation file: ...
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x86_64 assembly print integer stack allocation [closed]

I have made this simple assembly program that prints an integer in hexadecimal. It works, but I don't understand why it works with only a stack size of 15, when to print a 64 bit integer including ...
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a working stack allocator

Here's an absolutely essential piece of C++ lore, a stack allocator, that will allow you to, say, allocate strings and vectors on the stack. There are 2 stack ...
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How can this simple coroutine implementation be improved?

This is a quick and dirty implementation of coroutines that implements yield by saving and restoring the stack to and from the heap. Here's an earlier version, which does the most naive possible ...
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Review implementation of stack by using pointers in C

After I had my code for stack implementation by array reviewed I wrote stack implementation by using pointers. Here's my code. Any suggestions for improvement are welcome. I'll be adding updated ...
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Review implementation of stack by using array in C

This question has become long after many updates. Click here to go down. I have implemented stack using arrays in C. Please give me suggestions on how to improve it. The purpose of writing it is ...
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Template Stack class review

I am trying to mimic std::stack in my implementation (just the basic interface - no iterators / allocators). Since I was having trouble handling all the memory ...
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Using pointers for string manipulation

I'm taking a sentence and determining whether or not it is a palindrome. I'm doing this while learning about stacks. Is there a way I can use pointers instead of ...
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Immutable C++ stack - thoughts and performance

What are your thoughts on the fallowing immutable stack implementation? It is implemented having as a basis a C# immutable stack (where garbage collector assistance does not impose using a reference ...
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Another stack implementation (in C)

I just started learning C and the online book contained the exercise 'implement a stack'. So I did, but thought I'd put it here, because I still don't feel comfortable with pointers. So here it is: ...
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Calculating postfix notation using two forms of input

My postfix program essentially allows the user two input options to calculate a postfix equation: Confirmations after each input (after an input, the user is ask for another number, operator, or ...
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Valid Parentheses

Given a string containing just the characters '(', ')', '{', '}', '[' and ']', determine if the input string is valid. The brackets must close in the correct order, "()" and "()[]{}" are ...
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Simple static integer stack

This question is about improving my C++ coding skills. I was asked to implement a simple static integer stack in C++ as an assignment. I've come up with the following code: ...
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Which is the most correct pattern for using Stack.Pop?

There at least 2 patterns of using Stack.Pop ...
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Review C++ RPN Evaluator

So for Homework I had to write an RPN Evaluator and write the results to a text file. I've done all that - fine and dandy but it feels weird. Like the writing to my results text file. It doesn't feel ...
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A simple array-based Stack class in Java, what are my mistakes?

I have created a simple array-based Stack class with some methods like the actual Stack in Java. I am testing this for mistakes, but since I am learning Java and my tests may not be as comprehensive ...
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symmetric string checking [closed]

I wrote this routine in C to check the symmetry of a string using only a stack. (This is absolutely for educational purpose in our Theory Of Computation Class) Anyways, does this look right? For some ...
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implementation of a stack in C

Below is my implementation of a stack in C. Is it correct? And/or is there anything that I should fix to make it better in any way? stack.h ...
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How to improve my stack implementation (uses array)?

Below is an implementation of a stack data structure using arrays. Please comment on the same. How can it be improved? Specific improvements I am looking for: Memory leaks C++ style Making code run ...
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Java and stacks: correct implementation?

I created this very simple stack concept's implementation. Could you tell me if it is correct and clean? Do you see any bad coding habits? ...
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General purpose object array [closed]

I'm still new to Java and I'm trying to create a general purpose stack queue that uses an object array. I known that I've done things incorrectly, namely declaring the arrays and assigning the array ...