How do you implement a Stack and a Queue in JavaSc

Question

What is the best way to implement a Stack and a Queue in JavaScript?

I'm looking to do the shunting-yard algorithm and I'm going to need these data-structures.

Answer 1

If you understand stacks with push() and pop() functions, then queue is just to make one of these operations in the oposite sense. Oposite of push() is unshift() and oposite of pop() es shift(). Then:

//classic stack
var stack = [];
stack.push("first"); // push inserts at the end
stack.push("second");
stack.push("last");
stack.pop(); //pop takes the "last" element

//One way to implement queue is to insert elements in the oposite sense than a stack
var queue = [];
queue.unshift("first"); //unshift inserts at the beginning
queue.unshift("second");
queue.unshift("last");
queue.pop(); //"first"

//other way to do queues is to take the elements in the oposite sense than stack
var queue = [];
queue.push("first"); //push, as in the stack inserts at the end
queue.push("second");
queue.push("last");
queue.shift(); //but shift takes the "first" element

Answer 2

Regards,

In Javascript the implementation of stacks and queues is as follows:

Stack: A stack is a container of objects that are inserted and removed according to the last-in first-out (LIFO) principle.

• Push: Method adds one or more elements to the end of an array and returns the new length of the array.
• Pop: Method removes the last element from an array and returns that element.

Queue: A queue is a container of objects (a linear collection) that are inserted and removed according to the first-in first-out (FIFO) principle.

• Unshift: Method adds one or more elements to the beginning of an array.

• Shift: Method removes the first element from an array.

let stack = [];
 stack.push(1);//[1]
 stack.push(2);//[1,2]
 stack.push(3);//[1,2,3]
 
console.log('It was inserted 1,2,3 in stack:', ...stack);

stack.pop(); //[1,2]
console.log('Item 3 was removed:', ...stack);

stack.pop(); //[1]
console.log('Item 2 was removed:', ...stack);


let queue = [];
queue.push(1);//[1]
queue.push(2);//[1,2]
queue.push(3);//[1,2,3]

console.log('It was inserted 1,2,3 in queue:', ...queue);

queue.shift();// [2,3]
console.log('Item 1 was removed:', ...queue);

queue.shift();// [3]
console.log('Item 2 was removed:', ...queue);

Answer 3

var stack = [];
stack.push(2);       // stack is now [2]
stack.push(5);       // stack is now [2, 5]
var i = stack.pop(); // stack is now [2]
alert(i);            // displays 5

var queue = [];
queue.push(2);         // queue is now [2]
queue.push(5);         // queue is now [2, 5]
var i = queue.shift(); // queue is now [5]
alert(i);              // displays 2

taken from "9 javascript tips you may not know"

Answer 4

No Array(s)

//Javascript stack linked list data structure (no array)

function node(value, noderef) {
    this.value = value;
    this.next = noderef;
}
function stack() {
    this.push = function (value) {
        this.next = this.first;
        this.first = new node(value, this.next);
    }
    this.pop = function () {
        var popvalue = this.first.value;
        this.first = this.first.next;
        return popvalue;
    }
    this.hasnext = function () {
        return this.next != undefined;
    }
    this.isempty = function () {
        return this.first == undefined;
    }

}

//Javascript stack linked list data structure (no array)
function node(value, noderef) {
    this.value = value;
    this.next = undefined;
}
function queue() {
    this.enqueue = function (value) {
        this.oldlast = this.last;
        this.last = new node(value);
        if (this.isempty())
            this.first = this.last;
        else 
           this.oldlast.next = this.last;
    }
    this.dequeue = function () {
        var queuvalue = this.first.value;
        this.first = this.first.next;
        return queuvalue;
    }
    this.hasnext = function () {
        return this.first.next != undefined;
    }
    this.isempty = function () {
        return this.first == undefined;
    }

}