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Implement Queue using Stacks

Problem statement

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]ExplanationMyQueue 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 1myQueue.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 amortized 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.

My solution


var MyQueue = function() {
this.actualStack = [];
this.tempStack = [];
};

/**
* @param {number} x
* @return {void}
*/
MyQueue.prototype.push = function(x) {
const aLen = this.actualStack.length - 1;
for (let i = 0; i <= aLen; i++) {
this.tempStack.push(this.actualStack.pop())
}

this.tempStack.push(x)

const tLen = this.tempStack.length - 1;

console.log("this.tempStack", this.tempStack)

for (let i = 0; i <= tLen; i++) {
this.actualStack.push(this.tempStack.pop())
}

console.log(this.actualStack);
};

/**
* @return {number}
*/
MyQueue.prototype.pop = function() {
return this.actualStack.pop()
};

/**
* @return {number}
*/
MyQueue.prototype.peek = function() {
return this.actualStack[this.actualStack.length - 1]
};

/**
* @return {boolean}
*/
MyQueue.prototype.empty = function() {
return this.actualStack.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()
*/