When you push into stack2, you have to recompute the min value. So after you push into stack2, it will be:
(6,6),(3,3),(4,3),(2,2) On Thu, Jan 6, 2011 at 6:34 PM, sourav <souravs...@gmail.com> wrote: > @Juvier, @yq Zhang > > In your approach, when you are asked pop_front() you keep popping from > one stack and pushing them to another and then from the other pop the > top element. What happens is this top element happens to have been the > Min element?Example > > stack1 {(2,2),(4,2),(3,2),(6,2)} (a,b) = ( element, min) > > then you are asked pop_front(), you push to another stach like below > > stck2: {(6,2),(3,2),(4,2),(2,2)}. > > Then you remove (2,2)! Ok. But all elements in your stack2 still say > "2" is the min element. But "2" is no more in the "queue" (or for that > matter in the stacks we are using). > > On Jan 4, 9:07 am, yq Zhang <zhangyunq...@gmail.com> wrote: > > @sourav, > > > > As Juvier++ pointed out, it's an **amortized** O(n) algorithm. That's > > because each element can be at most popped twice. > > > > Thanks > > Yq > > > > On Mon, Jan 3, 2011 at 11:20 AM, sourav <souravs...@gmail.com> wrote: > > > @yq Zhang, > > > > > To pop if you are going to "pop all from first stack and push into the > > > second stack", then does your operation remain "constant time"? Please > > > note that we need constant time implementation for the 3 functions > > > pop_front, push_rear and get_min(). Goint by your approach, not all of > > > them are constant time. > > > > > Thanks, > > > Sourav > > > > > On Jan 3, 9:44 pm, yq Zhang <zhangyunq...@gmail.com> wrote: > > > > Push into one stack. When pop first pop all from the first stack and > push > > > > into the second stack. Then pop from the second stack > > > > On Jan 3, 2011 7:42 AM, "MOHIT ...." <mohit...@gmail.com> wrote: > > > > > > > if only two stack are used but how pop_front is get? > > > > > > > suppose if element comes in order > > > > > > > 12 15 4 3 7 20 > > > > > then in min queue > > > > > 1. 12 (12) > > > > > 2. 12 12 (12,15) > > > > > 3. 12 12 4 (12,15,4) > > > > > 4.12 12 4 3 (12,15,4,3) > > > > > 5.12 12 4 3 3 (12,15,4,3,7) > > > > > 6.12 12 4 3 3 3 (12,15,4,3,20) > > > > > > > we can get min in constant by pop of stack but how pop front will > work > > > > using > > > > > two stack only in constant time? > > > > > > > -- > > > > > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google > > > Groups > > > > > > "Algorithm Geeks" group.> To post to this group, send email to > > > algoge...@googlegroups.com. > > > > > To unsubscribe from this group, send email to > > > > > > algogeeks+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com<algogeeks%2bunsubscr...@googlegroups.com> > <algogeeks%2bunsubscr...@googlegroups.com<algogeeks%252bunsubscr...@googlegroups.com> > > > > > <algogeeks%2bunsubscr...@googlegroups.com<algogeeks%252bunsubscr...@googlegroups.com> > <algogeeks%252bunsubscr...@googlegroups.com<algogeeks%25252bunsubscr...@googlegroups.com> > > > > > > > > .> For more options, visit this group at > > > > > >http://groups.google.com/group/algogeeks?hl=en. > > > > > -- > > > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google > Groups > > > "Algorithm Geeks" group. > > > To post to this group, send email to algoge...@googlegroups.com. > > > To unsubscribe from this group, send email to > > > algogeeks+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com<algogeeks%2bunsubscr...@googlegroups.com> > <algogeeks%2bunsubscr...@googlegroups.com<algogeeks%252bunsubscr...@googlegroups.com> > > > > > . > > > For more options, visit this group at > > >http://groups.google.com/group/algogeeks?hl=en. > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "Algorithm Geeks" group. > To post to this group, send email to algoge...@googlegroups.com. > To unsubscribe from this group, send email to > algogeeks+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com<algogeeks%2bunsubscr...@googlegroups.com> > . > For more options, visit this group at > http://groups.google.com/group/algogeeks?hl=en. > > -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Algorithm Geeks" group. To post to this group, send email to algoge...@googlegroups.com. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to algogeeks+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/algogeeks?hl=en.