Chapter 3
Stacks
Objectives
Upon completion you will be able to
• Explain the design, use, and operation of a stack
• Implement a stack using a linked list structure
• Understand the operation of the stack ADT
• Write application programs using the stack ADT
• Discuss reversing data, parsing, postponing and backtracking
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3-1 Basic Stack Operations
The stack concept is introduced and three basic stack
operations are discussed.
• Push
• Pop
• Stack Top
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3-2 Stack Linked List Implementation
In this section we present a linked-list design for a
stack. After developing the data structures, we write
pseudocode algorithms for the stack ADT.
• Data Structure
• Algorithms
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3-3 C Language Implementations
This section presents a simple non-ADT implementation
of a stack. We develop a simple program that inserts
random characters into the stack and then prints them.
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3-4 Stack ADT
We begin the discussion of the stack ADT with a
discussion of the stack structure and its application
interface. We then develop the required functions.
• Data Structure
• ADT Implemenation
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3-5 Stack Applications
Three basic application problems-parsing,
postponement, and backtracking-are discussed and
sample programs developed. In addition, several other
stack applications are presented, including the classic
Eight Queens problem.
• Reversing Data
• Converting Decimal to Binary
• Parsing
• Postponement
• Backtracking
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3-6 How Recursion Works
This section discusses the concept of the stack frame
and the use of stacks in writing recursive software
• Enqueue
• Dequeue
• Queue Front
• Queue Rear
• Queue Example
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