Stacks and Queues
Stack Push/Pop
Push values onto a stack and pop them back in last-in, first-out order.
Algorithm
The replay uses the same three values in every language, so this C# DSA implementation can be compared directly with the rest of the DSA track.
Basic Implementation
basic.cs
using System;
using System.Collections.Generic;
using System.Linq;
class Program {
static string Render(List<int> values) => string.Join(" -> ", values);
static void Main() {
var stack = new Stack<int>();
foreach (var value in new[] {10, 20, 30}) stack.Push(value);
var popped = new List<int>();
while (stack.Count > 0) popped.Add(stack.Pop());
Console.WriteLine(Render(popped));
}
}
Complexity
- Time: O(1) per push/pop
- Space: O(n)
Implementation notes
- Keep the explicit stack/queue operations. Library shortcuts that only produce the final list hide the data-structure behavior this lesson is meant to replay.
- The final output uses a deterministic
a -> b -> cformat for cross-language comparison.
top
The top is the most recently pushed value.
LIFO
A stack removes values in last-in, first-out order.