Queue Enqueue/Dequeue

Enqueue values at the back and dequeue them from the front in first-in, first-out order.

Algorithm

The replay uses the same three values in every language, so this Fortran DSA implementation can be compared directly with the rest of the DSA track.

Basic Implementation

basic.f90

program stack_queue_lesson
    implicit none
    integer :: values(3) = [10, 20, 30]
    integer :: result(3)
    integer :: i, count
    count = 0
    do i = 1, 3
        count = count + 1
        result(count) = values(i)
    end do
    call print_values(result, count)
contains
    subroutine print_values(items, n)
        integer, intent(in) :: items(:)
        integer, intent(in) :: n
        integer :: j
        do j = 1, n
            if (j > 1) write(*, '(A)', advance='no') ' -> '
            write(*, '(I0)', advance='no') items(j)
        end do
        write(*, *)
    end subroutine print_values
end program stack_queue_lesson

Complexity

Time: O(1) per operation with a real queue
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 -> c format for cross-language comparison.

front The front is the oldest value still waiting in the queue.

FIFO A queue removes values in first-in, first-out order.