From f64199a5273072ea8a6cd55f502bb9fa8fd5221e Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Aditya Date: Tue, 16 Oct 2018 10:02:08 +0530 Subject: [PATCH] Update index.md (#19328) --- .../create-a-queue-class/index.md | 76 ++++++++++++++++++- 1 file changed, 73 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-) diff --git a/client/src/guide/english/certifications/coding-interview-prep/data-structures/create-a-queue-class/index.md b/client/src/guide/english/certifications/coding-interview-prep/data-structures/create-a-queue-class/index.md index 9f251bfd0c..703918a9d2 100644 --- a/client/src/guide/english/certifications/coding-interview-prep/data-structures/create-a-queue-class/index.md +++ b/client/src/guide/english/certifications/coding-interview-prep/data-structures/create-a-queue-class/index.md @@ -3,8 +3,78 @@ title: Create a Queue Class --- ## Create a Queue Class -This is a stub. Help our community expand it. -This quick style guide will help ensure your pull request gets accepted. +### Method: +- A Queue is an abstract Data Structure. +- A Queue folow FIFO/LILO principle. +- In this challenge we nede to implement `enqueue()`, `dequeue()`, `front()`, `size()`, `isEmpty()` methods. + - `enqueue()` - This method adds the element to the queue. + - `dequeue()` - This method removes the first element from the queue. + - `front()` - This method returns the first element in the queue that'd be dequeue'd. + - `size()` - This method returns the size of the queue. + - `isEmpty()` - This method returns if the queue is empty. +- + | DS | Access | Search | Insert | Delete | + | ----- | ------ | ------ | ------ | ------ | + | Queue | n | n | 1 | 1 | + + - ![Queue in action](https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/52/Data_Queue.svg/405px-Data_Queue.svg.png) - +### Solution: + +#### Basic: +##### Note: +- This solution is not exactly a queue, the shift() method used in the dequeue() method is of complexity `O(n)` and not `O(1)`. However, the advanced solution rectifies this and uses Object(HashTables) instead of Array to implement Queue. +```js +function Queue () { + var collection = []; + this.print = function() { + console.log(collection); + }; + this.enqueue = function(val){ + collection.push(val); + }; + this.dequeue = function(){ + return collection.shift(); + } + this.front = function(){ + return collection[0]; + } + this.size = function(){ + return collection.length; + } + this.isEmpty = function(){ + return collection.length === 0; + } +} +``` +#### Advanced - ES6 class syntax: +```js +class Queue { + constructor(){ + this.collection = {}; + this.start = 0; + this.end = 0; + } + print(){ + console.log(this.collection); + } + enqueue(val){ + this.collection[this.end++] = val; + } + dequeue(){ + return this.collection[this.start++]; + } + front(){ + return this.collection[this.start]; + } + size(){ + return this.end - this.start; + } + isEmpty(){ + return this.size() === 0; + } +} +``` +### References: +- [Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Queue_(abstract_data_type))