Short Problem Definition:
You have an empty sequence, and you will be given N queries. Each query is one of these three types:
- Push the element x into the stack.
- Delete the element present at the top of the stack.
- Print the maximum element in the stack.
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Complexity:
time complexity is O(N)
space complexity is O(N)
Execution:
I really enjoyed this problem. I did not see the solution at first, but after it popped up, it was really simple.
Keep two stacks. One for the actual values and one (non-strictly) increasing stack for keeping the maxima.
Solution:
class CustomStack:
def __init__(self):
self.stack = []
self.maxima = []
def push(self, value):
self.stack.append(value)
if not self.maxima or value >= self.maxima[-1]:
self.maxima.append(value)
def printMax(self):
print self.maxima[-1]
def pop(self):
value = self.stack.pop()
if value == self.maxima[-1]:
self.maxima.pop()
def main():
cs = CustomStack()
N = int(raw_input())
for _ in xrange(N):
unknown = raw_input()
command = unknown[0]
if command == '1':
cmd, value = map(int, unknown.split())
cs.push(value)
elif command == '2':
cs.pop()
else:
cs.printMax()
if __name__ == '__main__':
main()