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Unit 1: Detailed Component - Stacks — Data Structure Notes

Stacks: The LIFO Structure

Definition: A Stack is a linear data structure where insertion and deletion are permitted at only one end, called the Top. Principle: LIFO (Last In, First Out). The last plate placed on the stack is the first one removed.

Stack Operations & Complexity

Operation	Description	Condition Check	Time Complexity
Push	Add element to the Top	Check Overflow (Is stack full?)	O(1)
Pop	Remove element from the Top	Check Underflow (Is stack empty?)	O(1)
Peek / Top	View top element without removing	Check Underflow	O(1)
isEmpty	Check if stack has no elements	—	O(1)
isFull	Check if stack is at capacity	—	O(1)
Size	Return number of elements	—	O(1)

Stack vs Queue — Key Differences

Feature	Stack	Queue
Principle	LIFO (Last In, First Out)	FIFO (First In, First Out)
Insert	Push (at Top only)	Enqueue (at Rear only)
Delete	Pop (from Top only)	Dequeue (from Front only)
Pointers	Single pointer (Top)	Two pointers (Front, Rear)
Analogy	Stack of plates	Queue at ticket counter
Use Cases	Undo, recursion, expression evaluation	Scheduling, BFS, buffering

Real-World Applications of Stacks

Application	How Stack Is Used
Function Call Stack	Each function call pushes a frame; return pops it
Undo/Redo	Each action pushed; Ctrl+Z pops the last action
Browser Back Button	Each visited page pushed; Back pops it
Expression Evaluation	Postfix/Prefix evaluation using operand stack
Parenthesis Matching	Push opening brackets; pop on closing brackets
Recursion	System stack stores return addresses and local variables
DFS (Graph)	Uses stack to track visited nodes

Polish Notations (Applications of Stack)

Named after Polish mathematician Jan Łukasiewicz, these notations remove the need for parenthesis.

Notation	Operator Position	Example for `A + B`	Machine Friendly?
Infix	Between operands	`A + B`	No (needs precedence rules)
Prefix (Polish)	Before operands	`+ A B`	Yes
Postfix (Reverse Polish)	After operands	`A B +`	Yes (easiest to evaluate)

Operator Precedence (High → Low):

^ (Exponentiation) — Right-to-Left associative
*, / (Multiplication, Division) — Left-to-Right
+, - (Addition, Subtraction) — Left-to-Right

Worked Example: Infix to Postfix Conversion

Convert: A * (B + C) - D / E

Step	Symbol	Action	Stack	Output
1	A	Operand → Output		A
2	*	Push to stack	*	A
3	(	Push to stack	* (	A
4	B	Operand → Output	* (	A B
5	+	Push to stack	* ( +	A B
6	C	Operand → Output	* ( +	A B C
7	)	Pop until (	*	A B C +
8	-	Pop * (higher), Push -	-	A B C + *
9	D	Operand → Output	-	A B C + * D
10	/	Push to stack	- /	A B C + * D
11	E	Operand → Output	- /	A B C + * D E
12	End	Pop all		A B C + * D E / -

Result: A B C + * D E / -

Worked Example: Postfix Evaluation

Evaluate: 5 6 2 + * 12 4 / -

Step	Symbol	Action	Stack
1	5	Push	5
2	6	Push	5, 6
3	2	Push	5, 6, 2
4	+	Pop 2,6 → 6+2=8, Push	5, 8
5	*	Pop 8,5 → 5×8=40, Push	40
6	12	Push	40, 12
7	4	Push	40, 12, 4
8	/	Pop 4,12 → 12/4=3, Push	40, 3
9	-	Pop 3,40 → 40-3=37, Push	37

Result: 37