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Stacks and Queues

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Comprehension Questions

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What is an ADT? Abstract Data Type - A type of object which is described by the methods it has and how they perform.
Describe a Stack A Stack is a data structure which stores a list of data and only provides access in a Last-In-First-Out (LIFO) order.
What are the 5 methods in Stack and what does each do? New (initializes the stack), push (adds an item to the stack), pop (removes item from stack), empty (checks if stack is empty), to_s (converts stack to string)
Describe a Queue A Queue is a data structure which stores a list of data and only provides access in a First-In-First-Out (FIFO) order.
What are the 5 methods in Queue and what does each do? New (initializes the queue), enqueue (adds an item to the queue), dequeue (removes an item from the queue and provides ice cream), empty (checks if a queue is empty), to_s (converts a queue to string)
What is the difference between implementing something and using something? Implementing is writing the code behind a problem statement or objective, while using is just running it.

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Well done Denise, you hit the learning goals here. Nice work!

@size = 0
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def enqueue(element)

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end
end

def dequeue

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raise NotImplementedError, "Not yet implemented"
if @size != 0
element = @store[@start]
@start = (@start + 1 ) % 20

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Avoid hardcoding the 20

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@start = (@start + 1 ) % 20
@start = (@start + 1 ) % @store.length

end
end

def front

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return @store[@start]
end

def size

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return @size
end

def empty?

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return @size == 0
end

def to_s

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@@ -1,19 +1,26 @@
class Stack

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