What are the fundamental operations of a C++ queue?
Basic operations of a C++ queue include:
- Create a queue: Create a queue object using the queue class from the Standard Template Library (STL).
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// Create a queue object
std::queuemyQueue; - Enqueue operation: Adding an element to the end of the queue. This can be achieved by using the push() member function.
- // Adding elements to the queue
myQueue.push(10);
myQueue.push(20);
myQueue.push(30); - Dequeue operation: Remove an element from the head of the queue. You can use the pop() member function to implement the dequeue operation.
- Dequeue operation: myQueue.pop();
- Accessing the first element of the queue involves retrieving the element at the front of the queue without removing it. This can be achieved by using the front() member function.
- Access the first element in the queue and assign it to the variable frontElement.
- Accessing the back element: Retrieve the element at the end of the queue without removing it. You can use the back() member function to access the back element.
- Get the last element in the queue.
- To check if the queue is empty, you can use the empty() member function.
- // Check if the queue is empty
if (myQueue.empty()) {
// The queue is empty
} else {
// The queue is not empty
} - You can get the number of elements in the queue by using the size() member function.
- Calculate the number of elements in the queue by obtaining its size.
These are the basic operations of a C++ queue, which can be used as needed to implement queue functionality.