Leetcode-155 Min Stack

Min Stack

Design a stack that supports push, pop, top, and retrieving the minimum element in constant time.

  • push(x) — Push element x onto stack.
  • pop() — Removes the element on top of the stack.
  • top() — Get the top element.
  • getMin() — Retrieve the minimum element in the stack.

Example 1

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MinStack minStack = new MinStack();
minStack.push(-2);
minStack.push(0);
minStack.push(-3);
minStack.getMin(); --> Returns -3.
minStack.pop();
minStack.top(); --> Returns 0.
minStack.getMin(); --> Returns -2.

解题思路

在常数时间内获取栈中最小值,需要维护一个 minv 变量,用于保存当前栈的最小值。pop 一个元素时,若该元素等于 minv,需要更新 minv。若要在常数时间更新 minv,需要保存 push(x=minv) 之前栈的最小值,可以在 push(x=minv) 之前先 push 旧的 minv。这样,在 pop(x=minv) 时,可以利用旧的 minv 更新 minv

复杂度分析

  • 时间复杂度:$O(1)$
  • 空间复杂度:$O(n)$

代码

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class MinStack {
vector<int> data;
int minv = INT_MAX;
public:
/** initialize your data structure here. */
MinStack() {}

void push(int x) {
if (x <= minv) {
data.push_back(minv);
data.push_back(x);
minv = x;
}
else data.push_back(x);
}

void pop() {
if (!data.empty()) {
if (data.back() == minv) {
data.pop_back();
minv = data.back();
data.pop_back();
}
else data.pop_back();
}
}

int top() {
if (!data.empty()) {
return data.back();
}
return minv;
}

int getMin() {
return minv;
}
};