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We'll use a second stack to keep track of the minimum values.
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%run ../stack/stack.py
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import sys
class MyStack(Stack):
def __init__(self, top=None):
self.min_vals = Stack()
super(MyStack, self).__init__(top)
def min(self):
if self.min_vals.top is None:
return sys.maxsize
else:
return self.min_vals.peek()
def push(self, data):
super(MyStack, self).push(data)
if data < self.min():
self.min_vals.push(data)
def pop(self):
data = super(MyStack, self).pop()
if data == self.min():
self.min_vals.pop()
return data
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%%writefile test_stack_min.py
from nose.tools import assert_equal
class TestStackMin(object):
def test_stack_min(self):
print('Test: Push on empty stack, non-empty stack')
stack = MyStack()
stack.push(5)
assert_equal(stack.peek(), 5)
assert_equal(stack.min(), 5)
stack.push(1)
assert_equal(stack.peek(), 1)
assert_equal(stack.min(), 1)
stack.push(3)
assert_equal(stack.peek(), 3)
assert_equal(stack.min(), 1)
stack.push(0)
assert_equal(stack.peek(), 0)
assert_equal(stack.min(), 0)
print('Test: Pop on non-empty stack')
assert_equal(stack.pop(), 0)
assert_equal(stack.min(), 1)
assert_equal(stack.pop(), 3)
assert_equal(stack.min(), 1)
assert_equal(stack.pop(), 1)
assert_equal(stack.min(), 5)
assert_equal(stack.pop(), 5)
assert_equal(stack.min(), sys.maxsize)
print('Test: Pop empty stack')
assert_equal(stack.pop(), None)
print('Success: test_stack_min')
def main():
test = TestStackMin()
test.test_stack_min()
if __name__ == '__main__':
main()
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run -i test_stack_min.py