Count the number of pop operations on stack to get each element of the array

Last Updated : 15 Mar, 2023

Prerequisite: Stack, Hashing

Given a stack of N numbers and an array of numbers. Count the number of pop operations required to get each element of the array. Once an element is popped then it’s not pushed back again. Assume that all the elements from the array are present inside the stack initially.

Examples:

Input: N = 5, Stack: 6 4 3 2 1 , Array: 6 3 4 1 2
Output: 1 2 0 2 0
The 1st element of the stack is the same as the array elements. So to get 6, one pop is required i.e. pop 6 from the stack. To get 3, 2 elements will be popped i.e. 4 and 3. To get 4, 4 was already popped, thus we won’t pop more elements. Similarly, to get 1, we will pop 2 elements and for the 2, no pop count will be added.

Approach: This question can be solved easily by using a stack. We will keep popping the elements till we find the element we are searching for. The only hurdle is how to handle the case when the element is already popped and is not present in the stack. For that, we will maintain a hash map. As we pop an element from the stack we will insert that element in the hash map so that if the element comes later in the array we will first check if it’s present inside the hash maps or in other words has been popped out from the stack previously. Otherwise, we will know it’s present inside the stack and we will start popping the elements till we find the required number.

Below is the implementation of the above approach:

C++

// C++ program to implement above approach
#include <bits/stdc++.h>
using namespace std;
 
// Function to find the count
void countEle(stack<int>& s, int a[], int N)
{
    // Hashmap to store all the elements
    // which are popped once.
    unordered_map<int, bool> mp;
    for (int i = 0; i < N; ++i) {
        int num = a[i];
 
        // Check if the number is present
        // in the hashmap Or in other words
        // been popped out from the stack before.
        if (mp.find(num) != mp.end())
            cout << "0 ";
 
        else {
            int cnt = 0;
 
            // Keep popping the elements
            // while top is not equal to num
            while (s.top() != num) {
                mp[s.top()] = true;
                s.pop();
                cnt++;
            }
            // Pop the top ie. equal to num
            s.pop();
            cnt++;
 
            // Print the number of elements popped.
            cout << cnt << " ";
        }
    }
}
 
// Driver code
int main()
{
    int N = 5;
 
    stack<int> s;
    s.push(1);
    s.push(2);
    s.push(3);
    s.push(4);
    s.push(6);
 
    int a[] = { 6, 3, 4, 1, 2 };
    countEle(s, a, N);
 
    return 0;
}

Java

// Java program to implement above approach 
import java.util.HashMap;
import java.util.Stack;
 
class GFG 
{
 
    // Function to find the count
    public static void countEle(Stack<Integer> s, 
                                int[] a, int N) 
    {
 
        // Hashmap to store all the elements
        // which are popped once.
        HashMap<Integer, 
                Boolean> mp = new HashMap<>();
        for (int i = 0; i < N; ++i)
        {
            int num = a[i];
 
            // Check if the number is present
            // in the hashmap Or in other words
            // been popped out from the stack before.
            if (mp.containsKey(num))
                System.out.print("0 ");
            else
            {
                int cnt = 0;
 
                // Keep popping the elements
                // while top is not equal to num
                while (s.peek() != num) 
                {
                    mp.put(s.peek(), true);
                    s.pop();
                    cnt++;
                }
 
                // Pop the top ie. equal to num
                s.pop();
                cnt++;
 
                // Print the number of elements popped.
                System.out.print(cnt + " ");
            }
        }
    }
 
    // Driver code
    public static void main(String[] args) 
    {
        int N = 5;
 
        Stack<Integer> s = new Stack<>();
        s.add(1);
        s.add(2);
        s.add(3);
        s.add(4);
        s.add(6);
 
        int[] a = { 6, 3, 4, 1, 2 };
        countEle(s, a, N);
    }
}
 
// This code is contributed by
// sanjeev2552

Python3

# Python3 program to implement above approach 
 
# Function to find the count 
def countEle(s, a, N): 
  
    # Hashmap to store all the elements 
    # which are popped once. 
    mp = {} 
    for i in range(0, N):  
        num = a[i] 
 
        # Check if the number is present 
        # in the hashmap Or in other words 
        # been popped out from the stack before. 
        if num in mp: 
            print("0", end = " ") 
 
        else:
            cnt = 0
 
            # Keep popping the elements 
            # while top is not equal to num 
            while s[-1] != num:
                mp[s.pop()] = True
                cnt += 1
              
            # Pop the top ie. equal to num 
            s.pop()
            cnt += 1
 
            # Print the number of elements popped. 
            print(cnt, end = " ") 
 
# Driver code 
if __name__ == "__main__":
  
    N = 5
    s = [] 
    s.append(1) 
    s.append(2) 
    s.append(3) 
    s.append(4) 
    s.append(6) 
 
    a = [6, 3, 4, 1, 2]  
    countEle(s, a, N) 
 
# This code is contributed by Rituraj Jain

C#

// C# implementation of the above approach: 
using System;
using System.Collections.Generic;
 
class GFG 
{
 
    // Function to find the count
    public static void countEle(Stack<int> s, 
                                int[] a, int N) 
    {
 
        // Hashmap to store all the elements
        // which are popped once.
        Dictionary<int,
                   bool> mp = new Dictionary<int,
                                             bool>();
        for (int i = 0; i < N; ++i)
        {
            int num = a[i];
 
            // Check if the number is present
            // in the hashmap Or in other words
            // been popped out from the stack before.
            if (mp.ContainsKey(num))
                Console.Write("0 ");
            else
            {
                int cnt = 0;
 
                // Keep popping the elements
                // while top is not equal to num
                while (s.Peek() != num) 
                {
                    mp.Add(s.Peek(), true);
                    s.Pop();
                    cnt++;
                }
 
                // Pop the top ie. equal to num
                s.Pop();
                cnt++;
 
                // Print the number of elements popped.
                Console.Write(cnt + " ");
            }
        }
    }
 
    // Driver code
    public static void Main(String[] args) 
    {
        int N = 5;
 
        Stack<int> s = new Stack<int>();
        s.Push(1);
        s.Push(2);
        s.Push(3);
        s.Push(4);
        s.Push(6);
 
        int[] a = { 6, 3, 4, 1, 2 };
        countEle(s, a, N);
    }
}
 
// This code is contributed by PrinciRaj1992 

Javascript

<script>
 
// JavaScript program to implement above approach
 
// Function to find the count
function countEle(s, a, N)
{
    // Hashmap to store all the elements
    // which are popped once.
    var mp = new Map();
    for (var i = 0; i < N; ++i) {
        var num = a[i];
 
        // Check if the number is present
        // in the hashmap Or in other words
        // been popped out from the stack before.
        if (mp.has(num))
            document.write( "0 ");
 
        else {
            var cnt = 0;
 
            // Keep popping the elements
            // while top is not equal to num
            while (s[s.length-1] != num) {
                mp.set(s[s.length-1], true);
                s.pop();
                cnt++;
            }
            // Pop the top ie. equal to num
            s.pop();
            cnt++;
 
            // Print the number of elements popped.
            document.write( cnt + " ");
        }
    }
}
 
// Driver code
var N = 5;
var s = [];
s.push(1);
s.push(2);
s.push(3);
s.push(4);
s.push(6);
var a = [6, 3, 4, 1, 2 ];
countEle(s, a, N);
 
 
</script>