Answer to Question #176065 in Software Engineering for Sarah

Question

1Suppose you have an empty generic stack. What does the stack look like after the following operations have been performed? Be sure to indicate the top of the stack.

           

           Push 4

           Push 9

           Push 1

           Push 9

           Pop

           Push 8

           Pop

           Pop

           Push 3

Answer 1

 

                Stack pointer                                    stack

                 SP                                                     bottom

                  |                                                          |

Push 4      4 |                                                          |

Push 9      9 4 |                                                       |

Push 1      1  9  4 |                                                  |

Push 9      9 1 9 4 |                                               |

Pop           1 9 4 |                                                    |

Push 8      8 1 9 4 |                                                |

Pop           1 9 4 |                                                   |

Pop            9 4 |                                                      |

Push 3       3 9 4                                                     |