The purpose and contents of the course Introduce most used data structures and algorithms Prerequisite of other courses Introduce algorithm analysis Review C++
3.1 Preface 1. data object--- a set of instances or values for example: Boolean={ false,true} Digit={0,1,2,3,4,5,6,7,8,9} Letter={A, B, ....., a,b, ..... Z} NaturalNumber= {0, 1,2, ..... Integer={0,+1,-1,+2,-2,+3,-3,} String={a,, ..... ,aa, ab, ac
5.1 definition of stack Definition A stack is a linear list in which insertions and deletions take place at the same end. This end is called the top. The other end of the list is called the bottom. It is also called a LIFO(last-in-first-out) list
