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HackerRank Solution – Problem Solving – Maximum Element

In this post we will solve the Maximum Element Problem give by Hacker Rank. It will give you insight to solve any Data Structure Problem. You have an empty sequence, and you will be given N queries. Each query is one of these three types:

1 x  -Push the element x into the stack.
2    -Delete the element present at the top of the stack.
3    -Print the maximum element in the stack.

Function Description

Complete the getMax function in the editor below.

getMax has the following parameters:
– string operations[n]: operations as strings

Returns
– int[]: the answers to each type 3 query

Input Format

The first line of input contains an integer, n. The next n lines each contain an above mentioned query.

Constraints

1 <= n <= 10^5
1 <= x <= 10^9
1 <= type <= 3

All queries are valid.

Sample Input

STDIN   Function
-----   --------
10      operations[] size n = 10
1 97    operations = ['1 97', '2', '1 20', ....]
2
1 20
2
1 26
1 20
2
3
1 91
3

Sample Output

26
91

Solution

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