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C# Data Structures and Algorithms
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C# Data Structures and Algorithms

by Marcin Jamro
April 2018
Intermediate to advanced content levelIntermediate to advanced
292 pages
6h 44m
English
Packt Publishing
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Priority queues

A priority queue makes it possible to extend the concept of a queue by setting priority for each element in the queue. It is worth mentioning that the priority can be specified simply as an integer value. However, it depends on the implementation whether smaller or greater values indicate higher priority. Within this chapter, it is assumed that the highest priority is equal to 0, while lower priority is specified by 1, 2, 3, and so on. Thus, the dequeue operation will return the element with the highest priority, which has been added first to the queue, as shown in the following diagram:

Let's analyze the diagram. First, the ...

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