peek_top: Return the data element at the top of an rstack

In rstackdeque: Persistent Fast Amortized Stack and Queue Data Structures

Description

Simply returns the data element sitting at the top of the rstack, leaving the rstack alone.

Usage

peek_top(s, ...)

Arguments

s	rstack to peek at.
...	additional arguments to be passed to or from methods (ignored).

Details

Runs in O(1) worst-case time.

Value

data element existing at the top of the rstack.

See Also

without_top for removing the top element.

Examples

s <- rstack()
s <- insert_top(s, "a")
s <- insert_top(s, "b")
e <- peek_top(s)
print(e)
print(s)

## Assigning to the top data element with peek_top:
s <- rstack()
s <- insert_top(s, data.frame(a = 1, b = 1))
s <- insert_top(s, data.frame(a = 1, b = 1))

peek_top(s)$a <- 100
print(s)

peek_top(s) <- data.frame(a = 100, b = 100)

rstackdeque documentation built on May 2, 2019, 4:15 a.m.