Min Stack

Problem Statement - link #

Design a stack that supports push, pop, top, and retrieving the minimum element in constant time.

Implement the MinStack class:

• MinStack() initializes the stack object.
• void push(int val) pushes the element val onto the stack.
• void pop() removes the element on the top of the stack.
• int top() gets the top element of the stack.
• int getMin() retrieves the minimum element in the stack.

Examples #

Example 1:

Input
["MinStack","push","push","push","getMin","pop","top","getMin"]
[[],[-2],[0],[-3],[],[],[],[]]

Output
[null,null,null,null,-3,null,0,-2]

Explanation
MinStack minStack = new MinStack();
minStack.push(-2);
minStack.push(0);
minStack.push(-3);
minStack.getMin(); // return -3
minStack.pop();
minStack.top();    // return 0
minStack.getMin(); // return -2

Constraints #

• -2^31 <= val <= 2^31 - 1
• Methods pop, top and getMin operations will always be called on non-empty stacks.
• At most 3 * 10^4 calls will be made to push, pop, top, and getMin.

Solutions #

class MinStack {
public:
    vector<int> s;
    multiset<int> m;
    MinStack() {}
    
    void push(int val) {
        s.push_back(val);
        m.insert(val);
    }
    
    void pop() {
        m.erase(m.find(s[s.size()-1]));
        s.pop_back();
    }
    
    int top() {
        return s[s.size()-1];
    }
    
    int getMin() {
        return *m.begin();
    }
};

/**
 * Your MinStack object will be instantiated and called as such:
 * MinStack* obj = new MinStack();
 * obj->push(val);
 * obj->pop();
 * int param_3 = obj->top();
 * int param_4 = obj->getMin();
 */