Priority Queue

Installation

npm install @decoy9697/priority-queue

Usage

import PQ, { LOW_FIRST } from "@decoy9697/priority-queue";

const pq = new PQ({ sort: LOW_FIRST });

// The number influences priority
// - lower takes precedence (given LOW_FIRST, otherwise use HIGH_FIRST)
// - with equal numbers, recency of insert takes precedence
pq.insert("🌵", 5);
pq.insert("🌿", 10);
pq.insert("🌴", 3);

// .peek() gives the item with the lowest number, but does not dequeue it
pq.peek(); // 🌴
pq.peek(); // 🌴

// .pop() gives the item with the lowest number, dequeuing it
pq.pop(); // 🌴
pq.pop(); // 🌵
pq.pop(); // 🌿
pq.pop(); // undefined

// .isEmpty() returns a boolean, true given it is empty
pq.isEmpty(); // true

Development

This project uses nix to install dependencies for the development shell.

Commands

nix develop - starts a development shell with system dependencies

Within the shell

npm i - install project dependencies

npm test - run the tests

npm bench - run benchmarkjs

npm format - run the linter