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149 changes: 130 additions & 19 deletions data_structures/stacks/infix_to_prefix_conversion.py
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"""


def infix_2_postfix(infix):
def infix_2_postfix(infix: str) -> str:
"""
>>> infix_2_postfix("a+b^c")
Symbol | Stack | Postfix
----------------------------
a | | a
+ | + | a
b | + | ab
^ | +^ | ab
c | +^ | abc
| + | abc^
| | abc^+
'abc^+'

>>> infix_2_postfix("1*((-a)*2+b)")
Symbol | Stack | Postfix
-------------------------------------------
1 | | 1
* | * | 1
( | *( | 1
( | *(( | 1
- | *((- | 1
a | *((- | 1a
) | *( | 1a-
* | *(* | 1a-
2 | *(* | 1a-2
+ | *(+ | 1a-2*
b | *(+ | 1a-2*b
) | * | 1a-2*b+
| | 1a-2*b+*
'1a-2*b+*'

>>> infix_2_postfix("")
Symbol | Stack | Postfix
----------------------------
''

>>> infix_2_postfix("(()")
Traceback (most recent call last):
...
ValueError: Invalid bracket position(s)

>>> infix_2_postfix("())")
Traceback (most recent call last):
...
ValueError: Invalid bracket position(s)
"""
stack = []
post_fix = []
priority = {
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"+": 1,
"-": 1,
} # Priority of each operator
print_width = len(infix) if (len(infix) > 7) else 7

print_width = min(len(infix), 7)
# Print table header for output
print(
"Symbol".center(8),
"Stack".center(print_width),
"Postfix".center(print_width),
"Postfix".rjust((print_width - 7) // 2 + 7),
sep=" | ",
)
print("-" * (print_width * 3 + 7))
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elif x == "(":
stack.append(x) # if x is "(" push to Stack
elif x == ")": # if x is ")" pop stack until "(" is encountered
if len(stack) == 0: # close bracket without open bracket
raise ValueError("Invalid bracket position(s)")

while stack[-1] != "(":
post_fix.append(stack.pop()) # Pop stack & add the content to Postfix
stack.pop()
else:
if len(stack) == 0:
stack.append(x) # If stack is empty, push x to stack
else: # while priority of x is not > priority of element in the stack
while len(stack) > 0 and priority[x] <= priority[stack[-1]]:
while (
len(stack) > 0
and stack[-1] != "("
and priority[x] <= priority[stack[-1]]
):
post_fix.append(stack.pop()) # pop stack & add to Postfix
stack.append(x) # push x to stack

print(
x.center(8),
("".join(stack)).ljust(print_width),
("".join(post_fix)).ljust(print_width),
sep=" | ",
) # Output in tabular format
if post_fix != []:
print(
x.center(8),
("".join(stack)).ljust(print_width),
"".join(post_fix),
sep=" | ",
) # Output in tabular format

else: # Post_fix is empty -> remove trailing space in table
print(
x.center(8) + " | " + ("".join(stack)).ljust(print_width) + " |"
) # Output in tabular format

while len(stack) > 0: # while stack is not empty
if stack[-1] == "(": # open bracket with no close bracket
raise ValueError("Invalid bracket position(s)")

post_fix.append(stack.pop()) # pop stack & add to Postfix
print(
" ".center(8),
("".join(stack)).ljust(print_width),
("".join(post_fix)).ljust(print_width),
"".join(post_fix),
sep=" | ",
) # Output in tabular format

return "".join(post_fix) # return Postfix as str


def infix_2_prefix(infix):
infix = list(infix[::-1]) # reverse the infix equation
def infix_2_prefix(infix: str) -> str:
"""
>>> infix_2_prefix("a+b^c")
Symbol | Stack | Postfix
----------------------------
c | | c
^ | ^ | c
b | ^ | cb
+ | + | cb^
a | + | cb^a
| | cb^a+
'+a^bc'

>>> infix_2_prefix("1*((-a)*2+b)")
Symbol | Stack | Postfix
-------------------------------------------
( | ( |
b | ( | b
+ | (+ | b
2 | (+ | b2
* | (+* | b2
( | (+*( | b2
a | (+*( | b2a
- | (+*(- | b2a
) | (+* | b2a-
) | | b2a-*+
* | * | b2a-*+
1 | * | b2a-*+1
| | b2a-*+1*
'*1+*-a2b'

>>> infix_2_prefix('')
Symbol | Stack | Postfix
----------------------------
''

for i in range(len(infix)):
if infix[i] == "(":
infix[i] = ")" # change "(" to ")"
elif infix[i] == ")":
infix[i] = "(" # change ")" to "("
>>> infix_2_prefix('(()')
Traceback (most recent call last):
...
ValueError: Invalid bracket position(s)

return (infix_2_postfix("".join(infix)))[
>>> infix_2_prefix('())')
Traceback (most recent call last):
...
ValueError: Invalid bracket position(s)
"""
new_infix = list(infix[::-1]) # reverse the infix equation

for i in range(len(new_infix)):
if new_infix[i] == "(":
new_infix[i] = ")" # change "(" to ")"
elif new_infix[i] == ")":
new_infix[i] = "(" # change ")" to "("

return (infix_2_postfix("".join(new_infix)))[
::-1
] # call infix_2_postfix on Infix, return reverse of Postfix


if __name__ == "__main__":
from doctest import testmod

testmod()

Infix = input("\nEnter an Infix Equation = ") # Input an Infix equation
Infix = "".join(Infix.split()) # Remove spaces from the input
print("\n\t", Infix, "(Infix) -> ", infix_2_prefix(Infix), "(Prefix)")