priority_queue::push() in C++

Note : if you are not familiar with what is a priority queue or how to initialize it, I suggest you to first have a look at this article:

Push Function in priority Queue

Push function in priority queue is used to to insert a element in the queue, the element is inserted in the priority queue based on it's value which defines it's priority in the queue.

Position based on priority

If the element is inserted in priority queue is based on max heap then higher the value of the element in the queue the more it will be nearer to the top of queue. If the value of the element is highest in the priority queue then element is inserted at the top of the priority queue.

if the element is inserted in the priority queue based is on min heap then lower the value of the element in the queue the higher it will be on the priority queue. if the value of element is lowest in the whole queue then it's inserted at the top.

Priority queue uses min heap or max heap in implementation -

Syntax

Syntax for push function in priority_queue is -

priority_queue<int> pq ;

int x = 10 ;

pq.push(x) ;

// above line represents syntax for pushing element in the queue.

Code

Push function in priority queue based on min heap and max heap.

#include<iostream>
#include<queue>

// don't forget to include queue in your code otherwise code below will give error

using namespace std ;

int main(){
    
    priority_queue<int> pq ;
    // priority queue based on max heap

    pq.push(7) ;
    pq.push(6) ;
    pq.push(15) ;
    pq.push(10) ;
    pq.push(12) ;
    pq.push(17) ;
    // using the push function in pq 

    priority_queue<int,vector<int> ,greater<int>> pq2;
    // priority queue based on min heap

    pq2.push(7) ;
    pq2.push(6) ;
    pq2.push(15) ;
    pq2.push(10) ;
    pq2.push(12) ;
    pq2.push(17) ;      
    // using the push function in pq2

    cout<<"priority queue based on max heap:\n" ;
    while( pq.size() ){

        cout<<pq.top()<<endl;
        pq.pop() ;
        
    }
    cout<<"priority queue based on min heap:\n" ;
    while( pq2.size() ){
        cout<<pq2.top()<<endl;
        pq2.pop() ;

    }
   

    return 0 ;
}

Output

priority queue based on max heap:
17
15
12
10
7
6
priority queue based on min heap:
6
7
10
12
15
17

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