sortStack, Javascript

sortStack

class Stack {
  constructor() {
    this.values = [];
  }
  
  push(value) {
    this.values.push(value)
  }

pop() {
    return this.values.pop();
  }

peek() {
    return this.values[this.values.length - 1];
  }
  
  size() {
    return this.values.length;
  }

isEmpty() {
    return this.values.length === 0;
  }
}

function sortStack(stack) {
  let temp = new Stack();
  temp.push(stack.pop());
  
  // move elements from stack to temp but sort them 1 at a time
  while (!stack.isEmpty()) {
    let curr = stack.pop();
    let count = 0;

// remove elements from temp to get the correct spot for curr
    while (!temp.isEmpty() && curr < temp.peek()) {
      stack.push(temp.pop());
      count++;
    }
    
    temp.push(curr);
    // after pushing curr onto the sorted stack, pop all the other elements back 
    for (let i = 0; i < count; ++i) {
      temp.push(stack.pop());
    }
  }

// temp is min to largest we want to pop onto stack to have min @ the top
  while (!temp.isEmpty()) {
    stack.push(temp.pop());
  }
  return stack;
}

let stack = new Stack();
stack.push(1)
stack.push(5)
stack.push(3)
stack.push(4)
stack.push(5)

console.log(sortStack(stack))


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