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Queue & Deque

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Model streaming and level-by-level processing, and use a deque to answer sliding-window maximum in linear time.

10

Planned lessons

9

Coding problems

5h

Est. study time

Medium

Difficulty

Overview

Queues and deques model FIFO processing and sliding windows. You'll use a double-ended queue to answer sliding-window maximum in linear time.

Why it matters

A monotonic deque solves sliding-window extremes in O(n), and queues are the backbone of BFS and level-order traversal you'll reuse in trees and graphs.

What the course will cover

  • Queue vs deque and their operations
  • BFS and level-order processing
  • Monotonic deque for sliding-window maximum
  • Circular queues and design problems
  • Patterns: Sliding Window Maximum, Design Circular Queue

Interview relevance

Deque-based window problems are a common medium/hard filter. Interviewers look for the linear-time deque insight rather than a heap.

Topics you'll master

QueueDequeSliding Window

In the meantime, dive into a published track to keep your momentum.