heapq
– heap queue algorithm
Heap queue algorithm.
This module implements a subset of the corresponding CPython module,
as described below. For more information, refer to the original
CPython documentation: heapq
.
This module implements the min heap queue algorithm.
A heap queue is essentially a list that has its elements stored in such a way that the first item of the list is always the smallest.
- heapq.heapify(x)
Convert the list
x
into a heap. This is an in-place operation.
- heapq.heappop(heap)
Pop the first item from the
heap
, and return it. RaiseIndexError
ifheap
is empty.The returned item will be the smallest item in the
heap
.
- heapq.heappush(heap, item)
Push the
item
onto theheap
.