A Simple Conversion
- Input: 3+4
- Add 3 to the output queue (whenever a number is read it is added to the output)
- Push + (or its ID) onto the operator stack
- Add 4 to the output queue
- After reading the expression pop the operators off the stack and add them to the output.
- In this case there is only one, "+".
- Output 3 4 +
This already shows a couple of rules:
- All numbers are added to the output when they are read.
- At the end of reading the expression, pop all operators off the stack and onto the output.
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