Stack Pop Operation : Remove Element from Stack

Basic Pop Operation On Stack : Data Structure

[ Watch Pop Operation Video On Youtube ]  Pop Operation : Removing element from stack and decrementing top is called as “Pop Operation” .
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Pop Operation Arguments and Return Type :

  1. Argument  :  Variable of Type Stack.
  2. Return Type : Integer [ Removed Element ]

Steps in Pop Operation :

  1. Store Topmost Element in another Variable.
  2. Decrement Top by 1 
  3. Return Topmost Element .

Pre-requisites : Stack Type Definition .: Click Here
Pop Function :

int pop(stack *s)
{
int x;
  
  x = s->data[s->top];
  s->top = s->top - 1;
  return(x);
}


Note : 


    

  1. Before Removing or Popping element from stack ensure that stack is not empty.
    2. 

  2. Removing element from empty stack leads to problem called “Underflow of Stack“
    3. 



How to Check Whether Stack is Empty of Not ?


Way 1 : Checking Inside pop()


int pop(stack *s)
{
int x;
  if(s->top == -1)
     {
     printf("Stack is Empty");
     exit(0);
     }
  x = s->data[s->top];
  s->top = s->top - 1;
  return(x);
}


Way 2 : Calling Independent empty()


int empty(stack *s)
{
  if(s->top == -1)
      return(1);
  else
      return(0);
}