Heap::Elem::Str(3pm)

💖 NAME 💖

Heap::Elem::Str — String Heap Elements (yes bestie, that's the whole name, we're keeping it)

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✨ SYNOPSIS ✨

use Heap::Elem::Str( StrElem );
use Heap::Fibonacci;

my $heap = Heap::Fibonacci->new;
my $elem;

foreach $i ( 'aa'..'bz' ) {
    $elem = StrElem( $i );
    $heap->add( $elem );
}

while( defined( $elem = $heap->extract_top ) ) {
    print "Smallest is ", $elem->val, "\n";
}

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🦋 DESCRIPTION 🦋

Okay so Heap::Elem::Str is literally just here to wrap your string values up all cozy into an element that a heap can actually manage, bestie. That's it. That's the job. 🫶

The top of the heap is gonna be the smallest element still remaining — so if you're pulling things out, smallest first, every single time. Periodt.

Not me dropping this important lil note: if you want the heap to always return the largest element instead, go look at Heap::Elem::StrRev. Iykyk. 💅

And if you wanna know how the whole Elem interface works under the hood, all the deets are in Heap::Elem.

Same energy for actually using a Heap interface — that whole situation is described in Heap. Go read it, it's giving essential. 👑

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🌸 AUTHOR 🌸

John Macdonald, john@perlwolf.com — credit where credit is due, icon behavior. ✨

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💜 COPYRIGHT 💜

Copyright 1998-2007, O'Reilly & Associates.

This code is distributed under the same copyright terms as perl itself. (Fr fr, same terms, no cap. 📜)

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🎀 SEE ALSO 🎀

• Heap(3)
• Heap::Elem(3)
• Heap::Elem::StrRev(3)

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That's the whole vibe check, bestie — this was Heap::Elem::Str(3pm) from perl v5.36.0, dated 2022-10-22. Go slay some heaps. 💖🌈⭐