PNG  IHDR;IDATxܻn0K )(pA 7LeG{ §㻢|ذaÆ 6lذaÆ 6lذaÆ 6lom$^yذag5bÆ 6lذaÆ 6lذa{ 6lذaÆ `}HFkm,mӪôô! x|'ܢ˟;E:9&ᶒ}{v]n&6 h_tڠ͵-ҫZ;Z$.Pkž)!o>}leQfJTu іچ\X=8Rن4`Vwl>nG^is"ms$ui?wbs[m6K4O.4%/bC%t Mז -lG6mrz2s%9s@-k9=)kB5\+͂Zsٲ Rn~GRC wIcIn7jJhۛNCS|j08yiHKֶۛkɈ+;SzL/F*\Ԕ#"5m2[S=gnaPeғL lذaÆ 6l^ḵaÆ 6lذaÆ 6lذa; _ذaÆ 6lذaÆ 6lذaÆ RIENDB` # yocto-queue [![](https://badgen.net/bundlephobia/minzip/yocto-queue)](https://bundlephobia.com/result?p=yocto-queue) > Tiny queue data structure You should use this package instead of an array if you do a lot of `Array#push()` and `Array#shift()` on large arrays, since `Array#shift()` has [linear time complexity](https://medium.com/@ariel.salem1989/an-easy-to-use-guide-to-big-o-time-complexity-5dcf4be8a444#:~:text=O(N)%E2%80%94Linear%20Time) *O(n)* while `Queue#dequeue()` has [constant time complexity](https://medium.com/@ariel.salem1989/an-easy-to-use-guide-to-big-o-time-complexity-5dcf4be8a444#:~:text=O(1)%20%E2%80%94%20Constant%20Time) *O(1)*. That makes a huge difference for large arrays. > A [queue](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Queue_(abstract_data_type)) is an ordered list of elements where an element is inserted at the end of the queue and is removed from the front of the queue. A queue works based on the first-in, first-out ([FIFO](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/FIFO_(computing_and_electronics))) principle. ## Install ``` $ npm install yocto-queue ``` ## Usage ```js const Queue = require('yocto-queue'); const queue = new Queue(); queue.enqueue('🦄'); queue.enqueue('🌈'); console.log(queue.size); //=> 2 console.log(...queue); //=> '🦄 🌈' console.log(queue.dequeue()); //=> '🦄' console.log(queue.dequeue()); //=> '🌈' ``` ## API ### `queue = new Queue()` The instance is an [`Iterable`](https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Web/JavaScript/Reference/Iteration_protocols), which means you can iterate over the queue front to back with a “for…of” loop, or use spreading to convert the queue to an array. Don't do this unless you really need to though, since it's slow. #### `.enqueue(value)` Add a value to the queue. #### `.dequeue()` Remove the next value in the queue. Returns the removed value or `undefined` if the queue is empty. #### `.clear()` Clear the queue. #### `.size` The size of the queue. ## Related - [quick-lru](https://github.com/sindresorhus/quick-lru) - Simple “Least Recently Used” (LRU) cache