Min Stack Problem Statement

Design a special stack that supports the following operations in constant time:

  1. Push(num): Insert the given number into the stack.
  2. Pop: Remove and return the top element from the stack; return -1 if the stack is empty.
  3. Top: Return the top element of the stack; return -1 if the stack is empty.
  4. getMin: Return the minimum element in the stack; return -1 if the stack is empty.

Example:

Input:
1
5
1 1
1 2
4
2
3
Output:
1 2 1
Explanation:

Initially, the stack is empty.
1. Push 1: Stack becomes [1].
2. Push 2: Stack becomes [2, 1].
3. getMin: Minimum is 1.
4. Pop: Topmost is 2, stack becomes [1].
5. Top: Topmost is 1.

Constraints:

  • 1 ≤ T ≤ 1000
  • 1 ≤ N ≤ 100000
  • ΣN ≤ 200000
  • 1 ≤ X ≤ 109
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