{"id":9132,"date":"2022-07-20T10:47:41","date_gmt":"2022-07-20T10:47:41","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.prepbytes.com\/blog\/?p=9132"},"modified":"2022-08-30T03:36:17","modified_gmt":"2022-08-30T03:36:17","slug":"queue-lifoqueue-vs-collections-deque","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/prepbytes.com\/blog\/queue-lifoqueue-vs-collections-deque\/","title":{"rendered":"Queue.LifoQueue vs Collections.Deque"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/prepbytes-misc-images.s3.ap-south-1.amazonaws.com\/assets\/1658222161984-Article.jpg\" alt=\"\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Both LIFOQueue and <a href=\"https:\/\/prepbytes.com\/blog\/linked-list\/implementation-of-deque-using-doubly-linked-list\/\" title=\"Deque\">Deque<\/a> are present in the built-in modules Queue and Collections in Python, both of them are widely used data structures, but they are used for different purposes. In this article ,we will discuss the difference between both on the  basis of usability, execution time, working, implementation, etc. in Python.<\/p>\n<h3>queue.LifoQueue<\/h3>\n<p>LifoQueue is present in the queue module in Python which has the technical same working as a Stack data structures. As the name suggests in LifoQueue, the element inserted at last will be removed first. It is used for communication between the different threads in the very same process.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/prepbytes-misc-images.s3.ap-south-1.amazonaws.com\/assets\/1658222181366-Image-01.png\" alt=\"\" \/><\/p>\n<h4>Implementation of queue.LifoQueue<\/h4>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<style>\r\n\t\t\t\t\r\n\t\t\t\t\t#tab_container_9134 {\r\n\toverflow:hidden;\r\n\tdisplay:block;\r\n\twidth:100%;\r\n\tborder:0px solid #ddd;\r\n\tmargin-bottom:30px;\r\n\t}\r\n\r\n#tab_container_9134 .tab-content{\r\n\tpadding:20px;\r\n\tborder: 1px solid #e6e6e6 !important;\r\n\tmargin-top: 0px;\r\n\tbackground-color:#ffffff !important;\r\n\tcolor: #000000 !important;\r\n\tfont-size:16px !important;\r\n\tfont-family: Open Sans !important;\r\n\t\r\n\t\tborder: 1px solid #e6e6e6 !important;\r\n\t}\r\n#tab_container_9134 .wpsm_nav-tabs {\r\n    border-bottom: 0px solid #ddd;\r\n}\r\n#tab_container_9134 .wpsm_nav-tabs > li.active > a, #tab_container_9134 .wpsm_nav-tabs > li.active > a:hover, #tab_container_9134 .wpsm_nav-tabs > li.active > a:focus {\r\n\tcolor: #000000 !important;\r\n\tcursor: default;\r\n\tbackground-color: #ffffff !important;\r\n\tborder: 1px solid #e6e6e6 !important;\r\n}\r\n\r\n#tab_container_9134 .wpsm_nav-tabs > li > a {\r\n    margin-right: 0px !important; 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In this data structure, insertion and deletion can be done on the both rear and front end. Operations of deque are quite faster than list in Python.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/prepbytes-misc-images.s3.ap-south-1.amazonaws.com\/assets\/1658222201217-Image-02.png\" alt=\"\" \/><\/p>\n<h4>Implementation of collections.deque<\/h4>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<style>\r\n\t\t\t\t\r\n\t\t\t\t\t#tab_container_9135 {\r\n\toverflow:hidden;\r\n\tdisplay:block;\r\n\twidth:100%;\r\n\tborder:0px solid #ddd;\r\n\tmargin-bottom:30px;\r\n\t}\r\n\r\n#tab_container_9135 .tab-content{\r\n\tpadding:20px;\r\n\tborder: 1px solid #e6e6e6 !important;\r\n\tmargin-top: 0px;\r\n\tbackground-color:#ffffff !important;\r\n\tcolor: #000000 !important;\r\n\tfont-size:16px !important;\r\n\tfont-family: Open Sans !important;\r\n\t\r\n\t\tborder: 1px solid #e6e6e6 !important;\r\n\t}\r\n#tab_container_9135 .wpsm_nav-tabs {\r\n    border-bottom: 0px solid #ddd;\r\n}\r\n#tab_container_9135 .wpsm_nav-tabs > li.active > a, #tab_container_9135 .wpsm_nav-tabs > li.active > a:hover, #tab_container_9135 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class=\"active\"  onclick=\"do_resize()\">\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"#tabs_desc_9135_1\" aria-controls=\"tabs_desc_9135_1\" role=\"tab\" data-toggle=\"tab\">\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<i class=\"fa fa-code\"><\/i> \t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span>Python<\/span>\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/li>\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t <\/ul>\r\n\r\n\t\t\t\t\t  <!-- Tab panes -->\r\n\t\t\t\t\t  <div class=\"tab-content\" id=\"tab-content_9135\">\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t <div role=\"tabpanel\" class=\"tab-pane  in active \" id=\"tabs_desc_9135_1\">\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<!-- wp:enlighter\/codeblock {\"language\":\"python\"} -->\r\n<pre class=\"EnlighterJSRAW\" data-enlighter-language=\"python\" data-enlighter-theme=\"\" data-enlighter-highlight=\"\" data-enlighter-linenumbers=\"\" data-enlighter-lineoffset=\"\" data-enlighter-title=\"\" data-enlighter-group=\"\">\r\nimport collections\r\n\r\nDeque = collections.deque([12, 24, 36])\r\n\r\nDeque.append(0)\r\n\r\nprint(\"The deque after appending at right is:\", Deque)\r\n\r\nDeque.appendleft(100)\r\n\r\nprint(\"The deque after appending at left is: \", Deque)\r\n\r\nDeque.pop()\r\n\r\nprint(\"The deque after deleting from right is:\", Deque);\r\n\r\nDeque.popleft()\r\n\r\nprint(\"Queue:\", Deque)\r\n\r\n<\/pre>\r\n<!-- \/wp:enlighter\/codeblock -->\r\n\r\n\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t <\/div>\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\r\n\t\t\t\t\t <\/div>\r\n\t\t\t\t\t \r\n\t\t\t\t <\/div>\r\n <script>\r\n\t\tjQuery(function () {\r\n\t\t\tjQuery('#myTab_9135 a:first').tab('show')\r\n\t\t});\r\n\t\t\r\n\t\t\t\tjQuery(function(){\r\n\t\t\tvar b=\"fadeIn\";\r\n\t\t\tvar c;\r\n\t\t\tvar a;\r\n\t\t\td(jQuery(\"#myTab_9135 a\"),jQuery(\"#tab-content_9135\"));function 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class=\"has-fixed-layout\"><thead><tr><th class=\"has-text-align-center\" data-align=\"center\"><strong>Sr. No<\/strong>.<\/th><th><strong>LifoQueue<\/strong><\/th><th><strong>Deque<\/strong><\/th><\/tr><\/thead><tbody><tr><td class=\"has-text-align-center\" data-align=\"center\">1<\/td><td>It implements stack data <br>structure.<\/td><td>It implements a doubly ended <br>queue data structure.<\/td><\/tr><tr><td class=\"has-text-align-center\" data-align=\"center\">2<\/td><td>It is present in the queue <br>modules in Python.<\/td><td>It is present in the collections <br>module in Python.<\/td><\/tr><tr><td class=\"has-text-align-center\" data-align=\"center\">3<\/td><td>It allows various threads to <br>communicate using queued <br>data or messages.<\/td><td>It is simply intended to be data <br>structure.<\/td><\/tr><tr><td class=\"has-text-align-center\" data-align=\"center\">4<\/td><td>It has fewer features <br>(operations and methods).<\/td><td>It has more features (operation <br>and 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