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Reverse Stack Using Recursion

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package com.thealgorithms.others;

/* Program to reverse a Stack using Recursion*/
import java.util.Stack;

public class ReverseStackUsingRecursion {

    // Stack
    private static Stack<Integer> stack = new Stack<>();

    // Main function
    public static void main(String[] args) {
        // To Create a Dummy Stack containing integers from 0-9
        for (int i = 0; i < 10; i++) {
            stack.push(i);
        }
        System.out.println("STACK");

        // To print that dummy Stack
        for (int k = 9; k >= 0; k--) {
            System.out.println(k);
        }

        // Reverse Function called
        reverseUsingRecursion(stack);

        System.out.println("REVERSED STACK : ");
        // To print reversed  stack
        while (!stack.isEmpty()) {
            System.out.println(stack.pop());
        }
    }

    // Function Used to reverse Stack Using Recursion
    private static void reverseUsingRecursion(Stack<Integer> stack) {
        if (stack.isEmpty()) { // If stack is empty then return
            return;
        }
        /* All items are stored in call stack until we reach the end*/

        int temptop = stack.peek();
        stack.pop();
        reverseUsingRecursion(stack); // Recursion call
        insertAtEnd(temptop); // Insert items held in call stack one by one into stack
    }

    // Function used to insert element at the end of stack
    private static void insertAtEnd(int temptop) {
        if (stack.isEmpty()) {
            stack.push(temptop); // If stack is empty push the element
        } else {
            int temp = stack.peek();
            /* All the items are stored in call stack until we reach end*/
            stack.pop();

            insertAtEnd(temptop); // Recursive call

            stack.push(temp);
        }
    }
}