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Evaluate Reverse Polish Notation
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1Give yourself 5 minutes
2Answer out loud, not in your head
3Then compare with the answer below
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Stuck? Show a way to structure it+
- 01Split the expression into tokens.
- 02Push numeric tokens onto a stack.
- 03For an operator, pop right operand then left operand.
- 04Apply the operator and push the result.
- 05Require exactly one final stack value.
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