[SOLVED] QQueue - Easy way to access tail element?

[maximus]

I was wondering if there is a function similar to "head()" (that returns the queue head item), but I need the same thing for the "tail".

What I want to do : Average all value inside a Queue, each element of the Queue also representing an average. I need to access the tail element to update it's value with new value that comes in (real-time averaging)

I thought of using array for this, but I would need to move the element all the time, and found QQueue would do this for me (not sure about performance vs array though)

Any advice appreciated!

Here is the code I have:

@ // Get current second
int currentSecondPower = (int) timeElapsed_sec;
// If the second changed, add new value to top of queue
if (currentSecondPower != lastSecondPower) {
nbPointsPower = 0;
queuePower.enqueue(value);
// check the queue size, remove element if needed
if (queuePower.size() > settings->averagingPower) {
queuePower.dequeue();
}
}
// If the second is the same, recalculate average and replace value of the tail
else {
double firstEle = queuePower.last() *((double)nbPointsPower/(nbPointsPower+1)); ///how to access tail of queue?
double secondEle = ((double)value)/(nbPointsPower+1);
// replace last element of the queue
queuePower.replace(queuePower.size()-1, firstEle + secondEle);
nbPointsPower++;
}

    lastSecondPower = currentSecondPower;@

[Asperamanca]

A QQueue is just a QList with some bells and whistles.
So you can always use QList::last() (provided your queue is not empty)

[maximus]

Oh I see, so basically I could use .first() or .last() and it would be like .head() and tail() ?

I guess I could just use a QList and use removeLast() and insert() instead of EnQueue and DeQueue, not sure what is better with a QQueue now..

To replace the last Element of the Queue, i'm using this code, is there a better syntax? :
@ queuePower.replace(queuePower.size()-1, value);@
Thanks

[SGaist]

Hi,

Yes it will.

You could but your code would be less readable. QQueue's name already provides a hint on what is going to happen with that container.

Better syntax ? What do you have in mind ?

[maximus]

Thanks SGaist I will keep QQueue as you said it implies I want to use it as a Queue.
I thought maybe a cleared way to replace the last element queue.ReplaceLast() but I guess the previous code will do, thanks for your help !