Example #1
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        public ArrayList InputToPostfix()
        {
            Stack <Token> operatorStack = new Stack <Token>();
            ArrayList     postfixExpr   = new ArrayList();

            //loop over the tokenized infix expression from user input
            try
            {
                foreach (Token currToken in inputTokens)
                {
                    //if current token is an operand, add to output expression
                    if (currToken is Operand)
                    {
                        postfixExpr.Add(currToken);
                    }
                    else if (currToken is Operator)
                    {
                        //if current operator is a '(', add it to op stack
                        if (currToken.getValue().Equals("("))
                        {
                            operatorStack.Push(currToken);
                        }

                        //if current operator is a ')', pop from stack and add to output until '(' is encountered
                        else if (currToken.getValue().Equals(")"))
                        {
                            Token topStackToken = operatorStack.Pop();
                            while (!(topStackToken.getValue().Equals("(")))
                            {
                                postfixExpr.Add(topStackToken);
                                topStackToken = operatorStack.Pop();
                            }
                        }

                        //operators that are not parentheses
                        else
                        {
                            Operator currOpToken    = currToken as Operator;
                            Operator currStackToken = new Operator("");

                            while ((!(operatorStack.Count() == 0)) && ((currStackToken = (Operator)operatorStack.Peek()).getPriority() >= currOpToken.getPriority()))
                            {
                                //add tokens from stack to output expression while the current token has <= priority than top of stack
                                currStackToken = operatorStack.Pop() as Operator;
                                postfixExpr.Add(currStackToken);
                            }

                            operatorStack.Push(currToken);
                        }
                    }
                }
            }
            catch (System.InvalidOperationException)
            {
                return(new ArrayList());
            }


            //add remainder of stack to postfix expression
            while (!(operatorStack.Count() == 0))
            {
                postfixExpr.Add(operatorStack.Pop());
            }

            return(postfixExpr);
        }