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Infix to Prefix Conversion

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"""
Output:

Enter an Infix Equation = a + b ^c
 Symbol  |  Stack  | Postfix
----------------------------
   c     |         | c
   ^     | ^       | c
   b     | ^       | cb
   +     | +       | cb^
   a     | +       | cb^a
         |         | cb^a+

         a+b^c (Infix) ->  +a^bc (Prefix)
"""


def infix_2_postfix(infix: str) -> str:
    """
    >>> infix_2_postfix("a+b^c")  # doctest: +NORMALIZE_WHITESPACE
     Symbol  |  Stack  | Postfix
    ----------------------------
       a     |         | a
       +     | +       | a
       b     | +       | ab
       ^     | +^      | ab
       c     | +^      | abc
             | +       | abc^
             |         | abc^+
    'abc^+'

    >>> infix_2_postfix("1*((-a)*2+b)")   # doctest: +NORMALIZE_WHITESPACE
      Symbol  |    Stack     |   Postfix
    -------------------------------------------
       1     |              | 1
       *     | *            | 1
       (     | *(           | 1
       (     | *((          | 1
       -     | *((-         | 1
       a     | *((-         | 1a
       )     | *(           | 1a-
       *     | *(*          | 1a-
       2     | *(*          | 1a-2
       +     | *(+          | 1a-2*
       b     | *(+          | 1a-2*b
       )     | *            | 1a-2*b+
             |              | 1a-2*b+*
    '1a-2*b+*'

    >>> infix_2_postfix("")
     Symbol  |  Stack  | Postfix
    ----------------------------
    ''

    >>> infix_2_postfix("(()")
    Traceback (most recent call last):
        ...
    ValueError: invalid expression

    >>> infix_2_postfix("())")
    Traceback (most recent call last):
        ...
    IndexError: list index out of range
    """
    stack = []
    post_fix = []
    priority = {
        "^": 3,
        "*": 2,
        "/": 2,
        "%": 2,
        "+": 1,
        "-": 1,
    }  # Priority of each operator
    print_width = max(len(infix), 7)

    # Print table header for output
    print(
        "Symbol".center(8),
        "Stack".center(print_width),
        "Postfix".center(print_width),
        sep=" | ",
    )
    print("-" * (print_width * 3 + 7))

    for x in infix:
        if x.isalpha() or x.isdigit():
            post_fix.append(x)  # if x is Alphabet / Digit, add it to Postfix
        elif x == "(":
            stack.append(x)  # if x is "(" push to Stack
        elif x == ")":  # if x is ")" pop stack until "(" is encountered
            if len(stack) == 0:  # close bracket without open bracket
                raise IndexError("list index out of range")

            while stack[-1] != "(":
                post_fix.append(stack.pop())  # Pop stack & add the content to Postfix
            stack.pop()
        else:
            if len(stack) == 0:
                stack.append(x)  # If stack is empty, push x to stack
            else:  # while priority of x is not > priority of element in the stack
                while stack and stack[-1] != "(" and priority[x] <= priority[stack[-1]]:
                    post_fix.append(stack.pop())  # pop stack & add to Postfix
                stack.append(x)  # push x to stack

        print(
            x.center(8),
            ("".join(stack)).ljust(print_width),
            ("".join(post_fix)).ljust(print_width),
            sep=" | ",
        )  # Output in tabular format

    while len(stack) > 0:  # while stack is not empty
        if stack[-1] == "(":  # open bracket with no close bracket
            raise ValueError("invalid expression")

        post_fix.append(stack.pop())  # pop stack & add to Postfix
        print(
            " ".center(8),
            ("".join(stack)).ljust(print_width),
            ("".join(post_fix)).ljust(print_width),
            sep=" | ",
        )  # Output in tabular format

    return "".join(post_fix)  # return Postfix as str


def infix_2_prefix(infix: str) -> str:
    """
    >>> infix_2_prefix("a+b^c")  # doctest: +NORMALIZE_WHITESPACE
     Symbol  |  Stack  | Postfix
    ----------------------------
       c     |         | c
       ^     | ^       | c
       b     | ^       | cb
       +     | +       | cb^
       a     | +       | cb^a
             |         | cb^a+
    '+a^bc'

    >>> infix_2_prefix("1*((-a)*2+b)") # doctest: +NORMALIZE_WHITESPACE
     Symbol  |    Stack     |   Postfix
    -------------------------------------------
       (     | (            |
       b     | (            | b
       +     | (+           | b
       2     | (+           | b2
       *     | (+*          | b2
       (     | (+*(         | b2
       a     | (+*(         | b2a
       -     | (+*(-        | b2a
       )     | (+*          | b2a-
       )     |              | b2a-*+
       *     | *            | b2a-*+
       1     | *            | b2a-*+1
             |              | b2a-*+1*
    '*1+*-a2b'

    >>> infix_2_prefix('')
     Symbol  |  Stack  | Postfix
    ----------------------------
    ''

    >>> infix_2_prefix('(()')
    Traceback (most recent call last):
        ...
    IndexError: list index out of range

    >>> infix_2_prefix('())')
    Traceback (most recent call last):
        ...
    ValueError: invalid expression
    """
    reversed_infix = list(infix[::-1])  # reverse the infix equation

    for i in range(len(reversed_infix)):
        if reversed_infix[i] == "(":
            reversed_infix[i] = ")"  # change "(" to ")"
        elif reversed_infix[i] == ")":
            reversed_infix[i] = "("  # change ")" to "("

    # call infix_2_postfix on Infix, return reverse of Postfix
    return (infix_2_postfix("".join(reversed_infix)))[::-1]


if __name__ == "__main__":
    from doctest import testmod

    testmod()

    Infix = input("\nEnter an Infix Equation = ")  # Input an Infix equation
    Infix = "".join(Infix.split())  # Remove spaces from the input
    print("\n\t", Infix, "(Infix) -> ", infix_2_prefix(Infix), "(Prefix)")