python heapq/priority queue/Min heap

Python heapq provides implementation of the heap(min) queue algorithm, also known as the priority queue algorithm. Here's some example code.

from heapq import heappush, heappop

# priority queue normal
h = []
heappush(h, 5)
heappush(h, 1)
heappush(h, 3)

print heappop(h),"size",len(h)
print heappop(h),"size",len(h)
print heappop(h),"size",len(h)

# priority queue with tuple number and string
h = []
heappush(h, (5, "sample text"))
heappush(h, (1, "important text"))
heappush(h, (1, "a important text"))
heappush(h, (9, "un-important text"))

print heappop(h)
print heappop(h)

# priority queue with tuple number only 
h = []
heappush(h, (5, 3))
heappush(h, (7, 3))
heappush(h, (1, 3))
heappush(h, (1, 1))
heappush(h, (1, 2))
heappush(h, (3, 2))
heappush(h, (3, 1))

print heappop(h)
print heappop(h)
print heappop(h)

Output:

1 size 2
3 size 1
5 size 0
(1, 'a important text')
(1, 'important text')
(1, 1)
(1, 2)
(1, 3)