Intermediate·Concept·2 min read

Heap and priority queue in .NET

Practice this question

PriorityQueue<T> usage

csharp
var pq = new PriorityQueue<int, int>();
pq.Enqueue(5, 5);
pq.Enqueue(3, 3);
pq.Enqueue(9, 9);
int top = pq.Peek();

Problems to practice

  • Kth largest element
  • Top K frequent elements
  • Merge K sorted lists
  • Median in stream

Interview guidance

A heap gives efficient top-element access and is often used for ordering under constraints.


Adapted from 17_DSA_DOTNET.md · “8. Heap and priority queue in .NET”. Code examples are study fragments. Difficulty and core labels are editorial estimates; version-specific behavior should be checked against your project.