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Modify the Queue Template class given in Section 17.2 so that it implements a priority que...

Modify the Queue Template class given in Section 17.2 so that it implements a priority queue. A priority queue is similar to a regular queue except that each item added to the queue also has an associated priority. For this problem, make the priority an integer where 0 is the highest priority and larger values are increasingly lower in priority.

The remove function should return and remove the item that has the highest priority.

For example,

q.add('X', 10);

q.add('Y', 1);

q.add('Z', 3);

cout << q.remove(); //Returns Y

cout << q.remove(); //Returns Z

cout << q.remove(); //Returns X

Test your queue on data with priorities in various orders (e.g., ascending, descending, mixed). You can implement the priority queue by performing a linear search in the remove() function. In future courses, you may study a data structure called a heap that affords a more efficient way to implement a priority queue.

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