The stack provides 3 major operations: push (add an element at the top of the stack), pop (take the last added element from the top of the stack) and peek (get the element from the top of the stack without removing it). code example

Example: stack implementation in c

#include <stdio.h>

int MAXSIZE = 8;       
int stack[8];     
int top = -1;            

int isempty() {

   if(top == -1)
      return 1;
   else
      return 0;
}
   
int isfull() {

   if(top == MAXSIZE)
      return 1;
   else
      return 0;
}

int peek() {
   return stack[top];
}

int pop() {
   int data;
	
   if(!isempty()) {
      data = stack[top];
      top = top - 1;   
      return data;
   } else {
      printf("Could not retrieve data, Stack is empty.\n");
   }
}

int push(int data) {

   if(!isfull()) {
      top = top + 1;   
      stack[top] = data;
   } else {
      printf("Could not insert data, Stack is full.\n");
   }
}

int main() {
   // push items on to the stack 
   push(3);
   push(5);
   push(9);
   push(1);
   push(12);
   push(15);

   printf("Element at top of the stack: %d\n" ,peek());
   printf("Elements: \n");

   // print stack data 
   while(!isempty()) {
      int data = pop();
      printf("%d\n",data);
   }

   printf("Stack full: %s\n" , isfull()?"true":"false");
   printf("Stack empty: %s\n" , isempty()?"true":"false");
   
   return 0;
}