Revisiting some nodes in a recursive function (DFS) over a tree - algorithm

I traverse the nodes of a tree in depth-first manner. Suppose the tree is as follows:
Now, suppose that I am in node E and for some condition I want to back to the node C and continue from there. Then previous traversing should be canceled and node C, D, E should be evaluated again. Node F and G shouldn't be traversed twice as the previous recursive navigation has been cancelled!
Usual navigation : A B C D E F G
The desire navigation : A B C D E C D E F G
The general code of depth-first traversing is as follows:
void DFS(node x)
{
z = evaluate(x);
// if (z != null) DFS(z)
// Z could be a node which has been already traversed,
// let's suppose it's an ancestor of x
foreach (node y in c.children)
{
DFS(y);
}
}
Please help me how can I have such navigation in the tree?

I will try to outline a pseudocode using a global variable cancel.
boolean cancel = false;
void DFS(node x, parent p)
{
if(!cancel) {
foreach (node y in x.children) {
DFS(y, x);
}
} else {
cancel = false;
DFS(p, findParent(p));
}
}
However, there is a problem with this approach. Once the traversal has started in the foreach section, each subsequent call to the DFS method within the loop will invoke the DFS from parent node. To address this concern, I would recommend you to simulate the depth first traversal by using your own stack rather than taking the recursive approach. That way, when cancel becomes true, you can clear the stack and ensure that DFS call from the parent happens only once. Hope this helps!
Something among the following lines should work:
boolean cancel = false;
Stack<Node> s;
void DFSIterative(Node x, Node p) {
if(cancel) {
resetDFS(p);
} else {
s.push(x);
while(!s.isEmpty()) {
x = s.pop();
p = findParent(x);
if(cancel) resetDFS;
else {
foreach(node y in x.children) {
s.push(y);
}
}
}
}
}
void resetDFS(Node p) {
s.clear();
cancel = false;
DFSIterative(p, findParent(p));
}
I leave the implementation of findParent() helper method to you. Please note that you will also need to take care of marking the nodes as visited and then unmarking relevant nodes as unvisited when you cancel DFS.

Depending on how far back up the tree you want to go, something like this should work.
The DFS function returns the number of levels to retry:
0 to carry on as normal
1 to retry the same node
2 to retry the parent...
Code:
int DFS(node x)
{
if (some condition)
{
// return the number of parent levels you want to back up
return 2;
}
for (int i = 0; i < x.children.size; ++i)
{
int redo = DFS(x.children[i]);
if (redo == 1) {
// redo == 1 means retry the current node
--i;
}
if (redo > 1) {
{
// redo > 1 means retry an ancestor node
return redo - 1;
}
}
return 0;
}
Obviously you have to be careful with your condition, or you'll end up in an infinite loop.
With the base code as above, the following condition will return A B C D E C D E F G
boolean retryE = true;
int DFS(node x)
{
if (x.value == "E" && retryE)
{
retryE = false;
return 2;
}
// remaining code as above
}
Update
Looking again, if your evaluate function returns an ancestor node not a number of levels, this may be closer to what you originally wanted... Will fail if the node returned is not an ancestor of the current child...
// returns null to continue DFS, or a node value to repeat from that node
Node DFS(Node x)
{
Node z = evaluate(x)
if (z != null)
{
return z;
}
for (int i = 0; i < x.children.size; ++i)
{
Node child = x.children[i];
Node result = DFS(child);
if (result != null)
{
if (result == child)
{
// current child is the one to retry so just
// decrement the counter to retry it
--i;
} else {
// retry a node but not this child so return it up the stack
return result;
}
}
}
return null;
}
Update 2
Using the same DFS function, consider this evaluate function, which returns C for the first occurence of both E and F
boolean retryE = true;
boolean retryF = true;
evaluate(Node x)
{
if (x.value == "E" && retryE)
{
retryE = false;
return C;
}
if (x.value == "F" && retryF)
{
retryF = false;
return C;
}
return null;
}
This will work correctly using the --i decrement method (returning A B C D E - C D E F - C D E F G), but not if calling DFS(child) directly, unless the result of the second call is processed somehow.
Cheers

See here I can see that u have used a void DFS that is your function is not returning anything so you can use that value to check if something is need to be reevaluated.
Like this
int DFS(node x)
{
int ret=0;
z = evaluate(x);
// if (z != null) DFS(z) Z could be a node which has been already traversed
foreach (node y in c.children)
{
ret=DFS(y);
if(ret==1)
break;
}
if(ret==1)
DFS(x);
if(z==(want to reevaluate))
return 1;
else
return 0;
}
Now by this you can simply return to the parent 1 if you want it to redo the DFS on all its children and you can simply return 0 if you want it to simply continue.
If any of the children of A returned 1 in that case All the children and that node will be reevaluated and the nodes above it will continue in the same way as they were.
So by you image.If E returns 1 then all of the nodes C,D,E will be reevaluated. If you have return value fixed to return distance or something then this could be done using a variable also, you just need to send its address to all the children and watch for its value.

Related

finding the route between 2 nodes in a directed graph?

I am struggling with following piece of code, as I try to write a function for finding if there is route between two nodes:
the main where I can isThereRoute function.
ArrayList<Node> visited = new ArrayList();
visted.add(start_node);
System.out.println(isThereRoute(start_node, end_node, visited));
the following is function
bool isThereRoute(Node A, Node B, ArrayList<Node> visited){
flag = false;
if(A == B) return true;
for(Node n : A.adjacent()){
if (!visited.contains(n)) {
visited.add(n);
flag = isThereRoute(n, B, visited);
}
}
return flag;
}
All the nodes are in Graph class where Adjacent() returns a adjacency list. The program sometimes works but in most cases print false even there is a route between 2 nodes.
You need to break the loop if there is a route, or when flag is true.
bool isThereRoute(Node A, Node B, ArrayList<Node> visited){
flag = false;
if(A == B) return true;
for(Node n : A.adjacent()){
if (!visited.contains(n)) {
visited.add(n);
flag = isThereRoute(n, B, visited);
}
if (flag == true) break; //<====insert here
}
return flag;
}
if you don't break the loop, flag may be changed to false on any subsequent iteration.
Your line flag = isThereRoute(n, B) will mean that the flag is set to the last node checked. That makes no sense - it should stop as soon as it finds a path:
if (A == B)
return true;
for (Node n: n.adjacent()) {
if (!visited.contains(n)) {
visited.add(n);
if (isThereRoute(n, B, visited))
return true;
}
}
return false;

Binary tree level order traversal

Three types of tree traversals are inorder, preorder, and post order.
A fourth, less often used, traversal is level-order traversal. In a
level-order traveresal, all nodes at depth "d" are processed before
any node at depth d + 1. Level-order traversal differs from the other
traversals in that it is not done recursively; a queue is used,
instead of the implied stack of recursion.
My questions on above text snippet are
Why level order traversals are not done recursively?
How queue is used in level order traversal? Request clarification with Pseudo code will be helpful.
Thanks!
Level order traversal is actually a BFS, which is not recursive by nature. It uses Queue instead of Stack to hold the next vertices that should be opened. The reason for it is in this traversal, you want to open the nodes in a FIFO order, instead of a LIFO order, obtained by recursion
as I mentioned, the level order is actually a BFS, and its [BFS] pseudo code [taken from wikipedia] is:
1 procedure BFS(Graph,source):
2 create a queue Q
3 enqueue source onto Q
4 mark source
5 while Q is not empty:
6 dequeue an item from Q into v
7 for each edge e incident on v in Graph:
8 let w be the other end of e
9 if w is not marked:
10 mark w
11 enqueue w onto Q
(*) in a tree, marking the vertices is not needed, since you cannot get to the same node in 2 different paths.
void levelorder(Node *n)
{ queue < Node * >q;
q.push(n);
while(!q.empty())
{
Node *node = q.front();
cout<<node->value;
q.pop();
if(node->left != NULL)
q.push(node->left);
if (node->right != NULL)
q.push(node->right);
}
}
Instead of a queue, I used a map to solve this. Take a look, if you are interested. As I do a postorder traversal, I maintain the depth at which each node is positioned and use this depth as the key in a map to collect values in the same level
class Solution {
public:
map<int, vector<int> > levelValues;
void recursivePrint(TreeNode *root, int depth){
if(root == NULL)
return;
if(levelValues.count(root->val) == 0)
levelValues.insert(make_pair(depth, vector<int>()));
levelValues[depth].push_back(root->val);
recursivePrint(root->left, depth+1);
recursivePrint(root->right, depth+1);
}
vector<vector<int> > levelOrder(TreeNode *root) {
recursivePrint(root, 1);
vector<vector<int> > result;
for(map<int,vector<int> >::iterator it = levelValues.begin(); it!= levelValues.end(); ++it){
result.push_back(it->second);
}
return result;
}
};
The entire solution can be found here - http://ideone.com/zFMGKU
The solution returns a vector of vectors with each inner vector containing the elements in the tree in the correct order.
you can try solving it here - https://oj.leetcode.com/problems/binary-tree-level-order-traversal/
And, as you can see, we can also do this recursively in the same time and space complexity as the queue solution!
My questions on above text snippet are
Why level order traversals are not done recursively?
How queue is used in level order traversal? Request clarification with Pseudo code will be helpful.
I think it'd actually be easier to start with the second question. Once you understand the answer to the second question, you'll be better prepared to understand the answer to the first.
How level order traversal works
I think the best way to understand how level order traversal works is to go through the execution step by step, so let's do that.
We have a tree.
We want to traverse it level by level.
So, the order that we'd visit the nodes would be A B C D E F G.
To do this, we use a queue. Remember, queues are first in, first out (FIFO). I like to imagine that the nodes are waiting in line to be processed by an attendant.
Let's start by putting the first node A into the queue.
Ok. Buckle up. The setup is over. We're about to start diving in.
The first step is to take A out of the queue so it can be processed. But wait! Before we do so, let's put A's children, B and C, into the queue also.
Note: A isn't actually in the queue anymore at this point. I grayed it out to try to communicate this. If I removed it completely from the diagram, it'd make it harder to visualize what's happening later on in the story.
Note: A is being processed by the attendant at the desk in the diagram. In real life, processing a node can mean a lot of things. Using it to compute a sum, send an SMS, log to the console, etc, etc. Going off the metaphor in my diagram, you can tell the attendant how you want them to process the node.
Now we move on to the node that is next in line. In this case, B.
We do the same thing that we did with A: 1) add the children to the line, and 2) process the node.
Hey, check it out! It looks like what we're doing here is going to get us that level order traversal that we were looking for! Let's prove this to ourselves by continuing the step through.
Once we finish with B, C is next in line. We place C's children at the back of the line, and then process C.
Now let's see what happens next. D is next in line. D doesn't have any children, so we don't place anything at the back of the line. We just process D.
And then it's the same thing for E, F, and G.
Why it's not done recursively
Imagine what would happen if we used a stack instead of a queue. Let's rewind to the point where we had just visited A.
Here's how it'd look if we were using a stack.
Now, instead of going "in order", this new attendant likes to serve the most recent clients first, not the ones who have been waiting the longest. So C is who is up next, not B.
Here's where the key point is. Where the stack starts to cause a different processing order than we had with the queue.
Like before, we add C's children and then process C. We're just adding them to a stack instead of a queue this time.
Now, what's next? This new attendant likes to serve the most recent clients first (ie. we're using a stack), so G is up next.
I'll stop the execution here. The point is that something as simple as replacing the queue with a stack actually gives us a totally different execution order. I'd encourage you to finish the step through though.
You might be thinking: "Ok... but the question asked about recursion. What does this have to do with recursion?" Well, when you use recursion, something sneaky is going on. You never did anything with a stack data structure like s = new Stack(). However, the runtime uses the call stack. This ends up being conceptually similar to what I did above, and thus doesn't give us that A B C D E F G ordering we were looking for from level order traversal.
https://github.com/arun2pratap/data-structure/blob/master/src/main/java/com/ds/tree/binarytree/BinaryTree.java
for complete can look out for the above link.
public void levelOrderTreeTraversal(List<Node<T>> nodes){
if(nodes == null || nodes.isEmpty()){
return;
}
List<Node<T>> levelNodes = new ArrayList<>();
nodes.stream().forEach(node -> {
if(node != null) {
System.out.print(" " + node.value);
levelNodes.add(node.left);
levelNodes.add(node.right);
}
});
System.out.println("");
levelOrderTreeTraversal(levelNodes);
}
Also can check out
http://www.geeksforgeeks.org/
here you will find Almost all Data Structure related answers.
Level order traversal implemented by queue
# class TreeNode:
# def __init__(self, val=0, left=None, right=None):
# self.val = val
# self.left = left
# self.right = right
def levelOrder(root: TreeNode) -> List[List[int]]:
res = [] # store the node value
queue = [root]
while queue:
node = queue.pop()
# visit the node
res.append(node.val)
if node.left:
queue.insert(0, node.left)
if node.right:
queue.insert(0, node.right)
return res
Recursive implementation is also possible. However, it needs to know the max depth of the root in advance.
def levelOrder(root: TreeNode) -> List[int]:
res = []
max_depth = maxDepth(root)
for i in range(max_depth):
# level start from 0 to max_depth-1
visitLevel(root, i, action)
return res
def visitLevel(root:TreeNode, level:int, res: List):
if not root:
return
if level==0:
res.append(node.val)
else:
self.visitLevel(root.left, level-1, res)
self.visitLevel(root.right, level-1, res)
def maxDepth(root: TreeNode) -> int:
if not root:
return 0
if not root.left and not root.right:
return 1
return max([ maxDepth(root.left), maxDepth(root.right)]) + 1
For your point 1) we can use Java below code for level order traversal in recursive order, we have not used any library function for tree, all are user defined tree and tree specific functions -
class Node
{
int data;
Node left, right;
public Node(int item)
{
data = item;
left = right = null;
}
boolean isLeaf() { return left == null ? right == null : false; }
}
public class BinaryTree {
Node root;
Queue<Node> nodeQueue = new ConcurrentLinkedDeque<>();
public BinaryTree() {
root = null;
}
public static void main(String args[]) {
BinaryTree tree = new BinaryTree();
tree.root = new Node(1);
tree.root.left = new Node(2);
tree.root.right = new Node(3);
tree.root.left.left = new Node(4);
tree.root.left.right = new Node(5);
tree.root.right.left = new Node(6);
tree.root.right.right = new Node(7);
tree.root.right.left.left = new Node(8);
tree.root.right.left.right = new Node(9);
tree.printLevelOrder();
}
/*Level order traversal*/
void printLevelOrder() {
int h = height(root);
int i;
for (i = 1; i <= h; i++)
printGivenLevel(root, i);
System.out.println("\n");
}
void printGivenLevel(Node root, int level) {
if (root == null)
return;
if (level == 1)
System.out.print(root.data + " ");
else if (level > 1) {
printGivenLevel(root.left, level - 1);
printGivenLevel(root.right, level - 1);
}
}
/*Height of Binary tree*/
int height(Node root) {
if (root == null)
return 0;
else {
int lHeight = height(root.left);
int rHeight = height(root.right);
if (lHeight > rHeight)
return (lHeight + 1);
else return (rHeight + 1);
}
}
}
For your point 2) If you want to use non recursive function then you can use queue as below function-
public void levelOrder_traversal_nrec(Node node){
System.out.println("Level order traversal !!! ");
if(node == null){
System.out.println("Tree is empty");
return;
}
nodeQueue.add(node);
while (!nodeQueue.isEmpty()){
node = nodeQueue.remove();
System.out.printf("%s ",node.data);
if(node.left !=null)
nodeQueue.add(node.left);
if (node.right !=null)
nodeQueue.add(node.right);
}
System.out.println("\n");
}
Recursive Solution in C++
/**
* Definition for a binary tree node.
* struct TreeNode {
* int val;
* TreeNode *left;
* TreeNode *right;
* TreeNode() : val(0), left(nullptr), right(nullptr) {}
* TreeNode(int x) : val(x), left(nullptr), right(nullptr) {}
* TreeNode(int x, TreeNode *left, TreeNode *right) : val(x), left(left), right(right) {}
* };
*/
class Solution {
public:
vector<vector<int>> levels;
void helper(TreeNode* node,int level)
{
if(levels.size() == level) levels.push_back({});
levels[level].push_back(node->val);
if(node->left)
helper(node->left,level+1);
if(node->right)
helper(node->right,level+1);
}
vector<vector<int>> levelOrder(TreeNode* root) {
if(!root) return levels;
helper(root,0);
return levels;
}
};
We can use queue to solve this problem in less time complexity. Here is the solution of level order traversal suing Java.
class Solution {
public List<List<Integer>> levelOrder(TreeNode root) {
List<List<Integer>> levelOrderTraversal = new ArrayList<List<Integer>>();
List<Integer> currentLevel = new ArrayList<Integer>();
Queue<TreeNode> queue = new LinkedList<TreeNode>();
if(root != null)
{
queue.add(root);
queue.add(null);
}
while(!queue.isEmpty())
{
TreeNode queueRoot = queue.poll();
if(queueRoot != null)
{
currentLevel.add(queueRoot.val);
if(queueRoot.left != null)
{
queue.add(queueRoot.left);
}
if(queueRoot.right != null)
{
queue.add(queueRoot.right);
}
}
else
{
levelOrderTraversal.add(currentLevel);
if(!queue.isEmpty())
{
currentLevel = new ArrayList<Integer>();
queue.add(null);
}
}
}
return levelOrderTraversal;
}
}

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I am looking for a non-recursive depth first search algorithm for a non-binary tree. Any help is very much appreciated.
DFS:
list nodes_to_visit = {root};
while( nodes_to_visit isn't empty ) {
currentnode = nodes_to_visit.take_first();
nodes_to_visit.prepend( currentnode.children );
//do something
}
BFS:
list nodes_to_visit = {root};
while( nodes_to_visit isn't empty ) {
currentnode = nodes_to_visit.take_first();
nodes_to_visit.append( currentnode.children );
//do something
}
The symmetry of the two is quite cool.
Update: As pointed out, take_first() removes and returns the first element in the list.
You would use a stack that holds the nodes that were not visited yet:
stack.push(root)
while !stack.isEmpty() do
node = stack.pop()
for each node.childNodes do
stack.push(stack)
endfor
// …
endwhile
If you have pointers to parent nodes, you can do it without additional memory.
def dfs(root):
node = root
while True:
visit(node)
if node.first_child:
node = node.first_child # walk down
else:
while not node.next_sibling:
if node is root:
return
node = node.parent # walk up ...
node = node.next_sibling # ... and right
Note that if the child nodes are stored as an array rather than through sibling pointers, the next sibling can be found as:
def next_sibling(node):
try:
i = node.parent.child_nodes.index(node)
return node.parent.child_nodes[i+1]
except (IndexError, AttributeError):
return None
Use a stack to track your nodes
Stack<Node> s;
s.prepend(tree.head);
while(!s.empty) {
Node n = s.poll_front // gets first node
// do something with q?
for each child of n: s.prepend(child)
}
An ES6 implementation based on biziclops great answer:
root = {
text: "root",
children: [{
text: "c1",
children: [{
text: "c11"
}, {
text: "c12"
}]
}, {
text: "c2",
children: [{
text: "c21"
}, {
text: "c22"
}]
}, ]
}
console.log("DFS:")
DFS(root, node => node.children, node => console.log(node.text));
console.log("BFS:")
BFS(root, node => node.children, node => console.log(node.text));
function BFS(root, getChildren, visit) {
let nodesToVisit = [root];
while (nodesToVisit.length > 0) {
const currentNode = nodesToVisit.shift();
nodesToVisit = [
...nodesToVisit,
...(getChildren(currentNode) || []),
];
visit(currentNode);
}
}
function DFS(root, getChildren, visit) {
let nodesToVisit = [root];
while (nodesToVisit.length > 0) {
const currentNode = nodesToVisit.shift();
nodesToVisit = [
...(getChildren(currentNode) || []),
...nodesToVisit,
];
visit(currentNode);
}
}
While "use a stack" might work as the answer to contrived interview question, in reality, it's just doing explicitly what a recursive program does behind the scenes.
Recursion uses the programs built-in stack. When you call a function, it pushes the arguments to the function onto the stack and when the function returns it does so by popping the program stack.
PreOrderTraversal is same as DFS in binary tree. You can do the same recursion
taking care of Stack as below.
public void IterativePreOrder(Tree root)
{
if (root == null)
return;
Stack s<Tree> = new Stack<Tree>();
s.Push(root);
while (s.Count != 0)
{
Tree b = s.Pop();
Console.Write(b.Data + " ");
if (b.Right != null)
s.Push(b.Right);
if (b.Left != null)
s.Push(b.Left);
}
}
The general logic is, push a node(starting from root) into the Stack, Pop() it and Print() value. Then if it has children( left and right) push them into the stack - push Right first so that you will visit Left child first(after visiting node itself). When stack is empty() you will have visited all nodes in Pre-Order.
Non-recursive DFS using ES6 generators
class Node {
constructor(name, childNodes) {
this.name = name;
this.childNodes = childNodes;
this.visited = false;
}
}
function *dfs(s) {
let stack = [];
stack.push(s);
stackLoop: while (stack.length) {
let u = stack[stack.length - 1]; // peek
if (!u.visited) {
u.visited = true; // grey - visited
yield u;
}
for (let v of u.childNodes) {
if (!v.visited) {
stack.push(v);
continue stackLoop;
}
}
stack.pop(); // black - all reachable descendants were processed
}
}
It deviates from typical non-recursive DFS to easily detect when all reachable descendants of given node were processed and to maintain the current path in the list/stack.
Suppose you want to execute a notification when each node in a graph is visited. The simple recursive implementation is:
void DFSRecursive(Node n, Set<Node> visited) {
visited.add(n);
for (Node x : neighbors_of(n)) { // iterate over all neighbors
if (!visited.contains(x)) {
DFSRecursive(x, visited);
}
}
OnVisit(n); // callback to say node is finally visited, after all its non-visited neighbors
}
Ok, now you want a stack-based implementation because your example doesn't work. Complex graphs might for instance cause this to blow the stack of your program and you need to implement a non-recursive version. The biggest issue is to know when to issue a notification.
The following pseudo-code works (mix of Java and C++ for readability):
void DFS(Node root) {
Set<Node> visited;
Set<Node> toNotify; // nodes we want to notify
Stack<Node> stack;
stack.add(root);
toNotify.add(root); // we won't pop nodes from this until DFS is done
while (!stack.empty()) {
Node current = stack.pop();
visited.add(current);
for (Node x : neighbors_of(current)) {
if (!visited.contains(x)) {
stack.add(x);
toNotify.add(x);
}
}
}
// Now issue notifications. toNotifyStack might contain duplicates (will never
// happen in a tree but easily happens in a graph)
Set<Node> notified;
while (!toNotify.empty()) {
Node n = toNotify.pop();
if (!toNotify.contains(n)) {
OnVisit(n); // issue callback
toNotify.add(n);
}
}
It looks complicated but the extra logic needed for issuing notifications exists because you need to notify in reverse order of visit - DFS starts at root but notifies it last, unlike BFS which is very simple to implement.
For kicks, try following graph:
nodes are s, t, v and w.
directed edges are:
s->t, s->v, t->w, v->w, and v->t.
Run your own implementation of DFS and the order in which nodes should be visited must be:
w, t, v, s
A clumsy implementation of DFS would maybe notify t first and that indicates a bug. A recursive implementation of DFS would always reach w last.
FULL example WORKING code, without stack:
import java.util.*;
class Graph {
private List<List<Integer>> adj;
Graph(int numOfVertices) {
this.adj = new ArrayList<>();
for (int i = 0; i < numOfVertices; ++i)
adj.add(i, new ArrayList<>());
}
void addEdge(int v, int w) {
adj.get(v).add(w); // Add w to v's list.
}
void DFS(int v) {
int nodesToVisitIndex = 0;
List<Integer> nodesToVisit = new ArrayList<>();
nodesToVisit.add(v);
while (nodesToVisitIndex < nodesToVisit.size()) {
Integer nextChild= nodesToVisit.get(nodesToVisitIndex++);// get the node and mark it as visited node by inc the index over the element.
for (Integer s : adj.get(nextChild)) {
if (!nodesToVisit.contains(s)) {
nodesToVisit.add(nodesToVisitIndex, s);// add the node to the HEAD of the unvisited nodes list.
}
}
System.out.println(nextChild);
}
}
void BFS(int v) {
int nodesToVisitIndex = 0;
List<Integer> nodesToVisit = new ArrayList<>();
nodesToVisit.add(v);
while (nodesToVisitIndex < nodesToVisit.size()) {
Integer nextChild= nodesToVisit.get(nodesToVisitIndex++);// get the node and mark it as visited node by inc the index over the element.
for (Integer s : adj.get(nextChild)) {
if (!nodesToVisit.contains(s)) {
nodesToVisit.add(s);// add the node to the END of the unvisited node list.
}
}
System.out.println(nextChild);
}
}
public static void main(String args[]) {
Graph g = new Graph(5);
g.addEdge(0, 1);
g.addEdge(0, 2);
g.addEdge(1, 2);
g.addEdge(2, 0);
g.addEdge(2, 3);
g.addEdge(3, 3);
g.addEdge(3, 1);
g.addEdge(3, 4);
System.out.println("Breadth First Traversal- starting from vertex 2:");
g.BFS(2);
System.out.println("Depth First Traversal- starting from vertex 2:");
g.DFS(2);
}}
output:
Breadth First Traversal- starting from vertex 2:
2
0
3
1
4
Depth First Traversal- starting from vertex 2:
2
3
4
1
0
Just wanted to add my python implementation to the long list of solutions. This non-recursive algorithm has discovery and finished events.
worklist = [root_node]
visited = set()
while worklist:
node = worklist[-1]
if node in visited:
# Node is finished
worklist.pop()
else:
# Node is discovered
visited.add(node)
for child in node.children:
worklist.append(child)
You can use a stack. I implemented graphs with Adjacency Matrix:
void DFS(int current){
for(int i=1; i<N; i++) visit_table[i]=false;
myStack.push(current);
cout << current << " ";
while(!myStack.empty()){
current = myStack.top();
for(int i=0; i<N; i++){
if(AdjMatrix[current][i] == 1){
if(visit_table[i] == false){
myStack.push(i);
visit_table[i] = true;
cout << i << " ";
}
break;
}
else if(!myStack.empty())
myStack.pop();
}
}
}
DFS iterative in Java:
//DFS: Iterative
private Boolean DFSIterative(Node root, int target) {
if (root == null)
return false;
Stack<Node> _stack = new Stack<Node>();
_stack.push(root);
while (_stack.size() > 0) {
Node temp = _stack.peek();
if (temp.data == target)
return true;
if (temp.left != null)
_stack.push(temp.left);
else if (temp.right != null)
_stack.push(temp.right);
else
_stack.pop();
}
return false;
}
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zLZhSSXAwxI
Just watched this video and came out with implementation. It looks easy for me to understand. Please critique this.
visited_node={root}
stack.push(root)
while(!stack.empty){
unvisited_node = get_unvisited_adj_nodes(stack.top());
If (unvisited_node!=null){
stack.push(unvisited_node);
visited_node+=unvisited_node;
}
else
stack.pop()
}
Using Stack, here are the steps to follow: Push the first vertex on the stack then,
If possible, visit an adjacent unvisited vertex, mark it,
and push it on the stack.
If you can’t follow step 1, then, if possible, pop a vertex off the
stack.
If you can’t follow step 1 or step 2, you’re done.
Here's the Java program following the above steps:
public void searchDepthFirst() {
// begin at vertex 0
vertexList[0].wasVisited = true;
displayVertex(0);
stack.push(0);
while (!stack.isEmpty()) {
int adjacentVertex = getAdjacentUnvisitedVertex(stack.peek());
// if no such vertex
if (adjacentVertex == -1) {
stack.pop();
} else {
vertexList[adjacentVertex].wasVisited = true;
// Do something
stack.push(adjacentVertex);
}
}
// stack is empty, so we're done, reset flags
for (int j = 0; j < nVerts; j++)
vertexList[j].wasVisited = false;
}
Pseudo-code based on #biziclop's answer:
Using only basic constructs: variables, arrays, if, while and for
Functions getNode(id) and getChildren(id)
Assuming known number of nodes N
NOTE: I use array-indexing from 1, not 0.
Breadth-first
S = Array(N)
S[1] = 1; // root id
cur = 1;
last = 1
while cur <= last
id = S[cur]
node = getNode(id)
children = getChildren(id)
n = length(children)
for i = 1..n
S[ last+i ] = children[i]
end
last = last+n
cur = cur+1
visit(node)
end
Depth-first
S = Array(N)
S[1] = 1; // root id
cur = 1;
while cur > 0
id = S[cur]
node = getNode(id)
children = getChildren(id)
n = length(children)
for i = 1..n
// assuming children are given left-to-right
S[ cur+i-1 ] = children[ n-i+1 ]
// otherwise
// S[ cur+i-1 ] = children[i]
end
cur = cur+n-1
visit(node)
end
Here is a link to a java program showing DFS following both reccursive and non-reccursive methods and also calculating discovery and finish time, but no edge laleling.
public void DFSIterative() {
Reset();
Stack<Vertex> s = new Stack<>();
for (Vertex v : vertices.values()) {
if (!v.visited) {
v.d = ++time;
v.visited = true;
s.push(v);
while (!s.isEmpty()) {
Vertex u = s.peek();
s.pop();
boolean bFinished = true;
for (Vertex w : u.adj) {
if (!w.visited) {
w.visited = true;
w.d = ++time;
w.p = u;
s.push(w);
bFinished = false;
break;
}
}
if (bFinished) {
u.f = ++time;
if (u.p != null)
s.push(u.p);
}
}
}
}
}
Full source here.
Stack<Node> stack = new Stack<>();
stack.add(root);
while (!stack.isEmpty()) {
Node node = stack.pop();
System.out.print(node.getData() + " ");
Node right = node.getRight();
if (right != null) {
stack.push(right);
}
Node left = node.getLeft();
if (left != null) {
stack.push(left);
}
}

How to count the number of right children in a binary tree?

How to count the number of right children in a binary tree?
This means that I only want the children marked as right.
Ex.
(Left | Right)
F(Root)
G | H
T U | I J
The right children would be U,H,and J.
What would be the algorithm to find these.
int count(Tree *r){
if(r == NULL) return 0;
int num_l=0, num_r=0;
if(r->left != NULL)
num_l = count(r->left);
if(r->right != NULL)
num_r = count(r->right)+1;
return num_l+num_r
}
In recursive approach,
You would be calling a function to traverse your tree,
for current node, you need to:
check if current node has right child (then increment the counter), and then call the function recursively for right node.
check if current node has left child, call the function recursively for left node.
This should work.
Do a simple traversal on the tree (i.e. post order, in order) and for each node do +1 if it has right child.
Example (didn't try to compile and check it):
int countRightChildren(Node root)
{
if (root == null) return 0;
int selfCount = (root.getRightChild() != null) ? 1 : 0;
return selfCount + countRightChildren(root.getLeftChild()) + countRightChildren(root.getRightChild());
}
You can do it recursively as:
If tree does not exist, there are no
R children.
If tree exists, then # R children = #
R children in R-subtree + # R
children in L-subtree
.
int countRChildren(Node *root) {
if(!root) // tree does not exist.
return 0;
// tree exists...now see if R node exits or not.
if(root->right) // right node exist
// return 1 + # of R children in L/R subtree.
return 1 + countRChildren(root->right) + countRChildren(root->left);
else // right nodes does not exist.
// total count of R children will come from left subtree.
return countRChildren(root->left);
}
This is include how i build the struct
struct Item
{
int info;
struct Item* right;
struct Item* left;
};
typedef struct Item* Node;
int countRightSons(Node tree)
{
if(!tree)
return 0;
if(tree->right != NULL)
return 1 + countRightSons(tree->right) + countRightSons(tree->left);
return countRightSons(tree->left);
}
Simple recursive approach,
check (even if not needed) for all the 4 possibilities:
left and right does not exists
left and right exists
left exists and right doesnt
right exists and left doesnt
public static int countRightChildren(BST tree) {
if (tree.root==null) return Integer.MIN_VALUE;
return countRightChildren(tree.root);}
public static int countRightChildren(Node curr) {
if (curr.right==null&&curr.left==null) return 0;
else if (curr.right!=null&&curr.left==null)
return curr.right.data+countRightChildren(curr.right);
else if (curr.right==null&&curr.left!=null)
return countRightChildren(curr.left);
else if (curr.right!=null&&curr.left!=null)
return curr.right.data+countRightChildren(curr.left)+countRightChildren(curr.right);
return Integer.MIN_VALUE;
}

How would you print out the data in a binary tree, level by level, starting at the top?

This is an interview question
I think of a solution.
It uses queue.
public Void BFS()
{
Queue q = new Queue();
q.Enqueue(root);
Console.WriteLine(root.Value);
while (q.count > 0)
{
Node n = q.DeQueue();
if (n.left !=null)
{
Console.Writeln(n.left);
q.EnQueue(n.left);
}
if (n.right !=null)
{
Console.Writeln(n.right);
q.EnQueue(n.right);
}
}
}
Can anything think of better solution than this, which doesn't use Queue?
Level by level traversal is known as Breadth-first traversal. Using a Queue is the proper way to do this. If you wanted to do a depth first traversal you would use a stack.
The way you have it is not quite standard though.
Here's how it should be.
public Void BFS()
{
Queue q = new Queue();
q.Enqueue(root);//You don't need to write the root here, it will be written in the loop
while (q.count > 0)
{
Node n = q.DeQueue();
Console.Writeln(n.Value); //Only write the value when you dequeue it
if (n.left !=null)
{
q.EnQueue(n.left);//enqueue the left child
}
if (n.right !=null)
{
q.EnQueue(n.right);//enque the right child
}
}
}
Edit
Here's the algorithm at work.
Say you had a tree like so:
1
/ \
2 3
/ / \
4 5 6
First, the root (1) would be enqueued. The loop is then entered.
first item in queue (1) is dequeued and printed.
1's children are enqueued from left to right, the queue now contains {2, 3}
back to start of loop
first item in queue (2) is dequeued and printed
2's children are enqueued form left to right, the queue now contains {3, 4}
back to start of loop
...
The queue will contain these values over each loop
1: {1}
2: {2, 3}
3: {3, 4}
4: {4, 5, 6}
5: {5, 6}
6: {6}
7: {}//empty, loop terminates
Output:
1
2
3
4
5
6
Since the question requires printing the tree level by level, there should be a way to determine when to print the new line character on the console. Here's my code which tries to do the same by appending NewLine node to the queue,
void PrintByLevel(Node *root)
{
Queue q;
Node *newline = new Node("\n");
Node *v;
q->enque(root);
q->enque(newline);
while(!q->empty()) {
v = q->deque();
if(v == newline) {
printf("\n");
if(!q->empty())
q->enque(newline);
}
else {
printf("%s", v->val);
if(v->Left)
q-enque(v->left);
if(v->right)
q->enque(v->right);
}
}
delete newline;
}
Let's see some Scala solutions. First, I'll define a very basic binary tree:
case class Tree[+T](value: T, left: Option[Tree[T]], right: Option[Tree[T]])
We'll use the following tree:
1
/ \
2 3
/ / \
4 5 6
You define the tree like this:
val myTree = Tree(1,
Some(Tree(2,
Some(Tree(4, None, None)),
None
)
),
Some(Tree(3,
Some(Tree(5, None, None)),
Some(Tree(6, None, None))
)
)
)
We'll define a breadthFirst function which will traverse the tree applying the desired function to each element. With this, we'll define a print function and use it like this:
def printTree(tree: Tree[Any]) =
breadthFirst(tree, (t: Tree[Any]) => println(t.value))
printTree(myTree)
Now, Scala solution, recursive, lists but no queues:
def breadthFirst[T](t: Tree[T], f: Tree[T] => Unit): Unit = {
def traverse(trees: List[Tree[T]]): Unit = trees match {
case Nil => // do nothing
case _ =>
val children = for{tree <- trees
Some(child) <- List(tree.left, tree.right)}
yield child
trees map f
traverse(children)
}
traverse(List(t))
}
Next, Scala solution, queue, no recursion:
def breadthFirst[T](t: Tree[T], f: Tree[T] => Unit): Unit = {
import scala.collection.mutable.Queue
val queue = new Queue[Option[Tree[T]]]
import queue._
enqueue(Some(t))
while(!isEmpty)
dequeue match {
case Some(tree) =>
f(tree)
enqueue(tree.left)
enqueue(tree.right)
case None =>
}
}
That recursive solution is fully functional, though I have an uneasy feeling that it can be further simplified.
The queue version is not functional, but it is highly effective. The bit about importing an object is unusual in Scala, but put to good use here.
C++:
struct node{
string key;
struct node *left, *right;
};
void printBFS(struct node *root){
std::queue<struct node *> q;
q.push(root);
while(q.size() > 0){
int levelNodes = q.size();
while(levelNodes > 0){
struct node *p = q.front();
q.pop();
cout << " " << p->key ;
if(p->left != NULL) q.push(p->left);
if(p->right != NULL) q.push(p->right);
levelNodes--;
}
cout << endl;
}
}
Input :
Balanced tree created from:
string a[] = {"a","b","c","d","e","f","g","h","i","j","k","l","m","n"};
Output:
g
c k
a e i m
b d f h j l n
Algorithm:
Create an ArrayList of Linked List Nodes.
Do the level order traversal using queue(Breadth First Search).
For getting all the nodes at each level, before you take out a node from queue, store the size of the queue in a variable, say you call it as levelNodes.
Now while levelNodes > 0, take out the nodes and print it and add their children into the queue.
After this while loop put a line break.
P.S: I know the OP said, no queue. My answer is just to show if someone is looking for a C++ solution using queue.
public class LevelOrderTraversalQueue {
Queue<Nodes> qe = new LinkedList<Nodes>();
public void printLevelOrder(Nodes root)
{
if(root == null) return;
qe.add(root);
int count = qe.size();
while(count!=0)
{
System.out.print(qe.peek().getValue());
System.out.print(" ");
if(qe.peek().getLeft()!=null) qe.add(qe.peek().getLeft());
if(qe.peek().getRight()!=null) qe.add(qe.peek().getRight());
qe.remove(); count = count -1;
if(count == 0 )
{
System.out.println(" ");
count = qe.size();
}
}
}
}
In order to print out by level, you can store the level information with the node as a tuple to add to the queue. Then you can print a new line whenever the level is changed. Here is a Python code to do so.
from collections import deque
class BTreeNode:
def __init__(self, data, left=None, right=None):
self.data = data
self.left = left
self.right = right
def printLevel(self):
""" Breadth-first traversal, print out the data by level """
level = 0
lastPrintedLevel = 0
visit = deque([])
visit.append((self, level))
while len(visit) != 0:
item = visit.popleft()
if item[1] != lastPrintedLevel: #New line for a new level
lastPrintedLevel +=1
print
print item[0].data,
if item[0].left != None:
visit.append((item[0].left, item[1] + 1))
if item[0].right != None:
visit.append((item[0].right, item[1] + 1))
Try this one (Complete code) :
class HisTree
{
public static class HisNode
{
private int data;
private HisNode left;
private HisNode right;
public HisNode() {}
public HisNode(int _data , HisNode _left , HisNode _right)
{
data = _data;
right = _right;
left = _left;
}
public HisNode(int _data)
{
data = _data;
}
}
public static int height(HisNode root)
{
if (root == null)
{
return 0;
}
else
{
return 1 + Math.max(height(root.left), height(root.right));
}
}
public static void main(String[] args)
{
// 1
// / \
// / \
// 2 3
// / \ / \
// 4 5 6 7
// /
// 21
HisNode root1 = new HisNode(3 , new HisNode(6) , new HisNode(7));
HisNode root3 = new HisNode(4 , new HisNode(21) , null);
HisNode root2 = new HisNode(2 , root3 , new HisNode(5));
HisNode root = new HisNode(1 , root2 , root1);
printByLevels(root);
}
private static void printByLevels(HisNode root) {
List<HisNode> nodes = Arrays.asList(root);
printByLevels(nodes);
}
private static void printByLevels(List<HisNode> nodes)
{
if (nodes == null || (nodes != null && nodes.size() <= 0))
{
return;
}
List <HisNode> nodeList = new LinkedList<HisNode>();
for (HisNode node : nodes)
{
if (node != null)
{
System.out.print(node.data);
System.out.print(" , ");
nodeList.add(node.left);
nodeList.add(node.right);
}
}
System.out.println();
if (nodeList != null && !CheckIfNull(nodeList))
{
printByLevels(nodeList);
}
else
{
return;
}
}
private static boolean CheckIfNull(List<HisNode> list)
{
for(HisNode elem : list)
{
if (elem != null)
{
return false;
}
}
return true;
}
}
I think what you expecting is to print the nodes at each level either separated by a space or a comma and the levels be separated by a new line. This is how I would code up the algorithm. We know that when we do a breadth-first search on a graph or tree and insert the nodes in a queue, all nodes in the queue coming out will be either at the same level as the one previous or a new level which is parent level + 1 and nothing else.
So when you are at a level keep printing out the node values and as soon as you find that the level of the node increases by 1, then you insert a new line before starting to print all the nodes at that level.
This is my code which does not use much memory and only the queue is needed for everything.
Assuming the tree starts from the root.
queue = [(root, 0)] # Store the node along with its level.
prev = 0
while queue:
node, level = queue.pop(0)
if level == prev:
print(node.val, end = "")
else:
print()
print(node.val, end = "")
if node.left:
queue.append((node.left, level + 1))
if node.right:
queue.append((node.right, level + 1))
prev = level
At the end all you need is the queue for all the processing.
I tweaked the answer so that it shows the null nodes and prints it by height.
Was actually fairly decent for testing the balance of a red black tree. can
also add the color into the print line to check black height.
Queue<node> q = new Queue<node>();
int[] arr = new int[]{1,2,4,8,16,32,64,128,256};
int i =0;
int b = 0;
int keeper = 0;
public void BFS()
{
q.Enqueue(root);
while (q.Count > 0)
{
node n = q.Dequeue();
if (i == arr[b])
{
System.Diagnostics.Debug.Write("\r\n"+"("+n.id+")");
b++;
i =0 ;
}
else {
System.Diagnostics.Debug.Write("(" + n.id + ")");
}
i++;
if (n.id != -1)
{
if (n.left != null)
{
q.Enqueue(n.left);
}
else
{
node c = new node();
c.id = -1;
c.color = 'b';
q.Enqueue(c);
}
if (n.right != null)
{
q.Enqueue(n.right);
}
else
{
node c = new node();
c.id = -1;
c.color = 'b';
q.Enqueue(c);
}
}
}
i = 0;
b = 0;
System.Diagnostics.Debug.Write("\r\n");
}
Of course you don't need to use queue. This is in python.
# Function to print level order traversal of tree
def printLevelOrder(root):
h = height(root)
for i in range(1, h+1):
printGivenLevel(root, i)
# Print nodes at a given level
def printGivenLevel(root , level):
if root is None:
return
if level == 1:
print "%d" %(root.data),
elif level > 1 :
printGivenLevel(root.left , level-1)
printGivenLevel(root.right , level-1)
""" Compute the height of a tree--the number of nodes
along the longest path from the root node down to
the farthest leaf node
"""
def height(node):
if node is None:
return 0
else :
# Compute the height of each subtree
lheight = height(node.left)
rheight = height(node.right)
return max(lheight, reight)
Try with below code.
public void printLevelOrder(TreeNode root) {
if (root == null) {
return;
}
Queue<TreeNode> nodesToVisit = new LinkedList<>();
nodesToVisit.add(root);
int count = nodesToVisit.size();
while (count != 0) {
TreeNode node = nodesToVisit.remove();
System.out.print(" " + node.data);
if (node.left != null) {
nodesToVisit.add(node.left);
}
if (node.right != null) {
nodesToVisit.add(node.right);
}
count--;
if (count == 0) {
System.out.println("");
count = nodesToVisit.size();
}
}
}
here is my answer.
//for level order traversal
func forEachLevelOrder(_ visit : (TreeNode) -> Void) {
visit(self)
var queue = Queue<TreeNode>()
children.forEach {
queue.Enqueue($0)
}
while let node = queue.Dequeue() {
visit(node)
node.children.forEach { queue.Enqueue($0)}
}
}
children is an array here that stores the children of a node.

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