BSTDeletion_CPP.cpp

/* Deleting a node from Binary search tree */
#include<iostream>
using namespace std;
struct Node {
	int data;
	struct Node *left;
	struct Node *right;
};
//Function to find minimum in a tree. 
Node* FindMin(Node* root)
{
	while(root->left != NULL) root = root->left;
	return root;
}

// Function to search a delete a value from tree.
struct Node* Delete(struct Node *root, int data) {
	if(root == NULL) return root; 
	else if(data < root->data) root->left = Delete(root->left,data);
	else if (data > root->data) root->right = Delete(root->right,data);
	// Wohoo... I found you, Get ready to be deleted	
	else {
		// Case 1:  No child
		if(root->left == NULL && root->right == NULL) { 
			delete root;
			root = NULL;
		}
		//Case 2: One child 
		else if(root->left == NULL) {
			struct Node *temp = root;
			root = root->right;
			delete temp;
		}
		else if(root->right == NULL) {
			struct Node *temp = root;
			root = root->left;
			delete temp;
		}
		// case 3: 2 children
		else { 
			struct Node *temp = FindMin(root->right);
			root->data = temp->data;
			root->right = Delete(root->right,temp->data);
		}
	}
	return root;
}
 
//Function to visit nodes in Inorder
void Inorder(Node *root) {
	if(root == NULL) return;
 
	Inorder(root->left);       //Visit left subtree
	printf("%d ",root->data);  //Print data
	Inorder(root->right);      // Visit right subtree
}
 
// Function to Insert Node in a Binary Search Tree
Node* Insert(Node *root,char data) {
	if(root == NULL) {
		root = new Node();
		root->data = data;
		root->left = root->right = NULL;
	}
	else if(data <= root->data)
		root->left = Insert(root->left,data);
	else 
		root->right = Insert(root->right,data);
	return root;
}

int main() {
	/*Code To Test the logic
	  Creating an example tree
	                    5
			   / \
			  3   10
			 / \   \
			1   4   11
    */
	Node* root = NULL;
	root = Insert(root,5); root = Insert(root,10);
	root = Insert(root,3); root = Insert(root,4); 
	root = Insert(root,1); root = Insert(root,11);

	// Deleting node with value 5, change this value to test other cases
	root = Delete(root,5);

	//Print Nodes in Inorder
	cout<<"Inorder: ";
	Inorder(root);
	cout<<"\n";
}

It should return temp once deleted root in single child case