binary search tree deletion

deleteBST.c

#include<stdio.h>
#include<stdlib.h>
 
struct node
{
    int key;
    struct node *left, *right;
};
 
// A utility function to create a new BST node
struct node *newNode(int item)
{
    struct node *temp =  (struct node *)malloc(sizeof(struct node));
    temp->key = item;
    temp->left = temp->right = NULL;
    return temp;
}
 
// A utility function to do inorder traversal of BST
void inorder(struct node *root)
{
    if (root != NULL)
    {
        inorder(root->left);
        printf("%d ", root->key);
        inorder(root->right);
    }
}
 
/* A utility function to insert a new node with given key in BST */
struct node* insert(struct node* node, int key)
{
    /* If the tree is empty, return a new node */
    if (node == NULL) return newNode(key);
 
    /* Otherwise, recur down the tree */
    if (key < node->key)
        node->left  = insert(node->left, key);
    else
        node->right = insert(node->right, key);
 
    /* return the (unchanged) node pointer */
    return node;
}
 
/* Given a non-empty binary search tree, return the node with minimum
   key value found in that tree. Note that the entire tree does not
   need to be searched. */
struct node * minValueNode(struct node* node)
{
    struct node* current = node;
 
    /* loop down to find the leftmost leaf */
    while (current->left != NULL)
        current = current->left;
 
    return current;
}
 
/* Given a binary search tree and a key, this function deletes the key
   and returns the new root */
struct node* deleteNode(struct node* root, int key)
{
    // base case
    if (root == NULL) return root;
 
    // If the key to be deleted is smaller than the root's key,
    // then it lies in left subtree
    if (key < root->key)
        root->left = deleteNode(root->left, key);
 
    // If the key to be deleted is greater than the root's key,
    // then it lies in right subtree
    else if (key > root->key)
        root->right = deleteNode(root->right, key);
 
    // if key is same as root's key, then This is the node
    // to be deleted
    else
    {
        // node with only one child or no child
        if (root->left == NULL)
        {
            struct node *temp = root->right;
            free(root);
            return temp;
        }
        else if (root->right == NULL)
        {
            struct node *temp = root->left;
            free(root);
            return temp;
        }
 
        // node with two children: Get the inorder successor (smallest
        // in the right subtree)
        struct node* temp = minValueNode(root->right);
 
        // Copy the inorder successor's content to this node
        root->key = temp->key;
 
        // Delete the inorder successor
        root->right = deleteNode(root->right, temp->key);
    }
    return root;
}
 
// Driver Program to test above functions
int main()
{
    /* Let us create following BST
              50
           /     \
          30      70
         /  \    /  \
       20   40  60   80 */
    struct node *root = NULL;
    root = insert(root, 50);
    root = insert(root, 30);
    root = insert(root, 20);
    root = insert(root, 40);
    root = insert(root, 70);
    root = insert(root, 60);
    root = insert(root, 80);
 
    printf("Inorder traversal of the given tree \n");
    inorder(root);
 
    printf("\nDelete 20\n");
    root = deleteNode(root, 20);
    printf("Inorder traversal of the modified tree \n");
    inorder(root);
 
    printf("\nDelete 30\n");
    root = deleteNode(root, 30);
    printf("Inorder traversal of the modified tree \n");
    inorder(root);
 
    printf("\nDelete 50\n");
    root = deleteNode(root, 50);
    printf("Inorder traversal of the modified tree \n");
    inorder(root);
 
    return 0;
}