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Write an algorithm to find the ‘next’ node (e g , in-order successor) of a given node in a binary search tree where each node has a link to its parent
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var inOrderSucc = function(node){ | |
var p = null; | |
if (node !== null){ | |
if (node.parent === null || node.right !== null){ | |
p = leftMostChild(node.right); | |
console.log("result=", p); | |
} else { | |
while ((p = node.parent) !== null){ | |
if (p.left === node){ | |
break; | |
} else { | |
node = p; | |
} | |
} | |
} | |
} | |
return p; | |
} | |
var leftMostChild = function(node){ | |
if (node.left === null){ | |
return node; | |
} else { | |
return leftMostChild(node.left); | |
} | |
} | |
var makeNode = function(value){ | |
var obj = { | |
value: value, | |
parent: null, | |
left: null, | |
right: null}; | |
return obj; | |
} | |
// In the above diagram, inorder successor of 8 is 10, inorder successor of 10 is 12 and inorder successor of 14 is 20. | |
// tree | |
// 20 | |
// | | |
// 8 22 | |
// | | | |
// 4 12 | |
// | | |
// 10 14 | |
// var root = makeNode("20"); | |
// var node1 = makeNode("8"); | |
// var node2 = makeNode("22"); | |
// node1.parent = root; | |
// node2.parent = root; | |
// root.left = node1; | |
// root.right = node2; | |
// var node1 = makeNode("4"); | |
// var node2 = makeNode("12"); | |
// node1.parent = root.left; | |
// node2.parent = root.left; | |
// root.left.left = node1; | |
// root.left.right = node2; | |
// var node1 = makeNode("10"); | |
// var node2 = makeNode("14"); | |
// node1.parent = root.left.right; | |
// node2.parent = root.left.right; | |
// root.left.right.left = node1; | |
// root.left.right.right = node2; | |
// var node1 = makeNode("22"); | |
// node1.parent = root; | |
// root.right = node1; | |
// var result = inOrderSucc(root.left.right.right); | |
// console.log(result.value); |
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