C Program to Search a Node in Binary Tree

This C Program search for a particular value in a binary tree.

Here is source code of the C Program to search for a particular value in a binary tree. The C program is successfully compiled and run on a Linux system. The program output is also shown below.

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/*
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 * C Program to Search for a Particular Value in a Binary Tree

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 *                  50
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 *                  /\
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 *                20  30
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 *                /\

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 *              70 80
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 *              /\   \
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 *            10 40  60
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 */
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#include <stdio.h>
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#include <malloc.h>
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/* Structure to create the binary tree */

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struct btnode
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{
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    int value;
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    struct btnode *l;
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    struct btnode *r;
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};
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struct btnode *root = NULL;
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int flag;
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/* Function Prototypes */
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void in_order_traversal(struct btnode *);

void in_order_search(struct btnode *,int);

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struct btnode *newnode(int);
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void main()
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{ 
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    /* Inserting elements in the binary tree */

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    int search_val;
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    root = newnode(50);
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    root->l = newnode(20);
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    root->r = newnode(30);
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    root->l->l = newnode(70);
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    root->l->r = newnode(80);
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    root->l->l->l = newnode(10);
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    root->l->l->r = newnode(40);
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    root->l->r->r = newnode(60);
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    printf("The elements of Binary tree are:");

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    in_order_traversal(root);
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    printf("Enter the value to be searched:");

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    scanf("%d", &search_val);
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    in_order_search(root, search_val);
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    if (flag  =  =  0)    // flag to check if the element is present in the tree or not

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    {
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        printf("Element not present in the binary tree\n");

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    }
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}
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/* Code to dynamically create new nodes */

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struct btnode* newnode(int value)
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{
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    struct btnode *temp = (struct btnode *)malloc(sizeof(struct btnode));

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    temp->value = value;
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    temp->l = NULL;
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    temp->r = NULL;
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    return temp;
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}
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/* Code to display the elements of the binary tree */

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void in_order_traversal(struct btnode *p)

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{
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    if (!p)
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    {
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        return;
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    }
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    in_order_traversal(p->l);
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    printf("%d->", p->value);
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    in_order_traversal(p->r);
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}
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/* Code to search for a particular element in the tree */

void in_order_search(struct btnode *p, int val)

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{
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    if (!p)
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    {
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        return;
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    }
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    in_order_search(p->l, val);
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    if(p->value == val)
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    {
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        printf("\nElement present in the binary tree.\n");

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        flag = 1;
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    }
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    in_order_search(p->r, val);
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}
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$ cc tree3.c
$ a.out
The elements of Binary tree are:10->70->40->20->80->60->50->30
Enter the value to be searched:60
Element present in the binary tree.
 
$ ./a.out
The elements of Binary tree are:10->70->40->20->80->60->50->30
Enter the value to be searched:99
Element not present in the binary tree

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