C Program to Find Nearest Sibling of a Node in Tree

This C Program Finds the Nearest Sibling of a Node in a Tree.

Here is source code of the C Program to Find the Nearest Sibling of a Node in a Tree. The C program is successfully compiled and run on a Linux system. The program output is also shown below.

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 * C Program to Find the Nearest Sibling of a Node in a Tree

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 */ 
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#include <stdio.h>
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#include <stdlib.h>
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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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}*root = NULL;
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// Function Prototype
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void printout(struct btnode*);
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struct btnode* newnode(int);
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void find(struct btnode *, int);
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void find_sibling(struct btnode *, int);

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void main()
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    int data, res = 0;
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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->r->r = newnode(60);
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    root->l->l->l = newnode(10);
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    root->l->l->r = newnode(40);
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    printf("tree elements are\n");
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    printout(root);
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    printf("\nenter element to find");
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    scanf("%d", &data);
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    if (root->value == data)
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        printf("--NO SIBLING FOR ROOT NODE--\n");

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    else
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    {
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        find(root,data);
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    }
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}
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// Create a node
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struct btnode* newnode(int value)
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{
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    struct btnode* node = (struct btnode*)malloc(sizeof(struct btnode));

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    node->value = value;
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    node->l = NULL;
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    node->r = NULL;
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    return(node);
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}
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// to display the tree
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void printout(struct btnode *tree)
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{
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    if (tree->l)
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        printout(tree->l);
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    printf("%d\t", tree->value);
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    if (tree->r)
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        printout(tree->r);
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}
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// To find node in a tree
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void find(struct btnode *tree, int data)

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    static int count = 0;
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    struct btnode *ptr = root;
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    int i;
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    if (tree->l || tree->r)
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    {
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        if (tree->l->value == data)
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            find_sibling(tree, 1);
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        else if (tree->r->value == data)

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            find_sibling(tree, 0);
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        else
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        {
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            find(tree->l, data);
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            find(tree->r, data);
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        }
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    }
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}
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// To find sibling of a node in a tree
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void find_sibling(struct btnode *tree,int side)

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    if (side == 1 && tree->r != NULL)
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    {
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        printf("--------SIBLING FOUND---------\n");

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        printf("%d\n", tree->r->value);
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    }
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    else if (side == 0 && tree->l != NULL)

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    {
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        printf("--------SIBLING FOUND---------\n");

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        printf("%d\n", tree->l->value);
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    }
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}
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$ gcc tree13.c
$ a.out
tree elements are
10      70      40      20      80      60      50      30
enter element to find 20
--------SIBLING FOUND---------
30
$ a.out
tree elements are
10      70      40      20      80      60      50      30
enter element to find 10
--------SIBLING FOUND---------
40
$ gcc tree13.c
$ a.out
tree elements are
10      70      40      20      80      60      50      30
enter element to find 30
--------SIBLING FOUND---------
20

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