''' A binary search Tree ''' class Node: def __init__(self, label): self.label = label self.left = None self.right = None def getLabel(self): return self.label def setLabel(self, label): self.label = label def getLeft(self): return self.left def setLeft(self, left): self.left = left def getRight(self): return self.right def setRight(self, right): self.right = right class BinarySearchTree: def __init__(self): self.root = None def insert(self, label): # Create a new Node new_node = Node(label) # If Tree is empty if self.empty(): self.root = new_node else: #If Tree is not empty parent_node = None curr_node = self.root #While we don't get to a leaf while curr_node is not None: #We keep reference of the parent node parent_node = curr_node #If node label is less than current node if new_node.getLabel() < curr_node.getLabel(): #We go left curr_node = curr_node.getLeft() else: #Else we go right curr_node = curr_node.getRight() #We insert the new node in a leaf if new_node.getLabel() < parent_node.getLabel(): parent_node.setLeft(new_node) else: parent_node.setRight(new_node) def getNode(self, label): curr_node = None #If the tree is not empty if(not self.empty()): #Get tree root curr_node = self.getRoot() #While we don't find the node we look for #I am using lazy evaluation here to avoid NoneType Attribute error while curr_node is not None and curr_node.getLabel() is not label: #If node label is less than current node if label < curr_node.getLabel(): #We go left curr_node = curr_node.getLeft() else: #Else we go right curr_node = curr_node.getRight() return curr_node def empty(self): if self.root is None: return True return False def preShow(self, curr_node): if curr_node is not None: print(curr_node.getLabel()) self.preShow(curr_node.getLeft()) self.preShow(curr_node.getRight()) def getRoot(self): return self.root ''' Example 8 / \ 3 10 / \ \ 1 6 14 / \ / 4 7 13 ''' if __name__ == "__main__": t = BinarySearchTree() t.insert(8) t.insert(3) t.insert(1) t.insert(6) t.insert(4) t.insert(7) t.insert(10) t.insert(14) t.insert(13) t.preShow(t.getRoot()) if(t.getNode(6) is not None): print("The label 6 exists") else: print("The label 6 doesn't exist") if(t.getNode(-1) is not None): print("The label -1 exists") else: print("The label -1 doesn't exist")