add
and it should accept an integer value to add to the tree. Take care to maintain the invariant of a binary search tree: the value in each left child should be less than or equal to the parent value, and the value in each right child should be greater than or equal to the parent value. Here, let's make it so our tree cannot hold duplicate values. If we try to add a value that already exists, the method should return null
. Otherwise, if the addition is successful, undefined
should be returned.
Hint: trees are naturally recursive data structures!
BinarySearchTree
data structure exists.
testString: 'assert((function() { var test = false; if (typeof BinarySearchTree !== "undefined") { test = new BinarySearchTree() }; return (typeof test == "object")})(), "The BinarySearchTree
data structure exists.");'
- text: The binary search tree has a method called add
.
testString: 'assert((function() { var test = false; if (typeof BinarySearchTree !== "undefined") { test = new BinarySearchTree() } else { return false; }; return (typeof test.add == "function")})(), "The binary search tree has a method called add
.");'
- text: The add method adds elements according to the binary search tree rules.
testString: 'assert((function() { var test = false; if (typeof BinarySearchTree !== "undefined") { test = new BinarySearchTree() } else { return false; }; if (typeof test.add !== "function") { return false; }; test.add(4); test.add(1); test.add(7); test.add(87); test.add(34); test.add(45); test.add(73); test.add(8); const expectedResult = [ 1, 4, 7, 8, 34, 45, 73, 87 ]; const result = test.inOrder(); return (expectedResult.toString() === result.toString()); })(), "The add method adds elements according to the binary search tree rules.");'
- text: Adding an element that already exists returns null
testString: 'assert((function() { var test = false; if (typeof BinarySearchTree !== "undefined") { test = new BinarySearchTree() } else { return false; }; if (typeof test.add !== "function") { return false; }; test.add(4); return test.add(4) == null; })(), "Adding an element that already exists returns null
");'
```