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A Common-Sense Guide to Data Structures and Algorithms, Second Edition, 2nd Edition
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A Common-Sense Guide to Data Structures and Algorithms, Second Edition, 2nd Edition

by Jay Wengrow
August 2020
Intermediate to advanced
508 pages
11h 53m
English
Pragmatic Bookshelf
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Deletion

Deletion is the least straightforward operation within a binary search tree and requires some careful maneuvering.

Let’s say we want to delete the 4 from this binary search tree:

images/binary_trees/bst_4.png

First, we perform a search to find the 4. We won’t visualize this search again, since you’ve already got that down.

Once we find the 4, we can delete it one step:

images/binary_trees/bst_16.png

Well, that was simple. But let’s see what happens when we try to delete the 10:

images/binary_trees/bst_17.png

We end up with an 11 ...

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