Binary search tree in ruby

#ruby #ds #tree #bst

BST is data-structure that is used to store data in a tree or hierarchical format.
In bst we make a root node and store the data which is lower than the value of root node to left part of the root node and the data which is greater than the root node store it on right side of the root node

Code

# creating a node
class Node
    attr_accessor :data,:left,:right
    def initialize data
        @data=data
        @left=@right=nil
    end
end
# inserting values in tree 

def insert root,data 
    if root==nil 
        return Node.new(data)
    elsif root.data<data
        root.right=insert root.right,data 
    else
        root.left=insert root.left,data
    end
    return root
end

# printing the values in preorder fashion
def preorder root
    if root==nil 
        return
    end
    print "#{root.data} "
    preorder root.left
    preorder root.right
end

root=nil
root=insert(root,10)
insert(root,9)
insert(root,12)
preorder root
puts