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Task
Same fringe
You are encouraged to solve this task according to the task description, using any language you may know.

Write a routine that will compare the leaves ("fringe") of two binary trees to determine whether they are the same list of leaves when visited left-to-right. The structure or balance of the trees does not matter; only the number, order, and value of the leaves is important.

Any solution is allowed here, but many computer scientists will consider it inelegant to collect either fringe in its entirety before starting to collect the other one. In fact, this problem is usually proposed in various forums as a way to show off various forms of concurrency (tree-rotation algorithms have also been used to get around the need to collect one tree first). Thinking of it a slightly different way, an elegant solution is one that can perform the minimum amount of work to falsify the equivalence of the fringes when they differ somewhere in the middle, short-circuiting the unnecessary additional traversals and comparisons.

Any representation of a binary tree is allowed, as long as the nodes are orderable, and only downward links are used (for example, you may not use parent or sibling pointers to avoid recursion).

Ada

We first specify a "Bin_Trees" package with standard subprograms to handle binary trees. The package is generic, which allows Data to be essentially of any type.

<lang Ada>generic

  type Data is private;

package Bin_Trees is

  type Tree_Type is private;
  function Empty(Tree: Tree_Type) return Boolean;
  function Left (Tree: Tree_Type) return Tree_Type;
  function Right(Tree: Tree_Type) return Tree_Type;
  function Item (Tree: Tree_Type) return Data;
  function Empty return Tree_Type;
  procedure Destroy_Tree(N: in out Tree_Type);
  function Tree(Value: Data) return Tree_Type;
  function Tree(Value: Data; Left, Right : Tree_Type) return Tree_Type;

private

  type Node;
  type Tree_Type is access Node;
  type Node is record
     Left, Right: Tree_Type := null;
     Item: Data;
  end record;

end Bin_Trees;</lang>

The implementation is straightforward.

<lang Ada>with Ada.Unchecked_Deallocation;

package body Bin_Trees is

  function Empty(Tree: Tree_Type) return Boolean is
  begin
     return Tree = null;
  end Empty;
  function Empty return Tree_Type is
  begin
     return null;
  end Empty;
  function Left (Tree: Tree_Type) return Tree_Type is
  begin
     return Tree.Left;
  end Left;
  function Right(Tree: Tree_Type) return Tree_Type is
  begin
     return Tree.Right;
  end Right;
  function Item (Tree: Tree_Type) return Data is
  begin
     return Tree.Item;
  end Item;
  procedure Destroy_Tree(N: in out Tree_Type) is
     procedure free is new Ada.Unchecked_Deallocation(Node, Tree_Type);
  begin
     if not Empty(N) then
        Destroy_Tree(N.Left);
        Destroy_Tree(N.Right);
        Free(N);
     end if;
  end Destroy_Tree;
  function Tree(Value: Data; Left, Right : Tree_Type) return Tree_Type is
     Temp : Tree_Type := new Node;
  begin
     Temp.all := (Left, Right, Value);
     return Temp;
  end Tree;
  function Tree(Value: Data) return Tree_Type is
  begin
     return Tree(Value, null, null);
  end Tree;

end Bin_Trees;</lang>

Next, we specify and implement package that defines a task type for tree traversal. This allows us to run any number of tree traversals in parallel, even on the same tree.

<lang Ada> generic

     with procedure Process_Data(Item: Data);
     with function Stop return Boolean;
     with procedure Finish;
  package Bin_Trees.Traverse is
     task Inorder_Task is
        entry Run(Tree: Tree_Type);
        -- this will call each Item in Tree and, at the very end, it will call Finish
        -- except when Stop becomes true; in this case, the task terminates
     end Inorder_Task;
  end Bin_Trees.Traverse;</lang>

<lang Ada> package body Bin_Trees.Traverse is

     task body Inorder_Task is
        procedure Inorder(Tree: Tree_Type) is
        begin
           if not Empty(Tree) and not Stop then
              Inorder(Tree.Left);
              if not Stop then
                 Process_Data(Item => Tree.Item);
              end if;
              if (not Stop) then
                 Inorder(Tree.Right);
              end if;
           end if;
        end Inorder;
        T: Tree_Type;
     begin
        accept Run(Tree: Tree_Type) do
           T := Tree;
        end Run;
        Inorder(T);
        Finish;
     end Inorder_Task;
  end Bin_Trees.Traverse;</lang>

When comparing two trees T1 and T2, we will define two tasks, a "Producer.Inorder_Task" and a "Consumer.Inorder_Task". The producer will write data items to a buffer, the consumer will read items from the buffer and compare them with its own data items. Both tasks will terminate when the consumer finds a data item different from the one written by the producer, or when either task has written its last item and the other one has items left.

A third auxiliary task just waits until the consumer has finished and the result of the fringe comparison can be read.

<lang Ada>with Ada.Text_IO, Bin_Trees.Traverse;

procedure Main is

  package B_Trees is new Bin_Trees(Character); use B_Trees;
  function Same_Fringe(T1, T2: Tree_Type) return Boolean is
     protected type Buffer_Type is
        entry Write(Item: Character);
        entry Write_Done;
        entry Read_And_Compare(Item: Character);
        entry Read_Done;
        entry Wait_For_The_End;
        function Early_Abort return Boolean;
        function The_Same return Boolean;
     private
        Current: Character;
        Readable: Boolean := False;
        Done: Boolean := False;
        Same: Boolean := True;
        Finished: Boolean := False;
     end Buffer_Type;
     protected body Buffer_Type is
        entry Write(Item: Character) when not Readable is
        begin
           Readable := True;
           Current  := Item;
        end Write;
        entry Write_Done when not Readable is
        begin
           Readable := True;
           Done     := True;
        end Write_Done;
        entry Read_And_Compare(Item: Character) when Readable is
        begin
           if Done then -- Producer is already out of items
              Same := False;
              Finished := True;
              -- Readable remains True, else Consumer might lock itself out
           elsif
             Item /= Current then
              Same := False;
              Finished := True;
              Readable := False;
           else
                Readable := False;
           end if;
        end Read_And_Compare;
        entry Read_Done when Readable is
        begin
           Readable := False;
           Same     := Same and Done;
           Finished := True;
        end Read_Done;
        entry Wait_For_The_End when (Finished) or (not Same) is
        begin
           null; -- "when ..." is all we need
        end Wait_For_The_End;
        function The_Same return Boolean is
        begin
           return Same;
        end The_Same;
        function Early_Abort return Boolean is
        begin
           return not The_Same or Finished;
        end Early_Abort;
     end Buffer_Type;
     Buffer: Buffer_Type;
     -- some wrapper subprogram needed to instantiate the generics below
         procedure Prod_Write(Item: Character) is
         begin
            Buffer.Write(Item);
         end Prod_Write;
         function Stop return Boolean is
         begin
            return Buffer.Early_Abort;
         end Stop;
         procedure Prod_Stop is
         begin
            Buffer.Write_Done;
         end Prod_Stop;
         procedure Cons_Write(Item: Character) is
         begin
            Buffer.Read_And_Compare(Item);
         end Cons_Write;
         procedure Cons_Stop is
         begin
            Buffer.Read_Done;
         end Cons_Stop;
     package Producer is new B_Trees.Traverse(Prod_Write, Stop, Prod_Stop);
     package Consumer is new B_Trees.Traverse(Cons_Write, Stop, Cons_Stop);
  begin
     Producer.Inorder_Task.Run(T1);
     Consumer.Inorder_Task.Run(T2);
     Buffer.Wait_For_The_End;
     return Buffer.The_Same;
  end Same_Fringe;
  procedure Show_Preorder(Tree: Tree_Type; Prefix: String := "") is
     use Ada.Text_IO;
  begin
     if Prefix /= "" then
        Ada.Text_IO.Put(Prefix);
     end if;
     if not Empty(Tree) then
        Put("(" & Item(Tree));      Put(", ");
        Show_Preorder(Left(Tree));  Put(", ");
        Show_Preorder(Right(Tree)); Put(")");
     end if;
     if Prefix /= "" then
        New_Line;
     end if;
  end Show_Preorder;
  T_0: Tree_Type := Tree('a', Empty, Tree('b'));
  T: array(1 .. 5) of Tree_Type;

begin

  T(1) := Tree('d', Tree('c'), T_0);
  T(2)  := Tree('c', Empty, Tree('a', Tree('d'), Tree('b')));
  T(3)  := Tree('e', T(1), T(2));
  T(4)  := Tree('e', T(2), T(1));
  T(5)  := Tree('e', T_0, Tree('c', Tree('d'), T(1)));
  -- First display the trees you have (in preorder)
  for I in T'Range loop
     Show_Preorder(T(I), "Tree(" & Integer'Image(I) & " ) is ");
  end loop;
  Ada.Text_IO.New_Line;
  -- Now compare them, which have the same fringe?
  for I in T'Range loop
     for J in T'Range loop
        if Same_Fringe(T(J), T(I)) then
           Ada.Text_IO.Put("same(");
        else
           Ada.Text_IO.Put("DIFF(");
        end if;
        Ada.Text_IO.Put(Integer'Image(I) & "," & Integer'Image(J) & " ); ");
     end loop;
     Ada.Text_IO.New_Line;
  end loop;

end Main;</lang>

Note that we do not call Destroy_Tree to reclaim the dynamic memory. In our case, this is not needed since the memory will be reclaimed at the end of Main, anyway.

Output:
Tree( 1 ) is (d, (c, , ), (a, , (b, , )))
Tree( 2 ) is (c, , (a, (d, , ), (b, , )))
Tree( 3 ) is (e, (d, (c, , ), (a, , (b, , ))), (c, , (a, (d, , ), (b, , ))))
Tree( 4 ) is (e, (c, , (a, (d, , ), (b, , ))), (d, (c, , ), (a, , (b, , ))))
Tree( 5 ) is (e, (a, , (b, , )), (c, (d, , ), (d, (c, , ), (a, , (b, , )))))

same( 1, 1 ); same( 1, 2 ); DIFF( 1, 3 ); DIFF( 1, 4 ); DIFF( 1, 5 ); 
same( 2, 1 ); same( 2, 2 ); DIFF( 2, 3 ); DIFF( 2, 4 ); DIFF( 2, 5 ); 
DIFF( 3, 1 ); DIFF( 3, 2 ); same( 3, 3 ); same( 3, 4 ); DIFF( 3, 5 ); 
DIFF( 4, 1 ); DIFF( 4, 2 ); same( 4, 3 ); same( 4, 4 ); DIFF( 4, 5 ); 
DIFF( 5, 1 ); DIFF( 5, 2 ); DIFF( 5, 3 ); DIFF( 5, 4 ); same( 5, 5 ); 

Bracmat

<lang Bracmat>( ( T

 =   
   .   ( next
       =   node stack rhs
         .   !arg:%?node ?stack
           &   whl
             ' ( !node:(?node.?rhs)
               & !rhs !stack:?stack
               )
           & (!node.!stack)
       )
     & !arg:(?stackA,?stackB)
     &   whl
       ' ( !stackA:~
         & !stackB:~
         & next$!stackA:(?leafA.?stackA)
         & next$!stackB:(?leafB.?stackB)
         & !leafA:!leafB
         )
     & out$!arg
     & (   !stackA:!stackB:
         & !leafA:!leafB
         & out$equal
       | out$"not equal"
       )
 )

& T$(x,x) & T$((x.y),(x.y)) & T$(((x.y).z),(x.y.z)) & T$((x.y.z),(x.y.q)) & T$((x.y),(x.y.q)) & T$((x.y.z),(x.y)) & T$(((x.y).z),(x.z.y)) & T

 $ ( (a.b.c.(x.y).z)
   , (((a.b).c).x.y.z)
   )

);</lang> Output:

x,x
equal
(x.y),(x.y)
equal
((x.y).z),(x.y.z)
equal
(x.y.z),(x.y.q)
not equal
(x.y),(x.y.q)
not equal
(x.y.z),(x.y)
not equal
((x.y).z),(x.z.y)
not equal
  (a.b.c.(x.y).z)
, (((a.b).c).x.y.z)
equal

C

With rudimentary coroutine support based on ucontext. I don't know if it will compile on anything other than GCC. <lang c>#include <stdio.h>

  1. include <stdlib.h>
  2. include <ucontext.h>

typedef struct { ucontext_t caller, callee; char stack[8192]; void *in, *out; } co_t;

co_t * co_new(void(*f)(), void *data) { co_t * c = malloc(sizeof(*c)); getcontext(&c->callee); c->in = data;

c->callee.uc_stack.ss_sp = c->stack; c->callee.uc_stack.ss_size = sizeof(c->stack); c->callee.uc_link = &c->caller; makecontext(&c->callee, f, 1, (int)c);

return c; }

void co_del(co_t *c) { free(c); }

inline void co_yield(co_t *c, void *data) { c->out = data; swapcontext(&c->callee, &c->caller); }

inline void * co_collect(co_t *c) { c->out = 0; swapcontext(&c->caller, &c->callee); return c->out; }

// end of coroutine stuff

typedef struct node node; struct node { int v; node *left, *right; };

node *newnode(int v) { node *n = malloc(sizeof(node)); n->left = n->right = 0; n->v = v; return n; }

void tree_insert(node **root, node *n) { while (*root) root = ((*root)->v > n->v) ? &(*root)->left : &(*root)->right; *root = n; }

void tree_trav(int x) { co_t *c = (co_t *) x;

void trav(node *root) { if (!root) return; trav(root->left); co_yield(c, root); trav(root->right); }

trav(c->in); }

int tree_eq(node *t1, node *t2) { co_t *c1 = co_new(tree_trav, t1); co_t *c2 = co_new(tree_trav, t2);

node *p = 0, *q = 0; do { p = co_collect(c1); q = co_collect(c2); } while (p && q && (p->v == q->v));

co_del(c1); co_del(c2); return !p && !q; }

int main() { int x[] = { 0, 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, -1 }; int y[] = { 2, 5, 7, 1, 9, 0, 6, 4, 8, 3, -1 }; int z[] = { 0, 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 8, 9, -1 };

node *t1 = 0, *t2 = 0, *t3 = 0;

void mktree(int *buf, node **root) { int i; for (i = 0; buf[i] >= 0; i++) tree_insert(root, newnode(buf[i])); }

mktree(x, &t1); // ordered binary tree, result of traversing mktree(y, &t2); // should be independent of insertion, so t1 == t2 mktree(z, &t3);

printf("t1 == t2: %s\n", tree_eq(t1, t2) ? "yes" : "no"); printf("t1 == t3: %s\n", tree_eq(t1, t3) ? "yes" : "no");

return 0; }</lang>

C#

This task is almost custom designed for C# LINQ and is really trivial using that. Most of the following is support code. The only two routines that actually implement the task at hand are CompareTo and GetLeaves at the bottom. GetLeaves is a really simple BinTree procedure to retreive the leaves from left to right into an IEnumerable. That IEnumerable can be zipped with the result of GetLeaves on another tree and the results compared giving us our final answer and since everything is deferred in LINQ, this has the desirable property spoken of in the problem's description that no comparisons are done after a non-matching pair. <lang csharp> using System; using System.Collections.Generic; using System.Linq;

namespace Same_Fringe { class Program { static void Main() { var rnd = new Random(110456); var randList = Enumerable.Range(0, 20).Select(i => rnd.Next(1000)).ToList(); var bt1 = new BinTree<int>(randList); // Shuffling will create a tree with the same values but different topology Shuffle(randList, 428); var bt2 = new BinTree<int>(randList); Console.WriteLine(bt1.CompareTo(bt2) ? "True compare worked" : "True compare failed"); // Insert a 0 in the first tree which should cause a failure bt1.Insert(0); Console.WriteLine(bt1.CompareTo(bt2) ? "False compare failed" : "False compare worked"); }

static void Shuffle<T>(List<T> values, int seed) { var rnd = new Random(seed);

for (var i = 0; i < values.Count - 2; i++) { var iSwap = rnd.Next(values.Count - i) + i; var tmp = values[iSwap]; values[iSwap] = values[i]; values[i] = tmp; } } }

// Define other methods and classes here class BinTree<T> where T:IComparable { private BinTree<T> _left; private BinTree<T> _right; private T _value;

private BinTree<T> Left { get { return _left; } }

private BinTree<T> Right { get { return _right; } }

// On interior nodes, any value greater than or equal to Value goes in the // right subtree, everything else in the left. private T Value { get { return _value; } }

public bool IsLeaf { get { return Left == null; } }

private BinTree(BinTree<T> left, BinTree<T> right, T value) { _left = left; _right = right; _value = value; }

public BinTree(T value) : this(null, null, value) { }

public BinTree(IEnumerable<T> values) { // ReSharper disable PossibleMultipleEnumeration _value = values.First(); foreach (var value in values.Skip(1)) { Insert(value); } // ReSharper restore PossibleMultipleEnumeration }

public void Insert(T value) { if (IsLeaf) { if (value.CompareTo(Value) < 0) { _left = new BinTree<T>(value); _right = new BinTree<T>(Value); } else { _left = new BinTree<T>(Value); _right = new BinTree<T>(value); _value = value; } } else { if (value.CompareTo(Value) < 0) { Left.Insert(value); } else { Right.Insert(value); } } }

public IEnumerable<T> GetLeaves() { if (IsLeaf) { yield return Value; yield break; } foreach (var val in Left.GetLeaves()) { yield return val; } foreach (var val in Right.GetLeaves()) { yield return val; } }

internal bool CompareTo(BinTree<T> other) { return other.GetLeaves().Zip(GetLeaves(), (t1, t2) => t1.CompareTo(t2) == 0).All(f => f); } } } </lang>

Example output:

True Compare worked
False Compare worked

Clojure

fringe-seq produces a lazy sequence of the fringe values of a tree. It's patterned after the standard function tree-seq: aside from the tree to walk, it takes 3 function arguments to handle a general tree structure. branch? returns true for branch nodes -- nodes which could have children, whether they actually do or not. children returns the children of a branch node; content returns the content of a branch node. A fringe value is either the content of a branch node without children, or a non-branch node. <lang clojure>(defn fringe-seq [branch? children content tree]

 (letfn [(walk [node]
           (lazy-seq
             (if (branch? node)
               (if (empty? (children node))
                 (list (content node))
                 (mapcat walk (children node)))
               (list node))))]
   (walk tree)))</lang>

For this problem, binary trees are represented as vectors, whose nodes are either [content left right] or just content. <lang clojure>(defn vfringe-seq [v] (fringe-seq vector? #(remove nil? (rest %)) first v)) (println (vfringe-seq [10 1 2])) ; (1 2) (println (vfringe-seq [10 [1 nil nil] [20 2 nil]])) ; (1 2)</lang> Then we can use a general sequence-equality function: <lang clojure>(defn seq= [s1 s2]

 (cond 
   (and (empty? s1) (empty? s2)) true
   (not= (empty? s1) (empty? s2)) false
   (= (first s1) (first s2)) (recur (rest s1) (rest s2))
   :else false))</lang>

D

Short Version

A short recursive solution that is not lazy (and lacks the const/immutable/pure/nothrow): <lang d>struct Node(T) {

   T data;
   Node* L, R;

}

bool sameFringe(T)(Node!T* t1, Node!T* t2) {

   T[] scan(Node!T* t) {
       if (!t) return [];
       return (!t.L && !t.R) ? [t.data] : scan(t.L) ~ scan(t.R);
   }
   return scan(t1) == scan(t2);

}

void main() {

   import std.stdio;
   alias N = Node!int;
   auto t1 = new N(10, new N(20, new N(30, new N(40), new N(50))));
   auto t2 = new N(1, new N(2, new N(3, new N(40), new N(50))));
   writeln(sameFringe(t1, t2));
   auto t3 = new N(1, new N(2, new N(3, new N(40), new N(51))));
   writeln(sameFringe(t1, t3));

}</lang>

Output:
true
false

Strong Lazy Version

This version is quite long because it tries to be reliable. The code contains contracts, unit tests, annotations, and so on. <lang d>import std.array: empty; import std.algorithm: equal;


// Replace with an efficient stack when available in Phobos. struct Stack(T) {

   private T[] data;
   public @property bool empty() const pure nothrow {
       return data.empty;
   }
   // Can't be const if T isn't a value or const.
   public @property T head() const pure nothrow
   in {
       assert(!data.empty);
   } body {
       return data[$ - 1];
   }
   public void push(T x) pure nothrow {
       data ~= x;
   }
   public void pop() pure nothrow
   in {
       assert(!data.empty);
   } body {
       data.length--;
   }

}


struct BinaryTreeNode(T) {

   T data;
   BinaryTreeNode* left, right;

}


struct Fringe(T) {

   alias const(BinaryTreeNode!T)* BT;
   private Stack!BT stack;
   pure nothrow invariant {
       assert(stack.empty || isLeaf(stack.head));
   }
   public this(BT t) pure nothrow {
       if (t != null) {
           stack.push(t);
           if (!isLeaf(t)) {
               // Here the invariant doesn't hold.
               // invariant isn't called for private methods.
               nextLeaf;
           }
       }
   }
   public @property bool empty() const pure nothrow {
       return stack.empty;
   }
   public @property T front() const pure nothrow
   in {
       assert(!stack.empty && stack.head != null);
   } body {
       return stack.head.data;
   }
   public void popFront() pure nothrow
   in {
       assert(!stack.empty);
   } body {
       stack.pop();
       if (!empty())
           nextLeaf();
   }
   private static bool isLeaf(in BT t) pure nothrow {
       return t != null && t.left == null && t.right == null;
   }
   private void nextLeaf() pure nothrow
   in {
       assert(!stack.empty);
   } body {
       auto t = stack.head;
       while (!stack.empty && !isLeaf(t)) {
           stack.pop();
           if (t.right != null)
               stack.push(t.right);
           if (t.left != null)
               stack.push(t.left);
           t = stack.head;
       }
   }

}


bool sameFringe(T)(in BinaryTreeNode!T* t1, in BinaryTreeNode!T* t2) pure nothrow {

   return Fringe!T(t1).equal(Fringe!T(t2));

}


unittest {

   alias BinaryTreeNode!int N;
   static N* n(in int x, N* l=null, N* r=null) pure nothrow {
       return new N(x, l, r);
   }
   {
       N* t;
       assert(sameFringe(t, t));
   }
   {
       const t1 = n(10);
       const t2 = n(10);
       assert(sameFringe(t1, t2));
   }
   {
       const t1 = n(10);
       const t2 = n(20);
       assert(!sameFringe(t1, t2));
   }
   {
       const t1 = n(10, n(20));
       const t2 = n(30, n(20));
       assert(sameFringe(t1, t2));
   }
   {
       const t1 = n(10, n(20));
       const t2 = n(10, n(30));
       assert(!sameFringe(t1, t2));
   }
   {
       const t1 = n(10, n(20), n(30));
       const t2 = n(5, n(20), n(30));
       assert(sameFringe(t1, t2));
   }
   {
       const t1 = n(10, n(20), n(30));
       const t2 = n(5, n(20), n(35));
       assert(!sameFringe(t1, t2));
   }
   {
       const t1 = n(10, n(20, n(30)));
       const t2 = n(1, n(2, n(30)));
       assert(sameFringe(t1, t2));
   }
   {
       const t1 = n(10, n(20, n(30, n(40), n(50))));
       const t2 = n(1, n(2, n(3, n(40), n(50))));
       assert(sameFringe(t1, t2));
   }
   {
       const t1 = n(10, n(20, n(30, n(40), n(50))));
       const t2 = n(1, n(2, n(3, n(40), n(51))));
       assert(!sameFringe(t1, t2));
   }

}


void main() {

   import std.stdio;
   alias N = BinaryTreeNode!int;
   static N* n(in int x, N* l=null, N* r=null) pure nothrow {
       return new N(x, l, r);
   }
   const t1 = n(10, n(20, n(30, n(40), n(50))));
   writeln("fringe(t1): ", Fringe!int(t1));
   const t2 = n(1, n(2, n(3, n(40), n(50))));
   writeln("fringe(t2): ", Fringe!int(t2));
   const t3 = n(1, n(2, n(3, n(40), n(51))));
   writeln("fringe(t3): ", Fringe!int(t3));
   writeln("sameFringe(t1, t2): ", sameFringe(t1, t2));
   writeln("sameFringe(t1, t3): ", sameFringe(t1, t3));

}</lang>

Output:
fringe(t1): [40, 50]
fringe(t2): [40, 50]
fringe(t3): [40, 51]
sameFringe(t1, t2): true
sameFringe(t1, t3): false

Range Generator Version (Lazy)

<lang d>import std.stdio, std.concurrency, std.range, std.algorithm;

struct Node(T) {

   T data;
   Node* L, R;

}

Generator!T fringe(T)(Node!T* t1) {

   return new typeof(return)({
       if (t1 != null) {
           if (t1.L == null && t1.R == null) // Is a leaf.
               yield(t1.data);
           else
               foreach (data; t1.L.fringe.chain(t1.R.fringe))
                   yield(data);
       }
   });

}

bool sameFringe(T)(Node!T* t1, Node!T* t2) {

   return t1.fringe.equal(t2.fringe);

}

void main() {

   alias N = Node!int;
   auto t1 = new N(10, new N(20, new N(30, new N(40), new N(50))));
   auto t2 = new N(1, new N(2, new N(3, new N(40), new N(50))));
   sameFringe(t1, t2).writeln;
   auto t3 = new N(1, new N(2, new N(3, new N(40), new N(51))));
   sameFringe(t1, t3).writeln;
   auto t4 = new N(1, new N(2, new N(3, new N(40))));
   sameFringe(t1, t4).writeln;
   N* t5;
   sameFringe(t1, t5).writeln;
   sameFringe(t5, t5).writeln;
   auto t6 = new N(2);
   auto t7 = new N(1, new N(2));
   sameFringe(t6, t7).writeln;

}</lang>

Output:
true
false
false
false
true
true

Go

<lang go>package main

import "fmt"

type node struct {

   int
   left, right *node

}

// function returns a channel that yields the leaves of the tree. // the channel is closed after all leaves are received. func leaves(t *node) chan int {

   ch := make(chan int)
   // recursive function to walk tree.
   var f func(*node)
   f = func(n *node) {
       if n == nil {
           return
       }
       // leaves are identified by having no children.
       if n.left == nil && n.right == nil {
           ch <- n.int
       } else {
           f(n.left)
           f(n.right)
       }
   }
   // goroutine runs concurrently with others.
   // it walks the tree then closes the channel.
   go func() {
       f(t)
       close(ch)
   }()
   return ch

}

func sameFringe(t1, t2 *node) bool {

   f1 := leaves(t1)
   f2 := leaves(t2)
   for l1 := range f1 {
       // both trees must yield a leaf, and the leaves must be equal.
       if l2, ok := <-f2; !ok || l1 != l2 {
           return false
       }
   }
   // there must be nothing left in f2 after consuming all of f1.
   _, ok := <-f2
   return !ok

}

func main() {

   // the different shapes of the trees is shown with indention.
   // the leaves are easy to spot by the int: key.
   t1 := &node{3,
       &node{1,
           &node{int: 1},
           &node{int: 2}},
       &node{8,
           &node{int: 5},
           &node{int: 13}}}
   // t2 with negative values for internal nodes that can't possibly match
   // positive values in t1, just to show that only leaves are being compared.
   t2 := &node{-8,
       &node{-3,
           &node{-1,
               &node{int: 1},
               &node{int: 2}},
           &node{int: 5}},
       &node{int: 13}}
   fmt.Println(sameFringe(t1, t2)) // prints true.

}</lang>

Haskell

Since Haskell is lazy, simply getting the fringes and comparing them for equality will do. It will only do as much as work as necessary and will stop at the first difference.

To get the fringe, we can simply use the solution for Flatten a list, slightly modified for a binary tree instead of a general tree: <lang haskell>data Tree a

 = Leaf a
 | Node (Tree a)
        (Tree a)
 deriving (Show, Eq)

fringe :: Tree a -> [a] fringe (Leaf x) = [x] fringe (Node n1 n2) = fringe n1 ++ fringe n2

sameFringe

 :: (Eq a)
 => Tree a -> Tree a -> Bool

sameFringe t1 t2 = fringe t1 == fringe t2

main :: IO () main = do

 let a = Node (Leaf 1) (Node (Leaf 2) (Node (Leaf 3) (Node (Leaf 4) (Leaf 5))))
     b = Node (Leaf 1) (Node (Node (Leaf 2) (Leaf 3)) (Node (Leaf 4) (Leaf 5)))
     c = Node (Node (Node (Node (Leaf 1) (Leaf 2)) (Leaf 3)) (Leaf 4)) (Leaf 5)
     x =
       Node
         (Leaf 1)
         (Node
            (Leaf 2)
            (Node (Leaf 3) (Node (Leaf 4) (Node (Leaf 5) (Leaf 6)))))
     y = Node (Leaf 0) (Node (Node (Leaf 2) (Leaf 3)) (Node (Leaf 4) (Leaf 5)))
     z = Node (Leaf 1) (Node (Leaf 2) (Node (Node (Leaf 4) (Leaf 3)) (Leaf 5)))
 mapM_ print $ sameFringe a <$> [a, b, c, x, y, z]</lang>
Output:
True
True
True
False
False
False

Icon and Unicon

The following solution works in both languages:

<lang unicon>procedure main()

   aTree := [1, [2, [4, [7]], [5]], [3, [6, [8], [9]]]]
   bTree := [1, [2, [4, [7]], [5]], [3, [6, [8], [9]]]]
   write("aTree and bTree ",(sameFringe(aTree,bTree),"have")|"don't have",
         " the same leaves.")
   cTree := [1, [2, [4, [7]], [5]], [3, [6, [8]]]]
   dTree := [1, [2, [4, [7]], [5]], [3, [6, [8], [9]]]]
   write("cTree and dTree ",(sameFringe(cTree,dTree),"have")|"don't have",
         " the same leaves.")

end

procedure sameFringe(a,b)

   return same{genLeaves(a),genLeaves(b)}

end

procedure same(L)

  while n1 := @L[1] do {
     n2 := @L[2] | fail
     if n1 ~== n2 then fail
     }
  return not @L[2]

end

procedure genLeaves(t)

   suspend (*(node := preorder(t)) == 1, node[1])

end

procedure preorder(L)

   if \L then suspend L | preorder(L[2|3])

end</lang>

Output:

->sf
aTree and bTree have the same leaves.
cTree and dTree don't have the same leaves.
->

J

<lang J>sameFringe=: -:&([: ; <S:0)</lang>

Note that the time/space optimizations here can change with the language implementation, but current implementations make no effort to treat trees efficiently.

That said, note also that binary trees tend to be a poor data structure choice in J. First, they shift the focus form "what needs to be done" to (in minute detail) "how to do it". This typically means that (for example) combining operations into batches becomes difficult. And, typically, we can find other strategies (some of which have analogies to trees) to achieve the desired efficiencies.

Anyways, here's a recursive routine to convert a flat list into a binary tree:

<lang J>list2tree=: (<.@-:@# ({. ,&<&list2tree}. ) ])^:(1<#)</lang>

And, here are two differently structured trees which represent the same underlying data:

<lang J>bp=: list2tree p: i.11 ubp=: p:L:0] 10;~list2tree i.10</lang>

And, here's our original operation in action (1 {:: ubp is a subtree of ubp which omits a leaf node):

<lang J> ubp sameFringe bp 1

  bp sameFringe 1 {:: ubp

0</lang>

Java

The code defines a Node interface, an implementation (SimpleNode), and a pair of methods to do the comparison (areLeavesSame and advanceToLeaf). The method simpleWalk() is to show what leaves are present in each tree.

Code: <lang java>import java.util.*;

class SameFringe {

 public interface Node<T extends Comparable<? super T>>
 {
   Node<T> getLeft();
   Node<T> getRight();
   boolean isLeaf();
   T getData();
 }
 
 public static class SimpleNode<T extends Comparable<? super T>> implements Node<T>
 {
   private final T data;
   public SimpleNode<T> left;
   public SimpleNode<T> right;
   
   public SimpleNode(T data)
   {  this(data, null, null);  }
   
   public SimpleNode(T data, SimpleNode<T> left, SimpleNode<T> right)
   {
     this.data = data;
     this.left = left;
     this.right = right;
   }
   
   public Node<T> getLeft()
   {  return left;  }
   
   public Node<T> getRight()
   {  return right;  }
   
   public boolean isLeaf()
   {  return ((left == null) && (right == null));  }
   
   public T getData()
   {  return data;  }
   
   public SimpleNode<T> addToTree(T data)
   {
     int cmp = data.compareTo(this.data);
     if (cmp == 0)
       throw new IllegalArgumentException("Same data!");
     if (cmp < 0)
     {
       if (left == null)
         return (left = new SimpleNode<T>(data));
       return left.addToTree(data);
     }
     if (right == null)
       return (right = new SimpleNode<T>(data));
     return right.addToTree(data);
   }
 }
 
 public static <T extends Comparable<? super T>> boolean areLeavesSame(Node<T> node1, Node<T> node2)
 {
   Stack<Node<T>> stack1 = new Stack<Node<T>>();
   Stack<Node<T>> stack2 = new Stack<Node<T>>();
   stack1.push(node1);
   stack2.push(node2);
   // NOT using short-circuit operator
   while (((node1 = advanceToLeaf(stack1)) != null) & ((node2 = advanceToLeaf(stack2)) != null))
     if (!node1.getData().equals(node2.getData()))
       return false;
   // Return true if finished at same time
   return (node1 == null) && (node2 == null);
 }
 
 private static <T extends Comparable<? super T>> Node<T> advanceToLeaf(Stack<Node<T>> stack)
 {
   while (!stack.isEmpty())
   {
     Node<T> node = stack.pop();
     if (node.isLeaf())
       return node;
     Node<T> rightNode = node.getRight();
     if (rightNode != null)
       stack.push(rightNode);
     Node<T> leftNode = node.getLeft();
     if (leftNode != null)
       stack.push(leftNode);
   }
   return null;
 }
 
 public static void main(String[] args)
 {
   SimpleNode<Integer> headNode1 = new SimpleNode<Integer>(35, new SimpleNode<Integer>(25, new SimpleNode<Integer>(15, new SimpleNode<Integer>(10), new SimpleNode<Integer>(20)), new SimpleNode<Integer>(30)), new SimpleNode<Integer>(45, new SimpleNode<Integer>(40), new SimpleNode<Integer>(50)));
   SimpleNode<Integer> headNode2 = new SimpleNode<Integer>(24, new SimpleNode<Integer>(14, new SimpleNode<Integer>(10), new SimpleNode<Integer>(16, null, new SimpleNode<Integer>(20))), new SimpleNode<Integer>(34, new SimpleNode<Integer>(30), new SimpleNode<Integer>(42, new SimpleNode<Integer>(40), new SimpleNode<Integer>(56, new SimpleNode<Integer>(50), null))));
   SimpleNode<Integer> headNode3 = new SimpleNode<Integer>(24, new SimpleNode<Integer>(14, new SimpleNode<Integer>(10), new SimpleNode<Integer>(16, null, new SimpleNode<Integer>(20))), new SimpleNode<Integer>(34, new SimpleNode<Integer>(30), new SimpleNode<Integer>(42, new SimpleNode<Integer>(40), new SimpleNode<Integer>(50, null, new SimpleNode<Integer>(56)))));
   System.out.print("Leaves for set 1: ");
   simpleWalk(headNode1);
   System.out.println();
   System.out.print("Leaves for set 2: ");
   simpleWalk(headNode2);
   System.out.println();
   System.out.print("Leaves for set 3: ");
   simpleWalk(headNode3);
   System.out.println();
   System.out.println("areLeavesSame(1, 2)? " + areLeavesSame(headNode1, headNode2));
   System.out.println("areLeavesSame(2, 3)? " + areLeavesSame(headNode2, headNode3));
 }
 
 public static void simpleWalk(Node<Integer> node)
 {
   if (node.isLeaf())
     System.out.print(node.getData() + " ");
   else
   {
     Node<Integer> left = node.getLeft();
     if (left != null)
       simpleWalk(left);
     Node<Integer> right = node.getRight();
     if (right != null)
       simpleWalk(right);
   }
 }

}</lang>

Output:

Leaves for set 1: 10 20 30 40 50
Leaves for set 2: 10 20 30 40 50
Leaves for set 3: 10 20 30 40 56
areLeavesSame(1, 2)? true
areLeavesSame(2, 3)? false

jq

Works with: jq version 1.4

A binary tree can be conveniently represented in jq as a nested array, e.g. [1,[2,3]]. This is the data structure used by same_fringe(t;u) as defined in this section.

With this data structure, a test for whether two trees, s and t, have the same fringes could be implemented simply as: <lang jq>(t|flatten) == (s|flatten)</lang> but this entails generating the lists of leaves.

To accomplish the "same fringe" task efficiently in jq 1.4 without generating a list of leaves, a special-purpose function is needed. This special-purpose function, which is here named "next", would ordinarily be defined as an inner function of "same_fringe", but for clarity, it is defined as a top-level function. <lang jq># "next" allows one to generate successive leaves, one at a time. This is accomplished

  1. by ensuring that the non-null output of a call to "next" can also serve as input.
  2. "next" returns null if there are no more leaves, otherwise it returns [leaf, nodes]
  3. where "leaf" is the next leaf, and nodes is an array of nodes still to be traversed.
  4. Input has the same form, but on input, "leaf" is ignored unless it is an array.

def next:

def _next:
    .[0] as $node | .[1] as $nodes
     | if ($node|type) == "array" then
         if $node|length != 2 then
           error("improper node: \($node) should have 2 items") else . end
         | [ $node[0],  [$node[1]] + $nodes]
       elif $nodes|length > 0 then  [$nodes[0], $nodes[1:]]
       else null
       end;
 _next as $n
 | if $n == null then null
   elif ($n[0]|type) == "array" then $n|next
   else $n
   end;
  1. t and u must be binary trees

def same_fringe(t;u):

 # x and y must be suitable for input to "next"
 def eq(x;y):
   if x == null then y == null
   elif y == null then false
   elif x[0] != y[0] then false
   else eq( x|next;  y|next)
   end;
  eq([t,[]]|next; [u,[]]|next) ;</lang>

Example: <lang jq> [1,[2,[3,[4,[5,[6,7]]]]]] as $a

 | [[[[[[1,2],3],4],5],6],7] as $b
 | [[[1,2],3],[4,[5,[6,7]]]] as $c
 | [[[1,2],2],4] as $d
 |  same_fringe($a;$a), same_fringe($b;$b), same_fringe($c;$c),
    same_fringe($a;$b), same_fringe($a;$c), same_fringe($b;$c),
    same_fringe($a;$d), same_fringe($d;$c), same_fringe($b;$d),
    same_fringe( ["a",["b",["c",[["x","y"],"z"]]]];
                 [[["a","b"],"c"],["x",["y","z"]]] )</lang>
Output:

<lang sh>$ jq -n -f Same_Fringe.jq true true true true true true false false false true </lang>

Julia

<lang Julia> using Lazy

"""

   Input a tree for display as a fringed structure.

""" function fringe(tree)

   fringey(node::Pair) = [fringey(i) for i in node]
   fringey(leaf::Int) = leaf
   fringey(tree)

end


"""

   equalsfringe() uses a reduction to a lazy 1D list via 
   getleaflist() for its "equality" of fringes

""" getleaflist(tree::Int) = [tree] getleaflist(tree::Pair) = vcat(getleaflist(seq(tree[1])), getleaflist(seq(tree[2]))) getleaflist(tree::Lazy.LazyList) = vcat(getleaflist(tree[1]), getleaflist(tree[2])) getleaflist(tree::Void) = [] equalsfringe(t1, t2) = (getleaflist(t1) == getleaflist(t2))


a = 1 => 2 => 3 => 4 => 5 => 6 => 7 => 8 b = 1 => (( 2 => 3 ) => (4 => (5 => ((6 => 7) => 8)))) c = (((1 => 2) => 3) => 4) => 5 => 6 => 7 => 8

x = 1 => 2 => 3 => 4 => 5 => 6 => 7 => 8 => 9 y = 0 => 2 => 3 => 4 => 5 => 6 => 7 => 8 z = 1 => 2 => (4 => 3) => 5 => 6 => 7 => 8

prettyprint(s) = println(replace("$s", r"\{Any,1\}|Any|Array\{T,1\}\swhere\sT|Array|", "")) prettyprint(fringe(a)) prettyprint(fringe(b)) prettyprint(fringe(c)) prettyprint(fringe(x)) prettyprint(fringe(y)) prettyprint(fringe(z))

prettyprint(getleaflist(a)) prettyprint(getleaflist(b)) prettyprint(getleaflist(c))

println(equalsfringe(a, a)) println(equalsfringe(a, b)) println(equalsfringe(a, c)) println(equalsfringe(b, c)) println(equalsfringe(a, x) == false) println(equalsfringe(a, y) == false) println(equalsfringe(a, z) == false) </lang>

Output:
[1, [2, [3, [4, [5, [6, [7, 8]]]]]]]
[1, [[2, 3], [4, [5, [[6, 7], 8]]]]]
[[[[1, 2], 3], 4], [5, [6, [7, 8]]]]
[1, [2, [3, [4, [5, [6, [7, [8, 9]]]]]]]]
[0, [2, [3, [4, [5, [6, [7, 8]]]]]]]
[1, [2, [[4, 3], [5, [6, [7, 8]]]]]]
[1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8]
[1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8]
[1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8]
true
true
true
true
true
true
true

Lua

In this example, an internal node of a tree is either a "branch", a table with exactly two elements, or the distinguished value None -- everything else is a fringe (leaf) value. fringeiter creates an iterator function to produce successive elements of the fringe.

<lang lua>local type, insert, remove = type, table.insert, table.remove

None = {} -- a unique object for a truncated branch (i.e. empty subtree) function isbranch(node) return type(node) == 'table' and #node == 2 end function left(node) return node[1] end function right(node) return node[2] end

function fringeiter(tree)

   local agenda = {tree}
   local function push(item) insert(agenda, item) end
   local function pop() return remove(agenda) end
   return function()
       while #agenda > 0 do
           node = pop()
           if isbranch(node) then
               push(right(node))
               push(left(node))
           elseif node == None then
               -- continue
           else
               return node
           end
       end
   end

end

function same_fringe(atree, btree)

   local anext = fringeiter(atree or None)
   local bnext = fringeiter(btree or None)
   local pos = 0
   repeat
       local aitem, bitem = anext(), bnext()
       pos = pos + 1
       if aitem ~= bitem then
           return false, string.format("at position %d, %s ~= %s", pos, aitem, bitem)
       end
   until not aitem
   return true

end

t1 = {1, {2, {3, {4, {5, None}}}}} t2 = {{1,2}, {{3, 4}, 5}} t3 = {{{1,2}, 3}, 4}

function compare_fringe(label, ta, tb)

   local equal, nonmatch = same_fringe(ta, tb)
   io.write(label .. ": ")
   if equal then
       print("same fringe")
   else
       print(nonmatch)
   end

end

compare_fringe("(t1, t2)", t1, t2) compare_fringe("(t1, t3)", t1, t3) </lang>

Output:
(t1, t2): equal fringe
(t1, t3): at position 5, 5 ~= nil

OCaml

While we could use a lazy datatype such as Stream for this problem, this example implements the short-circuit behavior (returning on first mismatch) by tracking the parse state. <lang OCaml>type 'a btree = Leaf of 'a | BTree of ('a btree * 'a btree)

let rec next = function

 | [] -> None
 | h :: t -> match h with
   | Leaf x -> Some (x,t)
   | BTree(a,b) -> next (a::b::t)

let samefringe t1 t2 =

 let rec aux s1 s2 = match (next s1, next s2) with
   | None, None -> true
   | None, _ | _, None -> false
   | Some(a,b), Some(c,d) -> (a=c) && aux b d in
 aux [t1] [t2]

(* Test: *) let () =

 let u = BTree(Leaf 1, BTree(Leaf 2, Leaf 3)) in
 let v = BTree(BTree(Leaf 1, Leaf 2), Leaf 3) in
 let w = BTree(BTree(Leaf 3, Leaf 2), Leaf 1) in
 let check a b =
   print_endline (if samefringe a b then "same" else "different") in
 check u v; check v u; check v w;</lang>

Output:

same
same
different

Perl

We use a pair of tree iterators to walk through the trees. So we pick the next leaf from each tree while the leaves are identical. If we've picked the last leaf of both trees simulaneously, then both trees had the "same" fringe. If we find a difference or one of the trees runs out of leaves before the other, we immediately return with a "different" fringe.

The tree iterator is pretty simple: we use array references with index 0 as the left subtree and index 1 holding the right subtree. So as we go down the tree towards the first leaf, we push each right subtree that we will consider later onto the rtree stack. Eventually, we'll hit a leaf and return it. The next time we go into the iterator, we simply pull off the last deferred subtree and continue the process.

<lang perl>

  1. !/usr/bin/perl

use strict;

my @trees = (

   # 0..2 are same
   [ 'd', [ 'c', [ 'a', 'b', ], ], ],
   [ [ 'd', 'c' ], [ 'a', 'b' ] ],
   [ [ [ 'd', 'c', ], 'a', ], 'b', ],
   # and this one's different!
   [ [ [ [ [ [ 'a' ], 'b' ], 'c', ], 'd', ], 'e', ], 'f' ],

);

for my $tree_idx (1 .. $#trees) {

   print "tree[",$tree_idx-1,"] vs tree[$tree_idx]: ",
          cmp_fringe($trees[$tree_idx-1], $trees[$tree_idx]), "\n";

}

sub cmp_fringe {

   my $ti1 = get_tree_iterator(shift);
   my $ti2 = get_tree_iterator(shift);
   while (1) {
       my ($L, $R) = ($ti1->(), $ti2->());
       next if defined($L) and defined($R) and $L eq $R;
       return "Same" if !defined($L) and !defined($R);
       return "Different";
   }

}

sub get_tree_iterator {

   my @rtrees = (shift);
   my $tree;
   return sub {
       $tree = pop @rtrees;
       ($tree, $rtrees[@rtrees]) = @$tree while ref $tree;
       return $tree;
   }

} </lang>

Output:
tree[0] vs tree[1]: Same
tree[1] vs tree[2]: Same
tree[2] vs tree[3]: Different

Phix

<lang Phix>-- -- demo\rosetta\Same_Fringe.exw -- ============================ -- -- Requires 0.7.5 or later (implementation revealed that task_yield did not -- have side effects of e_all properly set.) -- constant tests = {{0,1,{0,2,0}},

                 {{0,1,0},2,0},
                 {{0,1,0},2,{0,3,0}},
                }

sequence tasks integer res = 0 sequence sdata = repeat(0,2)

integer active_tasks integer show_details = 1

procedure scan(sequence tree, integer level, integer tidx) object {left,data,right} = tree

   if res=0 then
       if left!=0 then scan(left,level+1,tidx) end if
       sdata[tidx] = data
       if show_details then
           printf(1,"task[%d] sets sdata[%d] to ",tidx)
           ?data
       end if
       if res=0 then
           task_suspend(task_self())
           task_yield()
       end if
       if right!=0 then scan(right,level+1,tidx) end if
   end if
   if level=1 then
       if show_details then
           printf(1,"task[%d] ends\n",tidx)
       end if
       active_tasks -= 1
       tasks[tidx] = 0
       sdata[tidx] = -1 -- (or use a separate flag)
   end if

end procedure

?"started" procedure test(integer t1, integer t2)

   tasks = {task_create(routine_id("scan"),{tests[t1],1,1}),
            task_create(routine_id("scan"),{tests[t2],1,2})}
   active_tasks = 2
   res = 0
   while active_tasks>0 do
       if tasks[1] then
           task_schedule(tasks[1],1)
           task_yield()
       end if
       if tasks[2] then
           task_schedule(tasks[2],1)
           task_yield()
       end if
       if res=0 then
           res = compare(sdata[1],sdata[2])
           if show_details then
               ?{res,sdata[1],sdata[2],active_tasks}
           end if
       end if
   end while
   printf(1,"test(%d,%d):%d\n",{t1,t2,res})

end procedure

test(1,1) show_details = 0 test(1,2) test(1,3) test(2,1) test(2,2) test(2,3) test(3,1) test(3,2) test(3,3)</lang>

Output:
"started"
task[1] sets sdata[1] to 1
task[2] sets sdata[2] to 1
{0,1,1,2}
task[1] sets sdata[1] to 2
task[2] sets sdata[2] to 2
{0,2,2,2}
task[1] ends
task[2] ends
{0,-1,-1,0}
test(1,1):0
test(1,2):0
test(1,3):-1
test(2,1):0
test(2,2):0
test(2,3):-1
test(3,1):1
test(3,2):1
test(3,3):0

PicoLisp

This uses coroutines to traverse the trees, so it works only in the 64-bit version. <lang PicoLisp>(de nextLeaf (Rt Tree)

  (co Rt
     (recur (Tree)
        (when Tree
           (recurse (cadr Tree))
           (yield (car Tree))
           (recurse (cddr Tree)) ) ) ) )

(de cmpTrees (Tree1 Tree2)

  (prog1
     (use (Node1 Node2)
        (loop
           (setq
              Node1 (nextLeaf "rt1" Tree1)
              Node2 (nextLeaf "rt2" Tree2) )
           (T (nor Node1 Node2) T)
           (NIL (= Node1 Node2)) ) )
     (co "rt1")
     (co "rt2") ) )</lang>

Test: <lang PicoLisp>: (balance '*Tree1 (range 1 7)) -> NIL

(for N (5 4 6 3 7 1 2) (idx '*Tree2 N T))

-> NIL

(view *Tree1 T)
     7
  6
     5

4

     3
  2
     1

-> NIL

(view *Tree2 T)
     7
  6

5

  4
     3
           2
        1

-> NIL

(cmpTrees *Tree1 *Tree2)

-> T</lang>

Python

This solution visits lazily the two trees in lock step like in the Raku example, and stops at the first miss-match. <lang python>try:

   from itertools import zip_longest as izip_longest # Python 3.x

except:

   from itertools import izip_longest                # Python 2.6+

def fringe(tree):

   """Yield tree members L-to-R depth first,
   as if stored in a binary tree"""
   for node1 in tree:
       if isinstance(node1, tuple):
           for node2 in fringe(node1):
               yield node2
       else:
           yield node1

def same_fringe(tree1, tree2):

   return all(node1 == node2 for node1, node2 in
              izip_longest(fringe(tree1), fringe(tree2)))

if __name__ == '__main__':

   a = 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8
   b = 1, (( 2, 3 ), (4, (5, ((6, 7), 8))))
   c = (((1, 2), 3), 4), 5, 6, 7, 8
   x = 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9
   y = 0, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8
   z = 1, 2, (4, 3), 5, 6, 7, 8
   assert same_fringe(a, a)
   assert same_fringe(a, b)
   assert same_fringe(a, c)
   assert not same_fringe(a, x)
   assert not same_fringe(a, y)
   assert not same_fringe(a, z)</lang>
Output:

There is no output, which signifies success.

Racket

Lazy Language

The same fringe problem is one of the classic cases where a lazy language solution is extremely simple: just flatten the two trees and compare the resulting lists. Racket has a lazy language implementation, but instead of using it for the whole code, the following program has just the tree comparison part defined in the lazy language, and it gets used outside, using the plain default Racket language --- in the test submodule. To verify this code, put it in some file, and run it with “raco test the-file.rkt. The same exact test module can be added to any of the following variations, it's omitted for brevity.

<lang racket>

  1. lang racket

(module same-fringe lazy

 (provide same-fringe?)
 (define (same-fringe? t1 t2)
   (! (equal? (flatten t1) (flatten t2))))
 (define (flatten tree)
   (if (list? tree)
     (apply append (map flatten tree))
     (list tree))))

(require 'same-fringe)

(module+ test

 (require rackunit)
 (check-true (same-fringe? '((1 2 3) ((4 5 6) (7 8)))
                           '(((1 2 3) (4 5 6)) (7 8))))
 (check-false (same-fringe? '((1 2 3) ((4 5 6) (7 8)))
                            '(((1 2 3) (4 6)) (8)))))

</lang>

Output:
raco test: (submod "/some/file.rkt" test)
2 tests passed


Channels and Threads

This version flattens the trees into channels, and then compares the contents of the two channels. Each call to fringe->channel creates a channel for the element stream, then fires up a (green) thread that feeds it.

<lang racket>

  1. lang racket

(define (fringe->channel tree)

 (define ch (make-channel))
 (thread (λ() (let loop ([tree tree])
                (if (list? tree) (for-each loop tree) (channel-put ch tree)))
              (channel-put ch (void)))) ; mark the end
 ch)

(define (same-fringe? tree1 tree2)

 (define ch1 (fringe->channel tree1))
 (define ch2 (fringe->channel tree2))
 (let loop ()
   (let ([x1 (channel-get ch1)] [x2 (channel-get ch2)])
     (and (equal? x1 x2) (or (void? x1) (loop))))))

</lang>

Channels are just a one of several thread-communication devices which could have been used, including a simple unix-like pipe-based solution. Note the limit on the amount of allowed buffering: it can be any (finite) value, since there are three independent threads that are running.

<lang racket>

  1. lang racket

(define (pipe-fringe tree)

 (define-values [I O] (make-pipe 100))
 (thread (λ() (let loop ([tree tree])
                (if (list? tree) (for-each loop tree) (fprintf O "~s\n" tree)))
              (close-output-port O)))
 I)

(define (same-fringe? tree1 tree2)

 (define i1 (pipe-fringe tree1))
 (define i2 (pipe-fringe tree2))
 (let loop ()
   (let ([x1 (read i1)] [x2 (read i2)])
     (and (equal? x1 x2) (or (eof-object? x1) (loop))))))

</lang>

Generators

This version is very similar, except that now we use generators:

<lang racket>

  1. lang racket

(require racket/generator)

(define (fringe-generator tree)

 (generator ()
   (let loop ([tree tree])
     (if (list? tree) (for-each loop tree) (yield tree)))))

(define (same-fringe? tree1 tree2)

 (define g1 (fringe-generator tree1))
 (define g2 (fringe-generator tree2))
 (let loop ()
   (let ([x1 (g1)] [x2 (g2)])
     (and (equal? x1 x2) (or (void? x1) (loop))))))

</lang>


Continuations

Finally, this is a more low-level solution, using continuation conreol operators. The following is a slight modification of the same-fringe? program from Dorai Sitaram's 1993 PLDI paper titled "Handling Control". This solution uses the fcontrol delimited continuation operator.

<lang racket>

  1. lang racket

(require racket/control)

(define (fringe-iterator tree)

 (λ() (let loop ([tree tree])
        (if (list? tree) (for-each loop tree) (fcontrol tree)))
      (fcontrol (void))))

(define (same-fringe? tree1 tree2)

 (let loop ([iter1 (fringe-iterator tree1)]
            [iter2 (fringe-iterator tree2)])
   (% (iter1)
      (λ (x1 iter1)
        (% (iter2)
           (λ (x2 iter2)
             (and (equal? x1 x2)
                  (or (void? x1) (loop iter1 iter2)))))))))

</lang>

Raku

(formerly Perl 6)

Works with: Rakudo version 2018.03

Unlike in Perl 5, where => is just a synonym for comma, in Raku it creates a true Pair object. So here we use Pair objects for our "cons" cells, just as if we were doing this in Lisp. We use the gather/take construct to harvest the leaves lazily as the elements are visited with a standard recursive algorithm, using multiple dispatch to differentiate nodes from leaves. The eqv value equivalence is applied to the two lists in parallel. <lang perl6>sub fringe ($tree) {

   multi sub fringey (Pair $node) { fringey $_ for $node.kv; }
   multi sub fringey ( Any $leaf) { take $leaf; }
   gather fringey $tree;

}

sub samefringe ($a, $b) { fringe($a) eqv fringe($b) }

  1. Testing:

my $a = 1 => 2 => 3 => 4 => 5 => 6 => 7 => 8; my $b = 1 => (( 2 => 3 ) => (4 => (5 => ((6 => 7) => 8)))); my $c = (((1 => 2) => 3) => 4) => 5 => 6 => 7 => 8;

my $x = 1 => 2 => 3 => 4 => 5 => 6 => 7 => 8 => 9; my $y = 0 => 2 => 3 => 4 => 5 => 6 => 7 => 8; my $z = 1 => 2 => (4 => 3) => 5 => 6 => 7 => 8;

say so samefringe $a, $a; say so samefringe $a, $b; say so samefringe $a, $c;

say not samefringe $a, $x; say not samefringe $a, $y; say not samefringe $a, $z;</lang>

Output:
True
True
True
True
True
True

REXX

Version 1 using father node

<lang REXX>/* REXX ***************************************************************

  • Same Fringe
  • 1 A A
  • / \ / \ / \
  • / \ / \ / \
  • / \ / \ / \
  • 2 3 B C B C
  • / \ / / \ / / \ /
  • 4 5 6 D E F D E F
  • / / \ / / \ / / \
  • 7 8 9 G H I G * I
  • 23.08.2012 Walter Pachl derived from
  • http://rosettacode.org/wiki/Tree_traversal
  • Tree A: A B D G E C F H I
  • Tree B: A B D G E C F * I
                                                                                                                                            • /

debug=0 node.=0 lvl=0

Call mktree 'A' Call mktree 'B'

done.=0 za=root.a; leafa=node.a.za.0name zb=root.a; leafb=node.b.zb.0name done.a.za=1 done.b.zb=1 Do i=1 To 12

 if leafa=leafb Then Do
   If leafa=0 Then Do
     Say 'Fringes are equal'
     Leave
     End
   Say leafa '=' leafb
   Do j=1 To 12 Until done.a.za=0
     za=go_next(za,'A'); leafa=node.a.za.0name
     End
   done.a.za=1
   Do j=1 To 12 Until done.b.zb=0
     zb=go_next(zb,'B'); leafb=node.b.zb.0name
     End
   done.b.zb=1
   End
 Else Do
   Select
     When leafa=0 Then
       Say leafb 'exceeds leaves in tree A'
     When leafb=0 Then
       Say leafa 'exceeds leaves in tree B'
     Otherwise
       Say 'First difference' leafa '<>' leafb
     End
   Leave
   End
 End

Exit


note: /**********************************************************************

  • add the node to the preorder list unless it's already there
  • add the node to the level list
                                                                                                                                            • /
 Parse Arg z,t
 If z<>0 &,                           /* it's a node                */
    done.z=0 Then Do                  /* not yet done               */
   wl.t=wl.t z                        /* add it to the preorder list*/
   ll.lvl=ll.lvl z                    /* add it to the level list   */
   done.z=1                           /* remember it's done         */
   leafl=leafl node.t.z.0name
   End
 Return

go_next: Procedure Expose node. lvl /**********************************************************************

  • find the next node to visit in the treewalk
                                                                                                                                            • /
 next=0
 Parse arg z,t
 If node.t.z.0left<>0 Then Do         /* there is a left son        */
   If node.t.z.0left.done=0 Then Do   /* we have not visited it     */
     next=node.t.z.0left              /* so we go there             */
     node.t.z.0left.done=1            /* note we were here          */
     lvl=lvl+1                        /* increase the level         */
     End
   End
 If next=0 Then Do                    /* not moved yet              */
   If node.t.z.0rite<>0 Then Do       /* there is a right son       */
     If node.t.z.0rite.done=0 Then Do /* we have not visited it     */
       next=node.t.z.0rite            /* so we go there             */
       node.t.z.0rite.done=1          /* note we were here          */
       lvl=lvl+1                      /* increase the level         */
       End
     End
   End
 If next=0 Then Do                    /* not moved yet              */
   next=node.t.z.0father              /* go to the father           */
   lvl=lvl-1                          /* decrease the level         */
   End
 Return next                          /* that's the next node       */
                                      /* or zero if we are done     */

mknode: Procedure Expose node. /**********************************************************************

  • create a new node
                                                                                                                                            • /
 Parse Arg name,t
 z=node.t.0+1
 node.t.z.0name=name
 node.t.z.0father=0
 node.t.z.0left =0
 node.t.z.0rite =0
 node.t.0=z
 Return z                        /* number of the node just created */

attleft: Procedure Expose node. /**********************************************************************

  • make son the left son of father
                                                                                                                                            • /
 Parse Arg son,father,t
 node.t.son.0father=father
 z=node.t.father.0left
 If z<>0 Then Do
   node.t.z.0father=son
   node.t.son.0left=z
   End
 node.t.father.0left=son
 Return

attrite: Procedure Expose node. /**********************************************************************

  • make son the right son of father
                                                                                                                                            • /
 Parse Arg son,father,t
 node.t.son.0father=father
 z=node.t.father.0rite
 If z<>0 Then Do
   node.t.z.0father=son
   node.t.son.0rite=z
   End
 node.t.father.0rite=son
 le=node.t.father.0left
 If le>0 Then
   node.t.le.0brother=node.t.father.0rite
 Return

mktree: Procedure Expose node. root. /**********************************************************************

  • build the tree according to the task
                                                                                                                                            • /
 Parse Arg t
 If t='A' Then Do
   a=mknode('A',t); root.t=a
   b=mknode('B',t); Call attleft b,a,t
   c=mknode('C',t); Call attrite c,a,t
   d=mknode('D',t); Call attleft d,b,t
   e=mknode('E',t); Call attrite e,b,t
   f=mknode('F',t); Call attleft f,c,t
   g=mknode('G',t); Call attleft g,d,t
   h=mknode('H',t); Call attleft h,f,t
   i=mknode('I',t); Call attrite i,f,t
   End
 Else Do
   a=mknode('A',t); root.t=a
   b=mknode('B',t); Call attleft b,a,t
   c=mknode('C',t); Call attrite c,a,t
   d=mknode('D',t); Call attleft d,b,t
   e=mknode('E',t); Call attrite e,b,t
   f=mknode('F',t); Call attleft f,c,t
   g=mknode('G',t); Call attleft g,d,t
   h=mknode('*',t); Call attleft h,f,t
   i=mknode('I',t); Call attrite i,f,t
   End
 Return</lang>

Output:

 A = A                     
 B = B                     
 D = D                     
 G = G                     
 E = E                     
 C = C                     
 F = F                     
 First difference H <> * 

Version 2 without using father node

<lang rexx>/* REXX ***************************************************************

  • Same Fringe

= 1 A A = / \ / \ / \ = / \ / \ / \ = / \ / \ / \ = 2 3 B C B C = / \ / / \ / / \ / = 4 5 6 D E F D E F = / / \ / / \ / / \ = 7 8 9 G H I G * I =

node.=0

Call mktree 'A' Call mktree 'B'

sideboard.=0

za=root.a; leafa=node.a.za.0name zb=root.b; leafb=node.b.zb.0name Do i=1 To 20 Until za=0 & zb=0

 If leafa=leafb Then Do
   Say leafa '=' leafb
   Parse Value get_next(za,'A') with za leafa
   Parse Value get_next(zb,'B') with zb leafb
   End
 Else Do
   Select
     When za=0 Then Say leafb 'exceeds tree A'
     When zb=0 Then Say leafa 'exceeds tree B'
     Otherwise Say 'First difference' leafa '<>' leafb
     End
   Leave
   Exit
   End
 End

exit

get_next: Procedure Expose node. sideboard.

 Parse Arg za,t
 Select
   When node.t.za.0left<>0 Then Do
     If node.t.za.0rite<>0 Then Do
       z=sideboard.t.0+1
       sideboard.t.z=node.t.za.0rite
       sideboard.t.0=z
       End
     za=node.t.za.0left
     End
   When node.t.za.0rite<>0 Then Do
     za=node.t.za.0rite
     End
   Otherwise Do
     z=sideboard.t.0
     za=sideboard.t.z
     z=z-1
     sideboard.t.0=z
     End
   End
 Return za node.t.za.0name

mknode: Procedure Expose node. /**********************************************************************

  • create a new node
                                                                                                                                            • /
 Parse Arg name,t
 z=node.t.0+1
 node.t.z.0name=name
 node.t.z.0father=0
 node.t.z.0left =0
 node.t.z.0rite =0
 node.t.0=z
 Return z                        /* number of the node just created */

attleft: Procedure Expose node. /**********************************************************************

  • make son the left son of father
                                                                                                                                            • /
 Parse Arg son,father,t
 node.t.son.0father=father
 z=node.t.father.0left
 If z<>0 Then Do
   node.t.z.0father=son
   node.t.son.0left=z
   End
 node.t.father.0left=son
 Return

attrite: Procedure Expose node. /**********************************************************************

  • make son the right son of father
                                                                                                                                            • /
 Parse Arg son,father,t
 node.t.son.0father=father
 z=node.t.father.0rite
 If z<>0 Then Do
   node.t.z.0father=son
   node.t.son.0rite=z
   End
 node.t.father.0rite=son
 le=node.t.father.0left
 If le>0 Then
   node.t.le.0brother=node.t.father.0rite
 Return

mktree: Procedure Expose node. root. /**********************************************************************

  • build the tree according to the task
                                                                                                                                            • /
 Parse Arg t
 If t='A' Then Do
   a=mknode('A',t); root.t=a
   b=mknode('B',t); Call attleft b,a,t
   c=mknode('C',t); Call attrite c,a,t
   d=mknode('D',t); Call attleft d,b,t
   e=mknode('E',t); Call attrite e,b,t
   f=mknode('F',t); Call attleft f,c,t
   g=mknode('G',t); Call attleft g,d,t
   h=mknode('H',t); Call attleft h,f,t
   i=mknode('I',t); Call attrite i,f,t
   End
 Else Do
   a=mknode('A',t); root.t=a
   b=mknode('B',t); Call attleft b,a,t
   c=mknode('C',t); Call attrite c,a,t
   d=mknode('D',t); Call attleft d,b,t
   e=mknode('E',t); Call attrite e,b,t
   f=mknode('F',t); Call attleft f,c,t
   g=mknode('G',t); Call attleft g,d,t
   h=mknode('*',t); Call attleft h,f,t
   i=mknode('I',t); Call attrite i,f,t
   End
 Return</lang>

Output is the same as for Version 1

version 1.1

This REXX example is a re─written program that mimics the first version (above).

This version has:

  •   elided a subroutine
  •   elided superfluous   do ── end   groups
  •   elided some stemmed array tails
  •   elided some REXX variables   (LVL, DEBUG, ···)
  •   simplified some stem names
  •   displays the tree   (as an ASCII display)
  •   changed TREE names so as to not conflict with LEAF names
  •   uses non─case sensitive tree names
  •   used boolean based variables as logicals
  •   expanded message texts
  •   combined subroutines   ATTLEFT   and   ATTRIGHT   into one
  •   streamlined the   MAKE_TREE   subroutine

<lang rexx>/*REXX pgm examines the leaves of 2 binary trees (as shown below), and finds inequities.*/ _=left(, 28); say _ " A A "

                         say _   "       / \    ◄════1st tree                    / \    "
                         say _   "      /   \                                   /   \   "
                         say _   "     /     \                                 /     \  "
                         say _   "    B       C                               B       C "
                         say _   "   / \     /              2nd tree════►    / \     /  "
                         say _   "  D   E   F                               D   E   F   "
                         say _   " /       / \                             /       / \  "
                         say _   "G       H   I                           G       δ   I "

say

  1. =0; done.=0; @.=0 /*initialize: #, leaves, DONE., nodes*/

call make_tree 1 /*define tree number 1 (the 1st tree).*/ call make_tree 2 /* " " " 2 (the 2nd " ).*/ z1=root.1; L1=@.1.z1; done.1.z1=1 /*L1: is a leaf on tree number 1. */ z2=z1; L2=@.2.z2; done.2.z2=1 /*L2: " " " " " " 2. */

 do # % 2                                       /*loop for the number of (tree) leaves.*/
 if L1==L2 then do
                if L1==0  then call sayX   'The trees are equal.'
                say  '    The '     L1     " leaf is identical in both trees."
                             do until \done.1.z1;   z1=go_next(z1, 1);   L1=@.1.z1;   end
                done.1.z1=1
                             do until \done.2.z2;   z2=go_next(z2, 2);   L2=@.2.z2;   end
                done.2.z2=1
                end
           else select
                when L1==0  then call sayX L2  'exceeds leaves in 1st tree'
                when L2==0  then call sayX L1  'exceeds leaves in 2nd tree'
                otherwise        call sayX     'A difference is: '    L1   '¬='   L2
                end   /*select*/
 end   /*# % 2*/

exit /*──────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────*/ go_next: procedure expose @.; arg q,t; next=. /*find next node in the tree. */

        if @.t.q._Lson\==0  &,                           /*there a left branch in tree?*/
           @.t.q._Lson.vis==0  then do                   /*has this node been visited? */
                                    next= @.t.q._Lson    /*point to the  ──► next node.*/
                                    @.t.q._Lson.vis= 1   /*the  leftside is completed. */
                                    end
        if next==. &,
           @.t.q._Rson\==0  &,                           /*there a right tree branch ? */
           @.t.q._Rson.vis==0  then do                   /*has this node been visited? */
                                    next= @.t.q._Rson    /*──► next node. */
                                    @.t.q._Rson.vis= 1   /*the rightside is completed. */
                                    end
        if next==.             then next= @.t.q._dad     /*process the  father  node.  */
        return next                                      /*next node  (or 0,  if done).*/

/*──────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────*/ make_node: parse arg name,t; #=# +1; q= @.t.0 +1 /*make new node/branch on tree*/

          @.t.q= name;    @.t.q._Lson= 0;    @.t.0= q
          @.t.q._dad=0;   @.t.q._Rson= 0;    return q    /*number of node just created.*/

/*──────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────*/ make_tree: procedure expose @. root. #; parse arg tree /*construct a couple of trees.*/

          if tree==1  then hhh='H'                       /*    [↓]  must be a wood duck*/
                      else hhh='δ'                       /*the odd duck in the tree.   */
                                    a=make_node('A', tree);                   root.tree=a
                                    b=make_node('B', tree);    call son 'L', b, a, tree
                                    c=make_node('C', tree);    call son 'R', c, a, tree
                                    d=make_node('D', tree);    call son 'L', d, b, tree
                                    e=make_node('E', tree);    call son 'R', e, b, tree
                                    f=make_node('F', tree);    call son 'L', f, c, tree
                                    g=make_node('G', tree);    call son 'L', g, d, tree
          /*quacks like a duck?*/   h=make_node(hhh, tree);    call son 'L', h, f, tree
                                    i=make_node('I', tree);    call son 'R', i, f, tree
          return

/*──────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────*/ sayX: say; say arg(1); say; exit /*display a message and exit. */ /*──────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────*/ son: procedure expose @.; parse arg ?,son,dad,t; LR= '_'?"SON"

     @.t.son._dad= dad;      q= @.t.dad.LR               /* [↓]  define which son.     */
     if q\==0   then do;     @.t.q._dad= son;          @.t.son.LR= q;       end
     @.t.dad.LR= son;               return</lang>
output:
                                     A                                       A
                                    / \    ◄════1st tree                    / \
                                   /   \                                   /   \
                                  /     \                                 /     \
                                 B       C                               B       C
                                / \     /              2nd tree════►    / \     /
                               D   E   F                               D   E   F
                              /       / \                             /       / \
                             G       H   I                           G       δ   I

    The  A  leaf is identical in both trees.
    The  B  leaf is identical in both trees.
    The  D  leaf is identical in both trees.
    The  G  leaf is identical in both trees.
    The  E  leaf is identical in both trees.
    The  C  leaf is identical in both trees.
    The  F  leaf is identical in both trees.

A difference is:  H ¬= δ

Scheme

Descend provides a list, or stack, of the leftmost unvisited nodes at each level of the tree. Two such lists are used as cursors to keep track of the remaining nodes. The main loop compares the top of each list (ie the leftmost remaining node) and breaks with false if different, or calls Ascend to update the lists. Updating may require calling Descend again if more unvisited left-nodes are found. If the end of both lists is reached simultaneously, and therefore the end of both trees, true is returned.

<lang Scheme>; binary tree helpers from "Structure and Interpretation of Computer Programs" 2.3.3 (define (entry tree) (car tree)) (define (left-branch tree) (cadr tree)) (define (right-branch tree) (caddr tree)) (define (make-tree entry left right)

 (list entry left right))
returns a list of leftmost nodes from each level of the tree

(define (descend tree ls)

 (if (null? (left-branch tree))
   (cons tree ls)
   (descend (left-branch tree) (cons tree ls))))
updates the list to contain leftmost nodes from each remaining level

(define (ascend ls)

 (cond
   ((and (null? (cdr ls)) (null? (right-branch (car ls)))) '())
   ((null? (right-branch (car ls))) (cdr ls))
   (else
     (let ((ls (cons (right-branch (car ls))

(cdr ls)))) (if (null? (left-branch (car ls))) ls (descend (left-branch (car ls)) ls))))))

loops thru each list until the end (true) or nodes are unequal (false)

(define (same-fringe? t1 t2)

 (let next ((l1 (descend t1 '()))

(l2 (descend t2 '())))

   (cond
     ((and (null? l1) (null? l2)) #t)
     ((or (null? l1)

(null? l2) (not (eq? (entry (car l1)) (entry (car l2))))) #f)

     (else (next (ascend l1) (ascend l2))))))</lang>
Output:
> (same-fringe? (list 1 '() (list 2 '() (list 3 '() '()))) (list 3 (list 2 (list 1 '() '()) '()) '()))
#t

Sidef

Translation of: Perl

<lang ruby>var trees = [

   # 0..2 are same
   [ 'd', [ 'c', [ 'a', 'b', ], ], ],
   [ [ 'd', 'c' ], [ 'a', 'b' ] ],
   [ [ [ 'd', 'c', ], 'a', ], 'b', ],
   # and this one's different!
   [ [ [ [ [ [ 'a' ], 'b' ], 'c', ], 'd', ], 'e', ], 'f' ],

];

func get_tree_iterator(*rtrees) {

   var tree;
   func {
       tree = rtrees.pop;
       while (defined(tree) && tree.is_an(Array)) {
           rtrees.append(tree[1]);
           tree = tree[0];
       }
       return tree;
   }

}

func cmp_fringe(a, b) {

   var ti1 = get_tree_iterator(a);
   var ti2 = get_tree_iterator(b);
   loop {
       var (L, R) = (ti1(), ti2());
        defined(L) &&  defined(R) && (L == R) && next;
       !defined(L) && !defined(R) && return "Same";
       return "Different";
   }

}

range(1, trees.end).each { |tree_idx|

   say ("tree[#{tree_idx-1}] vs tree[#{tree_idx}]: ",
          cmp_fringe(trees[tree_idx-1], trees[tree_idx]));

}</lang>

Output:
tree[0] vs tree[1]: Same
tree[1] vs tree[2]: Same
tree[2] vs tree[3]: Different

Tcl

Works with: Tcl version 8.6
Library: Tcllib (Package: struct::tree)

<lang tcl>package require Tcl 8.6 package require struct::tree

  1. A wrapper round a coroutine for iterating over the leaves of a tree in order

proc leafiterator {tree} {

   coroutine coro[incr ::coroutines] apply {tree {

yield [info coroutine] $tree walk [$tree rootname] node { if {[$tree isleaf $node]} { yield $node } } yieldto break

   }} $tree

}

  1. Compare two trees for equality of their leaf node names

proc samefringe {tree1 tree2} {

   set c1 [leafiterator $tree1]
   set c2 [leafiterator $tree2]
   try {

while 1 { if {[set l1 [$c1]] ne [set l2 [$c2]]} { puts "$l1 != $l2"; # Just so we can see where we failed return 0 } } return 1

   } finally {

rename $c1 {} rename $c2 {}

   }

}</lang> Demonstrating: <lang tcl># Make some trees to compare... struct::tree t1 deserialize {

   root {} {}
     a 0 {}
       d 3 {}
       e 3 {}
     b 0 {}
     c 0 {}

} struct::tree t2 deserialize {

   root {} {}
     a 0 {}
       d 3 {}
       e 3 {}
     b 0 {}
     cc 0 {}

}

  1. Print the boolean result of doing the comparison

puts [samefringe t1 t2]</lang>

Output:
c != cc
0

zkl

Translation of: Icon and Unicon

<lang zkl>var G=Utils.Generator; //Tree: (node,left,right) or (leaf) or (node,left) ... aTree := T(1, T(2, T(4, T(7)), T(5)), T(3, T(6, T(8), T(9)))); bTree := aTree; println("aTree and bTree ",sameFringe(aTree,bTree) and "have" or "don't have",

         " the same leaves.");

cTree := T(1, T(2, T(4, T(7)), T(5)), T(3, T(6, T(8)))); dTree := T(1, T(2, T(4, T(7)), T(5)), T(3, T(6, T(8), T(9)))); println("cTree and dTree ",sameFringe(cTree,dTree) and "have"or"don't have",

         " the same leaves.");

fcn sameFringe(a,b){ same(G(genLeaves,a),G(genLeaves,b)) }

fcn same(g1,g2){ //(Generator,Generator)

  foreach n1,n2 in (g1.zip(g2)){ //-->(int,int) ...
     if(n1 != n2) return(); // == return(Void)
  }
  return(not (g2._next() or g2._next())); //-->False if g1 or g2 has leaves

}

fcn genLeaves(tree){

  switch(tree.len()){ // (), (leaf), (node,left, [right])
     case(1){ vm.yield(tree[0]) } // leaf: int
     case(2){ genLeaves(tree[1]); }
     else   { genLeaves(tree[1]); genLeaves(tree[2]); }
  }

}</lang>

Output:
aTree and bTree have the same leaves.
cTree and dTree don't have the same leaves.