Binary tree from Preorder and inorder traversal

Question

How can I get the tree form these pre/in order traversal:

Pre: A,B,D,E,C,F,G,H in:E,D,B,A,G,F,H,C

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Answer 1

Below is a working implementation in C#

public static class TreeUtil
{
   public static BinarySearchTree FromTraversals(T[] preorder, T[] inorder)
   {
       if (preorder == null) throw new ArgumentNullException("preorder");
       if (inorder == null) throw new ArgumentNullException("inorder");
       if (preorder.Length != inorder.Length) throw new ArgumentException("inorder and preorder have different lengths");

       int n = preorder.Length;
       return new BinarySearchTree(FromTraversals(preorder, 0, n - 1, inorder, 0, n - 1));
   }

   public static BinaryTreeNode FromTraversals(T[] preorder, int pstart, int pend, T[] inorder, int istart, int iend)
   {
       if (pstart > pend) return null;

       T rootVal = preorder[pstart];
       int rootInPos;
       for (rootInPos = istart; rootInPos <= iend; rootInPos++) //find rootVal in inorder
           if (Comparer.Default.Compare(inorder[rootInPos], rootVal) == 0) break;

       if (rootInPos > iend)
           throw new ArgumentException("invalid inorder and preorder inputs");

       int offset = rootInPos - istart;
       return new BinaryTreeNode(rootVal)
           {
               Left = FromTraversals(preorder, pstart + 1, pstart + offset, inorder, istart, istart + offset - 1),
               Right = FromTraversals(preorder, pstart + offset + 1, pend, inorder, istart + offset + 1, iend),
           };
   }
}

Here is one possible implementation of BinarySearchTree and BinaryTreeNode. Some tests:

[TestMethod]
public void TestGenerationFromTraversals()
{
  var preorder = new[] {1, 2, 4, 5, 3};
  var inorder = new[] {4, 2, 5, 1, 3};
  AssertGenerationFromTraversal(preorder, inorder);

  var preorder2 = new[] { 'A', 'B', 'D', 'E', 'C', 'F' };
  var inorder2 = new[] { 'D', 'B', 'E', 'A', 'F', 'C' };
  AssertGenerationFromTraversal(preorder2, inorder2);
}

private static void AssertGenerationFromTraversal(T[] preorder, T[] inorder)
{
  var tree = BinarySearchTreeUtil.FromTraversals(preorder, inorder);

  var treeInorder = new List();
  tree.TraverseInOrder(treeInorder.Add);
  var treePre = new List();
  tree.TraversePreOrder(treePre.Add);

  Assert.IsTrue(preorder.SequenceEqual(treePre));
  Assert.IsTrue(inorder.SequenceEqual(treeInorder));
}