lab_avl

Assignment Description

In this lab we’ll practice AVL tree rotations and insertions, and see some silly test cases.

Lab Insight

AVL trees can be used to build data structures like sorted maps and sets. To be quite honest, the Red-Black tree, a counter part to the AVL tree, is used more in these application because the work to insert a node for a Red-Black tree is less than that of an AVL trees. However, the general search performance of an AVL tree is better than a Red-Black tree. However, the general principle of a self-balancing tree is very powerful, so you can avoid situations where you end up with an O(n) search because you built a BST that looks like a linked list. A practical application of AVLs could include building the lookup datastructure for things like Yellowpages, a phone directory service. One could do an alphabetical search through the AVL tree to find the right number, if you may not know the persons full name, etc.

Checking Out The Code

From your CS 225 git directory, run the following on EWS:

git fetch release
git merge release/lab_avl -m "Merging initial lab_avl files"

If you’re on your own machine, you may need to run:

git fetch release
git merge --allow-unrelated-histories release/lab_avl -m "Merging initial lab_avl files"

Upon a successful merge, your lab_avl files are now in your lab_avl directory.

As usual, don’t forget to take a look at Doxygen for lab_avl.

Implement Rotation Functions

You must implement rotateLeft(), rotateRight(), and rotateRightLeft(). We have implemented rotateLeftRight() for you as an example for implementing rotateRightLeft().

Implement the rebalance() Function

You must implement rebalance() function. rebalance() should, given a subtree, rotate the subtree so that it is balanced. You should assume that the subtree’s left and right children are both already balanced trees. The node’s height should always be updated, even if no rotations are required.

Implement the insert() Function

You must implement the insert() function. insert() should add a node with a key and value at the correct location in the tree, then rebalance appropriately (while returning from each recursive function) to fix the tree’s balance.

Implement the remove() Function

You must implement the remove() function. remove() should remove the node with the specified key from the tree, then rebalance appropriately (while returning from each recursive function) to fix the tree’s balance. You can assume that the key exists in the tree. You may want to use the swap() method.

Testing Your Code

To test your code, compile using make:

make

Then run it with:

./testavl color

You will see that the output is colored — green means correct output, red means incorrect output, and underlined red means expected output that was not present. This mode is a bit experimental, and it might cause problems with your own debugging output (or other problems in general). To turn it off, simply leave off the “color” argument:

./testavl

You may also diff your solution with our expected output:

./testavl | diff -u - soln_testavl.out

Type [Escape] [:] [q] [a] [ENTER] to exit vimdiff.

To make the catch test suite, run:

make test

After compiling the test suite, run the tests using:

./test

Submitting Your Work

The following files are used in grading:

• avltree.cpp
• avltree.h

All other files including any testing files you have added will not be used for grading.