[Tutor] printing tree structure

[karma]

Thanks all for the feedback. As you all rightly pointed out, I was
confusing myself by not keeping a track of the recursion depth.

Thanks again

2009/7/3 Alan Gauld <alan.gauld at btinternet.com>:
>
> "karma" <dorjetarap at googlemail.com> wrote
>
>> thinking that a recursive solution would work here, but so far I can't
>> quite get it working. This is what I have so far:
>>
>> Can someone suggest whether this is suited to a recursive solution and
>
> Yes certainly
>
>> if so, what am I doing wrong.
>
>>>>> L = ['a',
>
>                    ['b',                          ['d', [], [] ],
>                ['e', [], [] ]
>                     ],                    ['c',
>  ['f', [], [] ],                          []
>                     ]
>                  ]
>
>>>>> def printTree(L):
>>
>> for i in L:
>>          if isinstance(i,str):
>>               print 'Root: ', i
>>          else:
>>                print '--Subtree: ', i
>>                printTree(i)
>>
>
>>>>> printTree(L)
>>
>> Root:  a
>> --Subtree:  ['b', ['d', [], []], ['e', [], []]]
>> Root:  b
>> --Subtree:  ['d', [], []]
>> Root:  d
>> --Subtree:  []
>> --Subtree:  []
>
> This is the end of the recursive call to printTree( ['d', [ [], [] ] ]
>
>> --Subtree:  ['e', [], []] # this shouldn't be here
>
> This is the next element in printTree( ['d', [], []], ['e', [], []] )
>
>> Root:  e
>
> This is the start of printTree( ['e', [], [] ]  )
>
>> --Subtree:  []
>> --Subtree:  []
>
> Now why do you think the line you highlighted is an error?
>
>
> --
> Alan Gauld
> Author of the Learn to Program web site
> http://www.alan-g.me.uk/
>
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