freeCodeCamp/Data Structures/bstAddElement.js

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// https://www.freecodecamp.org/learn/coding-interview-prep/data-structures/add-a-new-element-to-a-binary-search-tree
var displayTree = (tree) => console.log(JSON.stringify(tree, null, 2));
function Node(value) {
this.value = value;
this.left = null;
this.right = null;
}
function BinarySearchTree() {
this.root = null;
// Only change code below this line
this.add = (item) => {
const newNode = new Node(item);
if (this.root === null) {
this.root = newNode;
}
let parentNode = null;
let nodeBranch = "left";
let node = this.root;
while (node !== null) {
parentNode = node;
if (node.value == item) {
return null;
} else if (node.value < item) {
nodeBranch = "right";
node = node.right;
} else {
nodeBranch = "left";
node = node.left;
}
}
parentNode[nodeBranch] = newNode;
};
// Only change code above this line
}