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countLeaves Empty = 0
 
countLeaves Empty = 0
 
countLeaves (Branch _ Empty Empty) = 1
 
countLeaves (Branch _ Empty Empty) = 1
countLeaves (Branch _ Empty r) = countLeaves r
 
countLeaves (Branch _ l Empty) = countLeaves l
 
 
countLeaves (Branch _ l r) = countLeaves l + countLeaves r
 
countLeaves (Branch _ l r) = countLeaves l + countLeaves r
 
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Revision as of 20:17, 20 January 2011

Count the leaves of a binary tree

A leaf is a node with no successors. Write a predicate count_leaves/2 to count them.

countLeaves Empty                  = 0
countLeaves (Branch _ Empty Empty) = 1
countLeaves (Branch _ l r)         = countLeaves l + countLeaves r