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A question about balance function in AVL #33

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function balance(node) {
  if (node.balanceFactor > 1) {
    // left subtree is higher than right subtree
    if (node.left.balanceFactor > 0) {
      return rightRotation(node);
    } if (node.left.balanceFactor < 0) {
      return leftRightRotation(node);
    }
  } else if (node.balanceFactor < -1) {
    // right subtree is higher than left subtree
    if (node.right.balanceFactor < 0) {
      return leftRotation(node);
    } if (node.right.balanceFactor > 0) {
      return rightLeftRotation(node);
    }
  }
  return node;
}

When the node.balanceFactor > 1 and node.left.balanceFactor = 0, we do nothing with balance function.
As follows:

         32                                            32        
      /     \                                          / 
     8       64*                                      8    
   /  \      / \                                     /  \  
  4   16   48  128    --- remove the node-64 --->   4   16
 / \  / \                                          / \  / \ 
2  6 10 20                                        2  6 10 20

If we use the balance as follows, (when node.left.balanceFactor = 0, we do RR rotation.):

function balance(node) {
  if (node.balanceFactor > 1) {
    // left subtree is higher than right subtree
   if (node.left.balanceFactor < 0) {
      return leftRightRotation(node);
    }
    return rightRotation(node);
  } else if (node.balanceFactor < -1) {
    // right subtree is higher than left subtree
    if (node.right.balanceFactor > 0) {
      return rightLeftRotation(node);
    }
    return leftRotation(node);
  }
  return node;
}

We can get this:

         32                                            32        
      /     \                                          / 
     8       64*                                      8    
   /  \      / \                                     /  \  
  4   16   48  128    --- remove the node-64 --->   4   16
 / \  / \                                          / \  / \ 
2  6 10 20                                        2  6 10 20

                                 8
                              /     \
--- balance the node-32 -->  4       32
                            / \     /
                           2  6   16
                                  / \
                                10  20

Do you think so?


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