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/*
  Breadth First Tree Traversal or level order traversal implementation in javascript
  Author: @GerardUbuntu
*/

class Node {
  constructor (data) {
    this.data = data
    this.left = null
    this.right = null
  }
}

class BinaryTree {
  constructor () {
    this.root = null
    this.traversal = []
  }

  breadthFirst () {
    const h = this.getHeight(this.root)
    for (let i = 1; i <= h; i++) {
      this.traverseLevel(this.root, i)
    }
    return this.traversal.toLocaleString()
  }

  // Compputing the height of the tree
  getHeight (node) {
    if (node == null) {
      return 0
    } else {
      const lheight = this.getHeight(node.left)
      const rheight = this.getHeight(node.right)
      return lheight > rheight ? lheight + 1 : rheight + 1
    }
  }

  traverseLevel (node, level) {
    if (level === 1 && node !== null) {
      this.traversal.push(node.data)
    } else {
      if (node !== null) {
        this.traverseLevel(node.left, level - 1)
        this.traverseLevel(node.right, level - 1)
      }
    }
  }
}

const binaryTree = new BinaryTree()
const root = new Node(7)
root.left = new Node(5)
root.right = new Node(8)
root.left.left = new Node(3)
root.left.right = new Node(6)
root.right.right = new Node(9)
binaryTree.root = root

console.log(binaryTree.breadthFirst())

//            7
//           / \
//          5   8
//         / \   \
//        3   6   9

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