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Difference between Binary Tree and Binary Search Tree

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Difference between Binary Tree and Binary Search Tree

Difference between Binary Tree and Binary Search Tree is a DSA topic. In plain words you use it for folder on disk in a file explorer. Don’t start with a slogan — start with that picture.

Smallest example: left < root < right. Type it, run it, and say what you see. If you can do that from memory, you know Difference between Binary Tree and Binary Search Tree.

From the example next to this theory: Difference between Binary Tree and Binary Search Tree — binary search halves a sorted array each step — O(log n).

Trap — unbalanced BST becoming a list. Fix that before you talk about advanced DSA.

Viva — what is Difference between Binary Tree and Binary Search Tree? Then show left < root < right. Then name the trap.

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What is Difference between Binary Tree and Binary Search Tree? Show this: left < root < right. Trap: unbalanced BST becoming a list.

Example

def binary_search(arr, target):
    lo, hi = 0, len(arr) - 1
    while lo <= hi:
        mid = (lo + hi) // 2
        if arr[mid] == target:
            return mid
        if arr[mid] < target:
            lo = mid + 1
        else:
            hi = mid - 1
    return -1

print(binary_search([1, 3, 5, 7, 9], 7))

Difference between Binary Tree and Binary Search Tree — binary search halves a sorted array each step — O(log n).

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DefDifference between Binary Tree and Binary Search Tree — folder on disk in a file explorer.
Ruleleft < root < right
Trapunbalanced BST becoming a list
Usea file explorer

def binary_search(arr, target): lo, hi = 0, len(arr) - 1 while lo <= hi: mid = (lo + hi) // 2 if arr[mid] == target: return mid if arr[mid] < target: lo = mid + 1 else: hi = mid - 1 return -1 print(binary_search([1, 3, 5, 7, 9], 7))

Difference between Binary Tree and Binary Search Tree

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Difference between Binary Tree and Binary Search Tree

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