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BST Delete
ComparingInsertedDeleted
binary search tree
left is smaller, right is larger
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pseudocode
delete(node, value)if value < node.value: node.left = delete(node.left, value)else if value > node.value: node.right = delete(node.right, value)else if node found:if 0 or 1 child: splice it out, return the remaining childelse: node.value = min(node.right); node.right = delete(node.right, node.value)return node
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Starting tree
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3–9 unique integers, 1–99 each — inserted in order to build the starting tree.