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Dictionaries & sets medium

Find All Leaf Paths in a Nested Dict in Python

Recursively traverse a nested dictionary and yield every leaf path as a list of keys, including paths to empty dictionaries.

dictionary recursion nested-data
Python
def find_leaf_paths(data, path=None):
    if path is None:
        path = []
    
    if not isinstance(data, dict) or not data:
        yield path
        return
    
    for key, value in data.items():
        yield from find_leaf_paths(value, path + [key])

if __name__ == "__main__":
    nested = {
        "a": 1,
…
12 0 Open
Dictionaries & sets medium

Traverse Nested Dict Paths Depth-First in Python

Recursively walk a nested dictionary depth-first and yield each full path from root to leaf as lists.

recursion generators nested-dicts
Python
def depth_first_paths(node, path=None):
    if path is None:
        path = []
    
    if not isinstance(node, dict):
        yield path + [node]
        return
    
    for key, value in node.items():
        new_path = path + [key]
        if isinstance(value, dict):
            yield from depth_first_paths(value, …
12 0 Open
OOP & classes easy

Binary Tree Inorder Traversal in Python

Define a TreeNode class and recursively print in-order traversal (left, node, right) of a binary tree.

binary-tree recursion traversal
Python
class TreeNode:
    def __init__(self, val=0, left=None, right=None):
        self.val = val
        self.left = left
        self.right = right


def inorder_traversal(root):
    return inorder_traversal(root.left) + [root.val] + inorder_traversal(root.right) if root else []


if __name__ == "__main__":
    # Build a…
14 0 Open
Algorithms & data structures easy

Depth First Search Traversal Order in Python

Recursive depth-first search that returns the visit order of nodes in an adjacency list graph starting from a given node.

dfs graph traversal
Python
def dfs_order(adj, start):
    visited = set()
    order = []

    def dfs(node):
        visited.add(node)
        order.append(node)
        for neighbor in adj.get(node, []):
            if neighbor not in visited:
                dfs(neighbor)

    dfs(start)
    return order


if __name__ == "__main__":
    # Dem…
15 0 Open
Algorithms & data structures easy

How to Get the Breadth-First Traversal Order of a Graph in Python

Performs a breadth-first search on an adjacency list and returns the order nodes are visited, using a deque for efficient queue operations.

graph bfs queue
Python
from collections import deque

def bfs_order(adjacency, start=0):
    """Return the order nodes are visited in a breadth-first traversal."""
    visited = set()
    order = []
    queue = deque([start])
    visited.add(start)

    while queue:
        node = queue.popleft()
        order.append(node)

        for neig…
13 0 Open
Database scaling & optimization hard

B-Tree Insert and In-Order Traversal in Python

Simulates a B-tree (order 2) with insert and split logic, then prints keys in sorted order via in-order traversal.

b-tree tree data-structure
Python
class BTreeNode:
    def __init__(self, leaf=False):
        self.leaf = leaf
        self.keys = []
        self.children = []

    def is_full(self, t):
        return len(self.keys) == 2 * t - 1


class BTree:
    def __init__(self, t=2):
        self.t = t
        self.root = BTreeNode(leaf=True)

    def insert(s…
13 0 Open

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