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Height of n-ary tree if parent array is given

Given a parent array P, where P[i] indicates the parent of the ith node in the tree(assume parent of root node id indicated with -1). Find the height of the tree.

Examples:  

Input : array[] = [-1 0 1 6 6 0 0 2 7]
Output : height = 5
Tree formed is: 
                     0
                   / | \
                  5  1  6
                    /   | \
                   2    4  3
                  /
                 7
                /
               8   
  1. Start at each node and keep going to its parent until we reach -1. 
  2. Also, keep track of the maximum height between all nodes.  

Implementation:

C++




// C++ program to find the height of the generic
// tree(n-ary tree) if parent array is given
#include <bits/stdc++.h>
using namespace std;
 
// function to find the height of tree
int findHeight(int* parent, int n)
{
    int res = 0;
 
    // Traverse each node
    for (int i = 0; i < n; i++) {
 
        // traverse to parent until -1
        // is reached
        int p = i, current = 1;
        while (parent[p] != -1) {
            current++;
            p = parent[p];
        }
 
        res = max(res, current);
    }
    return res;
}
 
// Driver program
int main()
{
    int parent[] = { -1, 0, 1, 6, 6, 0, 0, 2, 7 };
    int n = sizeof(parent) / sizeof(parent[0]);
    int height = findHeight(parent, n);
    cout << "Height of the given tree is: "
         << height << endl;
    return 0;
}


Java




// Java program to find the height of
// the generic tree(n-ary tree) if
// parent array is given
import java.io.*;
 
public class GFG {
 
    // function to find the height of tree
    static int findHeight(int[] parent, int n)
    {
        int res = 0;
 
        // Traverse each node
        for (int i = 0; i < n; i++) {
 
            // traverse to parent until -1
            // is reached
            int p = i, current = 1;
            while (parent[p] != -1) {
                current++;
                p = parent[p];
            }
 
            res = Math.max(res, current);
        }
        return res;
    }
 
    // Driver program
    static public void main(String[] args)
    {
        int[] parent = { -1, 0, 1, 6, 6, 0,
                         0, 2, 7 };
        int n = parent.length;
 
        int height = findHeight(parent, n);
 
        System.out.println("Height of the "
                           + "given tree is: " + height);
    }
}
 
// This code is contributed by vt_m.


Python3




# Python program to find the height of the generic
# tree(n-ary tree) if parent array is given
 
# function to find the height of tree
def findHeight(parent, n):
 
    res = 0
 
    # Traverse each node
    for i in range(n):            
        # traverse to parent until -1
        # is reached
        p = i
        current = 1
        while (parent[p] != -1):
            current+= 1
            p = parent[p]
        res = max(res, current)
    return res
 
     
# Driver code
if __name__ == '__main__':
    parent = [-1, 0, 1, 6, 6, 0, 0, 2, 7]
    n = len(parent)
    height = findHeight(parent, n)
    print("Height of the given tree is:", height)
 
# This code is contributed by SHUBHAMSINGH10


C#




// C# program to find the height of
// the generic tree(n-ary tree) if
// parent array is given
using System;
 
public class GFG {
 
    // function to find the height of tree
    static int findHeight(int[] parent, int n)
    {
        int res = 0;
 
        // Traverse each node
        for (int i = 0; i < n; i++) {
 
            // traverse to parent until -1
            // is reached
            int p = i, current = 1;
            while (parent[p] != -1) {
                current++;
                p = parent[p];
            }
 
            res = Math.Max(res, current);
        }
 
        return res;
    }
 
    // Driver program
    static public void Main()
    {
        int[] parent = { -1, 0, 1, 6, 6, 0,
                         0, 2, 7 };
        int n = parent.Length;
 
        int height = findHeight(parent, n);
 
        Console.WriteLine("Height of the "
                          + "given tree is: " + height);
    }
}
 
// This code is contributed by vt_m.


Javascript




<script>
 
// JavaScript program to find the height of
// the generic tree(n-ary tree) if
// parent array is given
     
    // function to find the height of tree
    function findHeight(parent,n)
    {
        let res = 0;
  
        // Traverse each node
        for (let i = 0; i < n; i++) {
  
            // traverse to parent until -1
            // is reached
            let p = i, current = 1;
            while (parent[p] != -1) {
                current++;
                p = parent[p];
            }
  
            res = Math.max(res, current);
        }
        return res;
    }
     
    // Driver program
    let parent=[-1, 0, 1, 6, 6, 0,
                         0, 2, 7];
     
    let n = parent.length;
  
    let height = findHeight(parent, n);
  
    document.write("Height of the "
                   + "given tree is: " + height);
     
 
 
// This code is contributed by unknown2108
 
</script>


Output: 

Height of the given tree is: 5

 

Time Complexity : O( N^2 )

Space Complexity : O( 1 ) 

Optimized approach: We use dynamic programming. We store the height from root to each node in an array. So, if we know the height of the root to a node, then we can get the height from the root to the node child by simply adding 1. 

Implementation:

CPP




// C++ program to find the height of the generic
// tree(n-ary tree) if parent array is given
#include <bits/stdc++.h>
using namespace std;
 
// function to fill the height vector
int rec(int i, int parent[], vector<int> height)
{
    // if we have reached root node the
    // return 1 as height of root node
    if (parent[i] == -1) {
        return 1;
    }
  
    // if we have calculated height of a
    // node then return if
    if (height[i] != -1) {
        return height[i];
    }
 
    // height from root to a node = height
    // from root to nodes parent + 1
    height[i] = rec(parent[i], parent, height) + 1;
    
    // return nodes height
    return height[i];
}
 
// function to find the height of tree
int findHeight(int* parent, int n)
{
    int res = 0;
 
    // vector to store heights of all nodes
    vector<int> height(n, -1);
 
    for (int i = 0; i < n; i++) {
        res = max(res, rec(i, parent, height));
    }
 
    return res;
}
 
// Driver program
int main()
{
    int parent[] = { -1, 0, 1, 6, 6, 0, 0, 2, 7 };
    int n = sizeof(parent) / sizeof(parent[0]);
    int height = findHeight(parent, n);
    cout << "Height of the given tree is: "
         << height << endl;
    return 0;
}


Java




// Java program to find the height of the generic
// tree(n-ary tree) if parent array is given
 
import java.io.*;
import java.util.*;
 
class GFG {
     
    // function to fill the height vector
    static int rec(int i, int parent[], int[] height)
    {
        // if we have reached root node the
    // return 1 as height of root node
    if (parent[i] == -1) {
        return 1;
    }
   
    // if we have calculated height of a
    // node then return if
    if (height[i] != -1) {
        return height[i];
    }
  
    // height from root to a node = height
    // from root to nodes parent + 1
    height[i] = rec(parent[i], parent, height) + 1;
     
    // return nodes height
    return height[i];
    }
     
     
    // function to find the height of tree
    static int findHeight(int[] parent, int n)
    {
        int res = 0;
  
    // vector to store heights of all nodes
    int height[]=new int[n];
    Arrays.fill(height,-1);
  
    for (int i = 0; i < n; i++) {
        res = Math.max(res, rec(i, parent, height));
    }
  
    return res;
    }
     
    // Driver program
     
    public static void main (String[] args) {
         
        int[] parent = { -1, 0, 1, 6, 6, 0, 0, 2, 7 };
        int n = parent.length;
        int height = findHeight(parent, n);
         
         
        System.out.println("Height of the given tree is: "+height);
    }
}
 
// This code is contributed by avanitrachhadiya2155


Python3




# Python3 program to find the height of the generic
# tree(n-ary tree) if parent array is given
 
# function to fill the height vector
def rec(i, parent, height):
   
    # if we have reached root node the
    # return 1 as height of root node
    if (parent[i] == -1):
        return 1
 
    # if we have calculated height of a
    # node then return if
    if (height[i] != -1):
        return height[i]
 
    # height from root to a node = height
    # from root to nodes parent + 1
    height[i] = rec(parent[i], parent, height) + 1
 
    # return nodes height
    return height[i]
 
# function to find the height of tree
def findHeight(parent, n):
    res = 0
 
    # vector to store heights of all nodes
    height = [-1]*(n)
 
    for i in range(n):
        res = max(res, rec(i, parent, height))
 
    return res
 
# Driver program
if __name__ == '__main__':
    parent = [-1, 0, 1, 6, 6, 0, 0, 2, 7]
    n = len(parent)
    height = findHeight(parent, n)
    print("Height of the given tree is: ",height)
 
# This code is contributed by mohit kumar 29.


C#




// C# program to find the height of the generic
// tree(n-ary tree) if parent array is given
using System;
 
public class GFG{
     
    // function to fill the height vector
    static int rec(int i, int[] parent, int[] height)
    {
       
        // if we have reached root node the
    // return 1 as height of root node
    if (parent[i] == -1) {
        return 1;
    }
    
    // if we have calculated height of a
    // node then return if
    if (height[i] != -1) {
        return height[i];
    }
   
    // height from root to a node = height
    // from root to nodes parent + 1
    height[i] = rec(parent[i], parent, height) + 1;
      
    // return nodes height
    return height[i];
    }
      
      
    // function to find the height of tree
    static int findHeight(int[] parent, int n)
    {
        int res = 0;
   
    // vector to store heights of all nodes
    int[] height = new int[n];
    Array.Fill(height, -1);
   
    for (int i = 0; i < n; i++) {
        res = Math.Max(res, rec(i, parent, height));
    }
   
    return res;
    }
      
    // Driver program
    static public void Main ()
    {   
        int[] parent = { -1, 0, 1, 6, 6, 0, 0, 2, 7 };
        int n = parent.Length;
        int height = findHeight(parent, n);
          
          
        Console.WriteLine("Height of the given tree is: "+height);   
    }
}
 
// This code is contributed by ab2127


Javascript




<script>
// Javascript program to find the height of the generic
// tree(n-ary tree) if parent array is given
 
// function to fill the height vector
function rec(i,parent,height)
{
    // if we have reached root node the
    // return 1 as height of root node
    if (parent[i] == -1) {
        return 1;
    }
   
    // if we have calculated height of a
    // node then return if
    if (height[i] != -1) {
        return height[i];
    }
  
    // height from root to a node = height
    // from root to nodes parent + 1
    height[i] = rec(parent[i], parent, height) + 1;
     
    // return nodes height
    return height[i];
}
 
// function to find the height of tree
function findHeight(parent,n)
{
    let res = 0;
  
    // vector to store heights of all nodes
    let height=new Array(n);
    for(let i=0;i<n;i++)
    {
        height[i]=-1;
    }
  
    for (let i = 0; i < n; i++) {
         
        res = Math.max(res, rec(i, parent, height));
    }
     
     
    return res;
}
 
// Driver program
let parent=[-1, 0, 1, 6, 6, 0, 0, 2, 7];
let n=parent.length;
let height = findHeight(parent, n);
document.write("Height of the given tree is: "+height+"<br>");
     
 
// This code is contributed by patel2127
</script>


Output: 

Height of the given tree is: 5

 

Time complexity :- O(n) 
Space complexity :- O(n) 

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