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Random Tree Generator Using Prüfer Sequence with Examples

Given an integer N, the task is to generate a random labelled tree of N node with (N – 1) edges without forming cycle.
Note: The output generated below is random which may not match with the output generated by the code.
Examples: 
 

Input: N = 3 
Output: 
1 3 
1 2 
 

Input: N = 5 
Output: 
3 2 
4 3 
1 4 
1 5 
 

 

This approach uses the Prüfer Sequence to generate random trees.
What is a Prüfer Sequence? 
In combinatorial mathematics, the Prüfer sequence (also Prüfer code or Prüfer numbers) of a labelled tree is a unique sequence associated with the tree. The sequence for a tree on n vertices has length n – 2 and can be generated by a simple iterative algorithm. 
If the number of nodes is N then the Prüfer Sequence is of length (N – 2) and each position can have N possible values. So the number of the possible labeled trees with N Nodes is N(N – 2)
How Random Trees are generated using Prüfer Sequence? 
Generally, Random Tree Generation with N nodes is done in the following steps: 
 

S = {s1, s2, s3.....sn-2}

where each element of the sequence si ? {1, 2, 3, … N} where repetition of elements is allowed

For Example: 
 

 

Below is the implementation of the above approach. 
 




// C++ Implementation for random
// tree generator using Prufer Sequence
#include<bits/stdc++.h>
using namespace std;
 
// Prints edges of tree
// represented by give Prufer code
void printTreeEdges(vector<int> prufer, int m)
{
    int vertices = m + 2;
    vector<int> vertex_set(vertices);
 
    // Initialize the array of vertices
    for (int i = 0; i < vertices; i++)
        vertex_set[i] = 0;
 
    // Number of occurrences of vertex in code
    for (int i = 0; i < vertices - 2; i++)
        vertex_set[prufer[i] - 1] += 1;
 
    cout<<("\nThe edge set E(G) is:\n");
 
    int j = 0;
 
    // Find the smallest label not present in
    // prufer[].
    for (int i = 0; i < vertices - 2; i++)
    {
        for (j = 0; j < vertices; j++)
        {
 
            // If j+1 is not present in prufer set
            if (vertex_set[j] == 0)
            {
 
                // Remove from Prufer set and print
                // pair.
                vertex_set[j] = -1;
                cout<<"(" << (j + 1) << ", "
                                << prufer[i] << ") ";
 
                vertex_set[prufer[i] - 1]--;
 
                break;
            }
        }
    }
 
    j = 0;
 
    // For the last element
    for (int i = 0; i < vertices; i++)
    {
        if (vertex_set[i] == 0 && j == 0)
        {
 
            cout << "(" << (i + 1) << ", ";
            j++;
        }
        else if (vertex_set[i] == 0 && j == 1)
            cout << (i + 1) << ")\n";
    }
}
 
// generate random numbers in between l an r
int ran(int l, int r)
{
    return l + (rand() % (r - l + 1));
}
 
// Function to Generate Random Tree
void generateRandomTree(int n)
{
 
    int length = n - 2;
    vector<int> arr(length);
 
    // Loop to Generate Random Array
    for (int i = 0; i < length; i++)
    {
        arr[i] = ran(0, length + 1) + 1;
    }
    printTreeEdges(arr, length);
}
 
// Driver Code
int main()
{
    srand(time(0));
    int n = 5;
    generateRandomTree(n);
 
    return 0;
}




// Java Implementation for random
// tree generator using Prufer Sequence
 
import java.util.Arrays;
import java.util.Random;
 
class GFG {
 
    // Prints edges of tree
    // represented by give Prufer code
    static void printTreeEdges(int prufer[], int m)
    {
        int vertices = m + 2;
        int vertex_set[] = new int[vertices];
 
        // Initialize the array of vertices
        for (int i = 0; i < vertices; i++)
            vertex_set[i] = 0;
 
        // Number of occurrences of vertex in code
        for (int i = 0; i < vertices - 2; i++)
            vertex_set[prufer[i] - 1] += 1;
 
        System.out.print("\nThe edge set E(G) is:\n");
 
        int j = 0;
 
        // Find the smallest label not present in
        // prufer[].
        for (int i = 0; i < vertices - 2; i++) {
            for (j = 0; j < vertices; j++) {
 
                // If j+1 is not present in prufer set
                if (vertex_set[j] == 0) {
 
                    // Remove from Prufer set and print
                    // pair.
                    vertex_set[j] = -1;
                    System.out.print("(" + (j + 1) + ", "
                                     + prufer[i] + ") ");
 
                    vertex_set[prufer[i] - 1]--;
 
                    break;
                }
            }
        }
 
        j = 0;
 
        // For the last element
        for (int i = 0; i < vertices; i++) {
            if (vertex_set[i] == 0 && j == 0) {
 
                System.out.print("(" + (i + 1) + ", ");
                j++;
            }
            else if (vertex_set[i] == 0 && j == 1)
                System.out.print((i + 1) + ")\n");
        }
    }
 
    // Function to Generate Random Tree
    static void generateRandomTree(int n)
    {
 
        Random rand = new Random();
        int length = n - 2;
        int[] arr = new int[length];
 
        // Loop to Generate Random Array
        for (int i = 0; i < length; i++) {
            arr[i] = rand.nextInt(length + 1) + 1;
        }
        printTreeEdges(arr, length);
    }
 
    // Driver Code
    public static void main(String[] args)
    {
        int n = 5;
        generateRandomTree(n);
    }
}




import random
 
def print_tree_edges(prufer, m):
    vertices = m + 2
    vertex_set = [0] * vertices
 
    # Initialize the array of vertices
    for i in range(vertices):
        vertex_set[i] = 0
 
    # Number of occurrences of vertex in code
    for i in range(vertices - 2):
        vertex_set[prufer[i] - 1] += 1
 
    print("\nThe edge set E(G) is:")
 
    j = 0
 
    # Find the smallest label not present in prufer[].
    for i in range(vertices - 2):
        for j in range(vertices):
            # If j+1 is not present in prufer set
            if vertex_set[j] == 0:
                # Remove from Prufer set and print pair.
                vertex_set[j] = -1
                print("({}, {})".format(j + 1, prufer[i]), end=" ")
 
                vertex_set[prufer[i] - 1] -= 1
 
                break
 
    j = 0
 
    # For the last element
    for i in range(vertices):
        if vertex_set[i] == 0 and j == 0:
            print("({}, ".format(i + 1), end="")
            j += 1
        elif vertex_set[i] == 0 and j == 1:
            print("{})".format(i + 1))
 
def generate_random_tree(n):
    length = n - 2
    arr = [0] * length
 
    # Generate random array
    for i in range(length):
        arr[i] = random.randint(1, length + 1)
 
    print_tree_edges(arr, length)
 
# Driver code
n = 5
generate_random_tree(n)




// C# Implementation for random
// tree generator using Prufer Sequence
using System;
 
class GFG
{
 
    // Prints edges of tree
    // represented by give Prufer code
    static void printTreeEdges(int []prufer, int m)
    {
        int vertices = m + 2;
        int []vertex_set = new int[vertices];
 
        // Initialize the array of vertices
        for (int i = 0; i < vertices; i++)
            vertex_set[i] = 0;
 
        // Number of occurrences of vertex in code
        for (int i = 0; i < vertices - 2; i++)
            vertex_set[prufer[i] - 1] += 1;
 
        Console.Write("\nThe edge set E(G) is:\n");
 
        int j = 0;
 
        // Find the smallest label not present in
        // prufer[].
        for (int i = 0; i < vertices - 2; i++)
        {
            for (j = 0; j < vertices; j++)
            {
 
                // If j + 1 is not present in prufer set
                if (vertex_set[j] == 0)
                {
 
                    // Remove from Prufer set and print
                    // pair.
                    vertex_set[j] = -1;
                    Console.Write("(" + (j + 1) + ", "
                                    + prufer[i] + ") ");
 
                    vertex_set[prufer[i] - 1]--;
 
                    break;
                }
            }
        }
 
        j = 0;
 
        // For the last element
        for (int i = 0; i < vertices; i++)
        {
            if (vertex_set[i] == 0 && j == 0)
            {
 
                Console.Write("(" + (i + 1) + ", ");
                j++;
            }
            else if (vertex_set[i] == 0 && j == 1)
                Console.Write((i + 1) + ")\n");
        }
    }
 
    // Function to Generate Random Tree
    static void generateRandomTree(int n)
    {
 
        Random rand = new Random();
        int length = n - 2;
        int[] arr = new int[length];
 
        // Loop to Generate Random Array
        for (int i = 0; i < length; i++)
        {
            arr[i] = rand.Next(length + 1) + 1;
        }
        printTreeEdges(arr, length);
    }
 
    // Driver Code
    public static void Main(String[] args)
    {
        int n = 5;
        generateRandomTree(n);
    }
}
 
// This code is contributed by 29AjayKumar




<script>
// Javascript Implementation for random
// tree generator using Prufer Sequence
 
// Prints edges of tree
    // represented by give Prufer code
function printTreeEdges(prufer,m)
{
    let vertices = m + 2;
        let vertex_set = new Array(vertices);
  
        // Initialize the array of vertices
        for (let i = 0; i < vertices; i++)
            vertex_set[i] = 0;
  
        // Number of occurrences of vertex in code
        for (let i = 0; i < vertices - 2; i++)
            vertex_set[prufer[i] - 1] += 1;
  
        document.write("<br>The edge set E(G) is:<br>");
  
        let j = 0;
  
        // Find the smallest label not present in
        // prufer[].
        for (let i = 0; i < vertices - 2; i++) {
            for (j = 0; j < vertices; j++) {
  
                // If j+1 is not present in prufer set
                if (vertex_set[j] == 0) {
  
                    // Remove from Prufer set and print
                    // pair.
                    vertex_set[j] = -1;
                    document.write("(" + (j + 1) + ", "
                                     + prufer[i] + ") ");
  
                    vertex_set[prufer[i] - 1]--;
  
                    break;
                }
            }
        }
  
        j = 0;
  
        // For the last element
        for (let i = 0; i < vertices; i++) {
            if (vertex_set[i] == 0 && j == 0) {
  
                document.write("(" + (i + 1) + ", ");
                j++;
            }
            else if (vertex_set[i] == 0 && j == 1)
                document.write((i + 1) + ")<br>");
        }
}
 
// Function to Generate Random Tree
function generateRandomTree(n)
{
    let length = n - 2;
        let arr = new Array(length);
  
        // Loop to Generate Random Array
        for (let i = 0; i < length; i++) {
            arr[i] = Math.floor(Math.random()*(length + 1)) + 1;
        }
        printTreeEdges(arr, length);
}
 
// Driver Code
let n = 5;
generateRandomTree(n);
 
// This code is contributed by unknown2108
</script>

Output: 
The edge set E(G) is:
(2, 4) (4, 3) (3, 1) (1, 5)

 

Time Complexity: O(N*N)
Auxiliary Space: O(N)


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