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Task/Visualize-a-tree/C/visualize-a-tree.c

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+#include <stdio.h>
+#include <stdlib.h>
+
+typedef struct stem_t *stem;
+struct stem_t { const char *str; stem next; };
+
+void tree(int root, stem head)
+{
+	static const char *sdown = "  |", *slast = "  `", *snone = "   ";
+	struct stem_t col = {0, 0}, *tail;
+
+	for (tail = head; tail; tail = tail->next) {
+		printf("%s", tail->str);
+		if (!tail->next) break;
+	}
+
+	printf("--%d\n", root);
+
+	if (root <= 1) return;
+
+	if (tail && tail->str == slast)
+		tail->str = snone;
+
+	if (!tail)	tail = head = &col;
+	else		tail->next = &col;
+
+	while (root) { // make a tree by doing something random
+		int r = 1 + (rand() % root);
+		root -= r;
+		col.str = root ? sdown : slast;
+
+		tree(r, head);
+	}
+
+	tail->next = 0;
+}
+
+int main(int c, char**v)
+{
+	int n;
+	if (c < 2 || (n = atoi(v[1])) < 0) n = 8;
+
+	tree(n, 0);
+	return 0;
+}