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Given a Two Binary Trees, write a function that returns true if one is mirror of other, else returns false

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Two Mirror Trees

 Given a Two Binary Trees, write a function that returns true if one is mirror of other, else returns false.

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Algorithm:

1.  Define tree structure like:
    class tree{    // tree node is defined
        public:
        int data;
        tree *left;
        tree *right;
    };

    Or you can use struct instead of class
2.  Build both of the input tree.
3.  Recursive function AreMirror to check whether 
    both trees are mirror tree or not.

FUNCTION AreMirror (root of first tree, root of second tree)
    Root of first tree, root1
    Root of second tree root2
    FUNCTION AreMirror (root1, root2) 
        a.  Check base cases
            If root1==NULL&&root2==NULL
            Then it’s mirror tree, return true;
            If root1==NULL || root2==NULL
            Then it’s not a mirror tree, return false
            Because one root is NULL whether another is not. 
            (Both can’t be NULL here, since already checked before) 
            If root1->data != root2->data
            Then it’s not a mirror tree, return false.
            Because roots are different & thus can’t be mirror image of other
        b.  Recursively check for sub-trees
            return(AreMirror(root1->left, root2->right) 
            &&AreMirror(root1->right,root2->left));
END FUNCTION

Example & Explanation:

Let’s check how the program works for the first example...

N.B: Nodes are represented by their respective values.

Root1=1 and Root2=1
In the main it calls AreMirror (1, 1)
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AreMirror (1, 1):
1->left =2 and 1->right=3 in case of tree1
1->left =3 and 1->right=2 in case of tree2
No base cases are satisfied thus it returns,
(AreMirror ( 2, 2) && AreMirror ( 3, 3))
Call to AreMirror ( 2, 2) and AreMirror ( 3, 3)
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AreMirror (2, 2):(call at AreMirror (1, 1))
2->left =4 and 2->right=NULL in case of tree1
2->left =NULL and 2->right=4 in case of tree2
No base cases are satisfied thus it returns,
(AreMirror (4, 4) && AreMirror (NULL, NULL))
Call to AreMirror (4, 4) and AreMirror (NULL, NULL))
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AreMirror (3, 3): (call at AreMirror (1, 1))
3->left =5 and 3->right=NULL in case of tree1
3->left =NULL and 3->right=5 in case of tree2
No base cases are satisfied thus it returns,
(AreMirror (5, 5) && AreMirror (NULL, NULL))
Call to AreMirror (5, 5) && AreMirror (NULL, NULL)
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AreMirror (4, 4): (call at AreMirror (2, 2))
4->left =NULL and 4->right=NULL in case of tree1
4->left =NULL and 4->right=NULL in case of tree2
No base cases are satisfied thus it returns,
(AreMirror (NULL, NULL) && AreMirror (NULL, NULL))
Call to AreMirror (NULL, NULL) && AreMirror (NULL, NULL)
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AreMirror (NULL, NULL): (call at AreMirror (2, 2))
Base case matches and returns 1. 
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AreMirror (5, 5): (call at AreMirror (3, 3))
5->left =NULL and 5->right=NULL in case of tree1
5->left =NULL and 5->right=NULL in case of tree2
No base cases are satisfied thus it returns,
(AreMirror (NULL, NULL) && AreMirror (NULL, NULL))
Call to AreMirror (NULL, NULL) && AreMirror (NULL, NULL)
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AreMirror (NULL, NULL): (call at AreMirror (3, 3))
Base case matches and returns 1. 
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AreMirror (NULL, NULL): (call at AreMirror (4, 4))
Base case matches and returns 1. 
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AreMirror (NULL, NULL): (call at AreMirror (4, 4))
Base case matches and returns 1. 
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AreMirror (NULL, NULL): (call at AreMirror (5, 5))
Base case matches and returns 1. 
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AreMirror (NULL, NULL): (call at AreMirror (5, 5))
Base case matches and returns 1. 
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Thus at main,
AreMirror (1, 1) returns:
=   AreMirror ( 2, 2) && AreMirror ( 3, 3)
=   (AreMirror (4, 4) && AreMirror (NULL, NULL)) && 
    (AreMirror (5, 5) && AreMirror (NULL, NULL))
=   ((AreMirror (NULL, NULL) && AreMirror (NULL, NULL)) && 1) 
    &&((AreMirror (NULL, NULL) && AreMirror (NULL, NULL)) && 1)
=   ((1 && 1) &&1) && (1 && 1) &&1)
=   1

Thus they are mirror trees
 

C++ implementation to check whether two trees are mirros?

#include<bits/stdc++.h>
using namespace std;

class tree{    // tree node is defined
	public:
	int data;
	tree *left;
	tree *right;
};
tree* newnode(int data)  // creating new node
{ 
    tree* node = (tree*)malloc(sizeof(tree)); 
    node->data = data; 
    node->left = NULL; 
    node->right = NULL; 
  
    return(node); 
} 


//function to check mirror tree
int areMirror(tree* a, tree* b)
{
   // base cases
   //if both root is NULL, then it's mirror tree
   if(a==NULL && b==NULL)
   return 1;
   //if one is NULL & other is not
   //then it's not mirror tree
   if(a==NULL || b==NULL)
   return 0;
   //if root data are different
   //not mirror tree
   if(a->data!=b->data)
   return 0;
   //check for subtrees recursively 
   return(areMirror(a->left,b->right) && areMirror(a->right,b->left));
   
}


int main(){
    //**same tree is builted as shown in example 1**
	cout<<"**same trees are built as shown in example 1**\n";
	tree *root1=newnode(1); 
    root1->left= newnode(2); 
    root1->right= newnode(3); 
    root1->left->left=newnode(4);
    root1->right->left=newnode(5);
    
	
    tree *root2=newnode(1); 
    root2->left= newnode(3); 
    root2->right= newnode(2); 
    root2->right->right=newnode(4);
    root2->left->right=newnode(5); 
    
    cout<<"printing whether mirror trees...\n"; 
    if(areMirror(root1,root2))//if returns 1
    cout<<"Both are mirror of each other\n";
    else
    cout<<"not mirror of each other\n";
    
    
    
    //**same tree is builted as shown in example 2**
	cout<<"**same trees are built as shown in example 2**\n";
	
    root1=newnode(2); 
    root1->left= newnode(7); 
    root1->right= newnode(5); 
    root1->right->right=newnode(9);
    root1->right->right->left=newnode(4);
    root1->left->left=newnode(2); 
    root1->left->right=newnode(6);
    root1->left->right->left=newnode(5);
    root1->left->right->right=newnode(11);
  
    root2=newnode(8); 
    root2->left= newnode(3); 
    root2->right= newnode(10); 
    root2->right->right=newnode(14);
    root2->right->right->left=newnode(13);
    root2->left->left=newnode(1); 
    root2->left->right=newnode(6);
    root2->left->right->left=newnode(4);
    root2->left->right->right=newnode(7);
      
    
    cout<<"printing whether mirror trees...\n"; 
    if(areMirror(root1,root2))//if returns 1
    cout<<"Both are mirror of each other\n";
    else
    cout<<"not mirror of each other\n";
        
    return 0;
       
 }

Output

**same trees are built as shown in example 1**
printing whether mirror trees...
Both are mirror of each other
**same trees are built as shown in example 2**
printing whether mirror trees...
not mirror of each other

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