diff --git a/src/tree.cpp b/src/tree.cpp
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+struct node 
+{ 
+	int data; 
+	struct node *left; 
+	struct node *right; 
+}; 
+
+/* newNode() allocates a new node with the given data and NULL left and 
+right pointers. */
+struct node* newNode(int data) 
+{ 
+// Allocate memory for new node 
+struct node* node = (struct node*)malloc(sizeof(struct node)); 
+
+// Assign data to this node 
+node->data = data; 
+
+// Initialize left and right children as NULL 
+node->left = NULL; 
+node->right = NULL; 
+return(node); 
+} 
+
+
+int main() 
+{ 
+/*create root*/
+struct node *root = newNode(1); 
+/* following is the tree after above statement 
+
+		1 
+	/ \ 
+	NULL NULL 
+*/
+	
+
+root->left	 = newNode(2); 
+root->right	 = newNode(3); 
+/* 2 and 3 become left and right children of 1 
+		1 
+		/ \ 
+		2	 3 
+	/ \ / \ 
+	NULL NULL NULL NULL 
+*/
+
+
+root->left->left = newNode(4); 
+/* 4 becomes left child of 2 
+		1 
+	/	 \ 
+	2		 3 
+	/ \	 / \ 
+4 NULL NULL NULL 
+/ \ 
+NULL NULL 
+*/
+
+getchar(); 
+return 0; 
+}