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Posted: **Mon Sep 20, 2010 10:41 am**

Hi , I'm new in LISP.I saw the solution for Binary tree traverse , but I don't understand "FUN" in this problem . Could you please help me ?!

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(defstruct (btnode)
  (val nil)
  (left nil)
  (right nil))

;; naive traversal functions
(defun traverse-pre-order (node fun)
  (if node
      (progn
        (apply fun (list node))
        (if (btnode-left node)
            (traverse-pre-order (btnode-left node) fun))
        (if (btnode-right node)
            (traverse-pre-order (btnode-right node) fun)))))

(defun traverse-in-order (node fun)
  (if node
      (progn
        (if (btnode-left node)
            (traverse-in-order (btnode-left node) fun))
        (apply fun (list node))
        (if (btnode-right node)
            (traverse-in-order (btnode-right node) fun)))))

(defun traverse-post-order (node fun)
  (if node
      (progn
        (if (btnode-left node)
            (traverse-post-order (btnode-left node) fun))
        (if (btnode-right node)
            (traverse-post-order (btnode-right node) fun))
        (apply fun (list node)))))

[edited to put the code in a "

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" block -- nuntius]

Posted: **Mon Sep 20, 2010 8:37 pm**

In this code, FUN is a variable that stores a function. FUNCALL or APPLY then call the function with its arguments.

It is common to pass functions as arguments in lisp. It is less common in C/C++ or Java because they do not provide good support for the idea.

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