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Interval Trees


January 2000/Interval Trees/Figure 4

Figure 4: Sample use of an interval tree container

#include <limits.h>
#include <iostream>
#include "observation.h"
#include "itree.h"
#define MAX_OBS       1000
#define QUERY_VALUE   1.0

int main() {
   itree<observation> Tree;    // The interval tree

   // Add some intervals to the tree
   for (short s = 0; s < MAX_OBS; ++s) {
      time_t                  tmTime;
      observation::range_type rHigh, rLow;

      rLow = (float)rand() / RAND_MAX * 70.0;
      rHigh = rLow + (float)rand() / RAND_MAX * 40.0;
      time(&tmTime);

      observation obs(rHigh, rLow, s, tmTime);
      Tree.push_back(obs);  // use a vector insertion function
   }

   // Put the tree in query mode
   itree<observation> const &ConstTree = Tree.construct();

   // Use the const iterator to access all intervals sequentially
   std::cout << "Brute-force results\n";
   itree<observation>::const_iterator citer;
   for(citer = ConstTree.begin(); 
      citer != ConstTree.end(); ++citer)
      if ((citer->low() <= QUERY_VALUE) && 
          (citer->high() >= QUERY_VALUE))
         std::cout << "ID: " << citer->id()
                   << ", Low: " << citer->low() 
                   << ", High: " << citer->high() << std::endl;

   // Use the query iterator to access intervals
   std::cout << "Query results\n";
   itree<observation>::query_iterator iter;
   for (iter = Tree.qbegin(QUERY_VALUE); 
      iter != Tree.qend(QUERY_VALUE); ++iter)

      std::cout << "ID: " << iter->id() 
                << ", Low: " << iter->low() 
                << ", High: " << iter->high() << std::endl;

   return 0;
}

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