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TreeFold [f,tree]

successively folds the subtrees of tree, applying f to both the data of each subtree and the list of results for its children.

TreeFold [f,tree,h]

applies f to h[tree] instead of the data of tree.

TreeFold [{f,f-1},tree,h]

applies f-1 at the last level and f at each inner level.

TreeFold [f]

represents an operator form of TreeFold that can be applied to a tree.

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TreeFold [f,tree]

successively folds the subtrees of tree, applying f to both the data of each subtree and the list of results for its children.

TreeFold [f,tree,h]

applies f to h[tree] instead of the data of tree.

TreeFold [{f,f-1},tree,h]

applies f-1 at the last level and f at each inner level.

TreeFold [f]

represents an operator form of TreeFold that can be applied to a tree.

Details

  • TreeFold constructs an expression from a Tree object, folding its subtrees from the bottom up using a binary operation f:
  • TreeFold is useful for accumulating or reducing the data or subtrees of a tree to a single value.
  • TreeFold folds subtrees in a depth-first order, folding children before folding parents: »
  • In TreeFold [f,tree,h], h[tree] is used as the first argument of f rather than TreeData [tree]. »
  • TreeFold [{,f-1},tree,h] gives f-1[h[tree]] if tree is a leaf. »
  • TreeFold [f,Tree [data,<|key1tree1,key2tree2,|>]] gives f[data,<|key1res1,key2res2,|>], where resi is the result of TreeFold [f,treei]. »
  • TreeFold [f][tree] is equivalent to TreeFold [f,tree]. »
  • TreeFold [f][tree,h] is equivalent to TreeFold [f,tree,h]. »

Examples

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Basic Examples  (4)

Fold a tree with a binary function f:

Fold a tree with a binary function f after applying a function g to the data in the leaves:

Visualize trees as subscripted data with highlighted leaves, adding frames around inner subtrees:

Fold a tree with children specified as an association:

Scope  (9)

Fold a leaf:

Fold an inner node with no children:

Fold a tree with children:

Fold a tree with multiple levels:

Apply an operator to the leaves:

Fold a property of subtrees:

Fold a tree with children specified as an association:

Use the operator form of TreeFold on one argument:

Use the operator form of TreeFold on two arguments:

Applications  (11)

Convert a tree of solid regions and operations into a CSGRegion :

Get a nested list of the data in the leaves of a tree:

Construct a tree from the atoms of an expression:

Convert this tree to nested lists:

Total the data in the leaves of a tree:

Total the data in a tree:

Create a tree of terms in a linear recurrence:

Compute the terms of the linear recurrence:

Convert a tree to a TextElement :

Compute the minimum level of leaves in a tree using TreeFold with this function:

Display a tree as a grid:

Get a list of US cities with populations over 100,000:

Construct a graph giving the hierarchical clustering of the cities according to their geodetic positions:

Convert the clustering hierarchy from a Graph object to a Tree object:

For each leaf, obtain the geodetic position of a city from its index in the hierarchical clustering graph:

For each subtree representing a cluster, give the tree containing the spatial median of its children:

Obtain a tree of geodetic positions by using the position of a city for each leaf and the spatial median of the positions for each cluster:

Show the edges in this tree of geodetic positions on a map of the United States:

Create a family tree:

Create an association giving the dates of birth:

Define a function that compares two people, giving the person who was younger when they had their first child, together with that child and their age when that child was born:

Define a function that compares two siblings, giving the older sibling together with their date of birth, in addition to the youngest first-time parent among their descendants:

Define a function that gives the youngest first-time parent among a person's descendants, given the results for their children:

Find the youngest first-time parent in the tree, together with their first child and their age when the child was born:

Properties & Relations  (14)

Fold gives the result of successively applying a binary operator f to the elements of a list:

TreeFold gives the result of successively applying a binary operator f to the data of a tree:

TreeFold applies the operator f to the list of results for each child:

TreeFold [f,Tree [data,None ]] gives data:

TreeFold [{f,f-1},Tree [data,None ]] applies the operator f-1 to data instead:

TreeFold [f,Tree [data,{}]] gives f[data,{}]:

This is true even if the tree has no children:

TreeFold [f,tree,h] gives the result of applying f to both h[tree] and the list of results TreeFold [f,treei,h] for the children treei:

TreeFold [f,tree] is equivalent to TreeFold [{f,Identity },tree]:

TreeFold [{Tree ,Tree [#,None ]&},tree] is equivalent to tree:

TreeFold applies a function to the data and results for the children:

TreeMap can compute the same result:

The new data of the root is the result of TreeFold :

Construct a tree from the heads in an expression:

Use TreeFold to insert a parent node above each subtree:

This corresponds to mapping on the arguments in an expression:

Map maps on the arguments in an expression by default:

Construct a tree from the atoms in an expression:

Use TreeFold to insert a sibling node before each subtree:

This corresponds to mapping on the subexpressions in an expression:

Map maps on the subexpressions in an expression with Heads True :

TreeFold [{f,f-1},tree] is equivalent to TreeFold [f,TreeMap [f-1,tree,{-1}]]:

First map the operator f-1 on the leaves of the tree:

Then fold the tree using the operator f for internal subtrees:

TreeFold can be used to compute the depth of a tree:

TreeFold can be used to compute the size of a tree:

TreeFold can be used to convert a tree to nested rules:

TreeFold can be used to create an expression from the leaves of a tree:

Neat Examples  (2)

Construct a tree with levels giving the triangles in the 0^(th)- through 3^(rd)-step Sierpiński triangles:

Obtain the 3^(rd)-step Sierpiński triangle from this tree:

Construct a tree with levels giving the intervals in the 0^(th)- through 3^(rd)-step Cantor sets:

Obtain the 3^(rd)-step Cantor set from this tree:

See Also

Tree   TreeExpression   NestTree   TreeMap   TreeLevel   Fold

Wolfram Research (2021), TreeFold, Wolfram Language function, https://reference.wolfram.com/language/ref/TreeFold.html (updated 2022).

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Wolfram Research (2021), TreeFold, Wolfram Language function, https://reference.wolfram.com/language/ref/TreeFold.html (updated 2022).

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Wolfram Language. 2021. "TreeFold." Wolfram Language & System Documentation Center. Wolfram Research. Last Modified 2022. https://reference.wolfram.com/language/ref/TreeFold.html.

APA

Wolfram Language. (2021). TreeFold. Wolfram Language & System Documentation Center. Retrieved from https://reference.wolfram.com/language/ref/TreeFold.html

BibTeX

@misc{reference.wolfram_2025_treefold, author="Wolfram Research", title="{TreeFold}", year="2022", howpublished="\url{https://reference.wolfram.com/language/ref/TreeFold.html}", note=[Accessed: 17-November-2025]}

BibLaTeX

@online{reference.wolfram_2025_treefold, organization={Wolfram Research}, title={TreeFold}, year={2022}, url={https://reference.wolfram.com/language/ref/TreeFold.html}, note=[Accessed: 17-November-2025]}

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