Rooted Tree (Family tree)

Here is the problem: there are members of a family that should be insert into tree but there are also their spounces that should insert into tree as separated nodes. The only common between original member and their spounces is that spounces must have the same children num, array with children ids, generation, children pointer which is the problem.

Member struct

Code:

typedef struct _Node
{
 int ID;
 char *Name;
 int ParentID;
 int Date_of_birth;
 char *Place_of_birth;
 int SpounceID;
 int k;
 int *ChildrenID;
 
 int Generation;
 struct Node *next_family;
 struct Node *parent;
 struct Node *spounce;
 struct Node *children;
}Node;

If children pointer changes for a member i want to change and for the member's spounce.
I think the problem located in assignment in the beginning.


Here is where pointers assignment takes place, the rest assignment is ok, here is the problem. temp is the member of tree and newnode his/her spounce.

Code:

       //If exists and able to accept spounce
       if((temp!=NULL)&&(temp->SpounceID!=-1))
       {
        //Assign last values
        temp->spounce=newnode;
        newnode->spounce=temp;
        newnode->ChildrenID=temp->ChildrenID;
        newnode->children=temp->children;           // <------Here
        newnode->Generation=temp->Generation;
       }

Thanks in advance.

What's the question, exactly? Do you want to update newnode->spounce->children whenever you update newnode->children, or what?

Exactly,
I want a pointer that belongs both newnode and temp.
If i update it for newnode i want it updated and for temp and reverse. Something like "common" pointer

To make it easier
2 nodes as the above

A_node B_node

data_A != data_B //I don't care

*children_A == *children_B

If i change A's children then B's children should change because they supposed to be father/mother, grandpa/grandma etc.

Then you'll have to do so. Every time you change children, change spouse->children with it. (In other words, this is your job, not the compiler's.)

Originally Posted by tabstop

Then you'll have to do so. Every time you change children, change spouse->children with it. (In other words, this is your job, not the compiler's.)

I've used that in some functions but there still many that i can do it.