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diff --git a/hw2/hw2pr1/hw2pr1.cpp b/hw2/hw2pr1/hw2pr1.cpp
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+// Name: Alexander Huddleston UIN: 223000555
+// CSCE 420
+// Due: 11:59 P.M. Monday, October 30, 2017
+// hw2pr1.cpp
+
+#include <stdio.h>
+#include <iostream>
+#include <fstream>
+#include <math.h>
+#include "node.h"
+
+using namespace std;
+
+node makeTree(string input, node n, int level)
+{
+    char tempc = input[0];
+    input = input.substr(1);
+
+    if(tempc == '(')
+    {
+    }
+
+    while(input.length() != 0)
+    {
+        if(tempc)
+        {
+        }
+    }
+}
+
+int main(int argc, char **argv)
+{
+    // Initialization of input string.
+    string input = "";
+
+    // For testing, I want to read from a file.
+    // Typing in an tree from the keyboard each execution is a waste of time.
+    if(argc > 1)
+    {
+        if(!((string)argv[1]).substr(0, 2).compare("-f"))
+        {
+            ifstream file;
+            string line;
+            try
+            {
+                file.open("hw2pr1_data.txt");
+            }
+            catch(exception e)
+            {
+                cerr << "File not found, or could not be opened." << endl;
+            }
+            while(!file.eof())
+            {
+                getline(file, line);
+                input += line;
+            }
+        }
+    }
+
+    else
+    {
+        cout << "Please input a tree: ";
+        cin >> input;
+    }
+
+    cout << input << endl;
+    return 0;
+}
diff --git a/hw2/hw2pr1/hw2pr1_data.txt b/hw2/hw2pr1/hw2pr1_data.txt
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+((3,12,8),(2,4,6),(14,5,2))
diff --git a/hw2/hw2pr1/makefile b/hw2/hw2pr1/makefile
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+all: main.o
+main.o: hw2pr1.cpp
+	g++ -std=c++17 hw2pr1.cpp -o hw2pr1
+clean:
+	rm -rf *.o hw2pr1
diff --git a/hw2/hw2pr1/node.h b/hw2/hw2pr1/node.h
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+#ifndef NODE_H
+#define NODE_H
+
+#include <vector>
+
+using namespace std;
+
+class node
+{
+    private:
+        node* parent;
+        int level;
+        vector<node> children;
+    public:
+        void setParent(node* p) { parent = p; };
+        node* getParent() { return parent; };
+        void setLevel(int l) { level = l; };
+        int getLevel() { return level; };
+        void setChildren(vector<node> c) { children = c; };
+        void addChild(node n) { children.push_back(n); };
+        vector<node> getChildren() { return children; };
+        node getChildrenAt(int i) { return children.at(i); };
+};
+
+#endif