void print_four_children(mx_node* parent_node_p, ofstream& optfile){

	mx_node* iter_node;

		if(parent_node_p->is_pointer_M()){
			iter_node = parent_node_p->get_pointer_M(0, "");

			if (!(iter_node->is_searched()))
				print_four_children(iter_node, optfile);
		}

		if(parent_node_p->is_pointer_X()){
			iter_node = parent_node_p->get_pointer_X(0, "");

			if (!(iter_node->is_searched()))
				print_four_children(iter_node, optfile);
		}

		if(parent_node_p->is_pointer_I()){
			iter_node = parent_node_p->get_pointer_I(0, "");

			if (!(iter_node->is_searched()))
				print_four_children(iter_node, optfile);
		}

		if(parent_node_p->is_pointer_D()){
			iter_node = parent_node_p->get_pointer_D(0, "");

			if (!(iter_node->is_searched()))
				print_four_children(iter_node, optfile);
		}

//		cout << "Dealing with the following node " << parent_node_p->get_kmer() << endl ;

	        if(!(parent_node_p->is_printed())){
				if(parent_node_p->get_counter()){	
//					optfile << parent_node_p->get_kmer() << " " << parent_node_p->get_counter() << " " << conv_16nt_to_32bit(parent_node_p->get_kmer()) << endl;
					//optfile << parent_node_p->get_kmer() << " " << parent_node_p->get_counter() << endl;
					optfile << parent_node_p->get_counter() << endl;
//					optfile << parent_node_p->get_kmer() << " " << parent_node_p->get_stgRNAs() << endl;
					parent_node_p->set_printed();
//					cout << "Actually printed once"  << endl;
				}
//		cout << "Trying to print once for "  << parent_node_p->get_kmer() << endl;
		}

		if(!(parent_node_p->is_searched()))
				parent_node_p->set_searched();
}


void print_kmer_tree(mx_node* master_node, const string& print_filename)
{
	ofstream optfile;
	optfile.open(print_filename);
	
	print_four_children(master_node, optfile);

        optfile.close();
}