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After your existing if, write another one that checks if the target key is less than the current node key.

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You should have an if condition that checks if key is less than node.key. Remember to use pass.

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({ test: () => assert(runPython(`_Node(_code).find_class("BinarySearchTree").find_function("_delete").find_ifs()[1].find_conditions()[0].is_equivalent("key < node.key")`)) })

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class TreeNode:

    def __init__(self, key):
        self.key = key
        self.left = None
        self.right = None

    def __str__(self):
        return str(self.key)

class BinarySearchTree:

    def __init__(self):
        self.root = None

    def _insert(self, node, key):
        if node is None:
            return TreeNode(key)

        if key < node.key:
            node.left = self._insert(node.left, key)
        elif key > node.key:

            node.right = self._insert(node.right, key)
        return node

    def insert(self, key):
        self.root = self._insert(self.root, key)
        
    def _search(self, node, key):
        if node is None or node.key == key:
            return node
        if key < node.key:
            return self._search(node.left, key)
        return self._search(node.right, key)
    
    def search(self, key):
        return self._search(self.root, key)

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    def _delete(self, node, key):
        if node is None:
            return node

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bst = BinarySearchTree()

nodes = [50, 30, 20, 40, 70, 60, 80]

for node in nodes:
    bst.insert(node)

# print('Search for 80:', bst.search(80))