Index: stable/HeuristicLab.Encodings.SymbolicExpressionTreeEncoding/3.4/Formatters/SymbolicExpressionTreeHierarchicalFormatter.cs
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--- stable/HeuristicLab.Encodings.SymbolicExpressionTreeEncoding/3.4/Formatters/SymbolicExpressionTreeHierarchicalFormatter.cs	(revision 11107)
+++ stable/HeuristicLab.Encodings.SymbolicExpressionTreeEncoding/3.4/Formatters/SymbolicExpressionTreeHierarchicalFormatter.cs	(revision 11107)
@@ -0,0 +1,93 @@
+﻿#region License Information
+
+/* HeuristicLab
+ * Copyright (C) 2002-2014 Heuristic and Evolutionary Algorithms Laboratory (HEAL)
+ *
+ * This file is part of HeuristicLab.
+ *
+ * HeuristicLab is free software: you can redistribute it and/or modify
+ * it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by
+ * the Free Software Foundation, either version 3 of the License, or
+ * (at your option) any later version.
+ *
+ * HeuristicLab is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
+ * but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
+ * MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the
+ * GNU General Public License for more details.
+ *
+ * You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License
+ * along with HeuristicLab. If not, see <http://www.gnu.org/licenses/>.
+ */
+
+#endregion
+
+using System.IO;
+using HeuristicLab.Common;
+using HeuristicLab.Core;
+
+namespace HeuristicLab.Encodings.SymbolicExpressionTreeEncoding {
+  [Item("Hierarchical Formatter", "Formatter for symbolic expression trees that uses special characters for drawing a tree in text-mode.")]
+  public sealed class SymbolicExpressionTreeHierarchicalFormatter : NamedItem, ISymbolicExpressionTreeStringFormatter {
+    private SymbolicExpressionTreeHierarchicalFormatter(SymbolicExpressionTreeHierarchicalFormatter original, Cloner cloner)
+      : base(original, cloner) {
+    }
+    public override IDeepCloneable Clone(Cloner cloner) {
+      return new SymbolicExpressionTreeHierarchicalFormatter(this, cloner);
+    }
+
+    public SymbolicExpressionTreeHierarchicalFormatter() :
+      base("Hierarchical Formatter", "Formatter for symbolic expression trees that uses special characters for drawing a tree in text-mode.") { }
+
+    public string Format(ISymbolicExpressionTree symbolicExpressionTree) {
+      var sw = new StringWriter();
+      RenderTree(sw, symbolicExpressionTree);
+      return sw.ToString();
+    }
+
+    private static void RenderTree(TextWriter writer, ISymbolicExpressionTree tree) {
+      RenderNode(writer, tree.Root, string.Empty);
+    }
+
+    public static void RenderNode(TextWriter writer, ISymbolicExpressionTreeNode node, string prefix) {
+      string label = node.ToString();
+      writer.Write(label);
+      if (node.SubtreeCount > 0) {
+        var padding = prefix + new string(' ', label.Length);
+        for (int i = 0; i != node.SubtreeCount; ++i) {
+          char connector, extender = ' ';
+          if (i == 0) {
+            if (node.SubtreeCount > 1) {
+              connector = RenderChars.JunctionDown;
+              extender = RenderChars.VerticalLine;
+            } else {
+              connector = RenderChars.HorizontalLine;
+              extender = ' ';
+            }
+          } else {
+            writer.Write(padding);
+            if (i == node.SubtreeCount - 1) {
+              connector = RenderChars.CornerRight;
+              extender = ' ';
+            } else {
+              connector = RenderChars.JunctionRight;
+              extender = RenderChars.VerticalLine;
+            }
+          }
+          writer.Write(string.Concat(connector, RenderChars.HorizontalLine));
+          var newPrefix = string.Concat(padding, extender, ' ');
+          RenderNode(writer, node.GetSubtree(i), newPrefix);
+        }
+      } else
+        writer.WriteLine();
+    }
+
+    // helper class providing characters for displaying a tree in the console
+    public static class RenderChars {
+      public const char JunctionDown = '┬';
+      public const char HorizontalLine = '─';
+      public const char VerticalLine = '│';
+      public const char JunctionRight = '├';
+      public const char CornerRight = '└';
+    }
+  }
+}
Index: stable/HeuristicLab.Encodings.SymbolicExpressionTreeEncoding/3.4/HeuristicLab.Encodings.SymbolicExpressionTreeEncoding-3.4.csproj
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--- stable/HeuristicLab.Encodings.SymbolicExpressionTreeEncoding/3.4/HeuristicLab.Encodings.SymbolicExpressionTreeEncoding-3.4.csproj	(revision 11018)
+++ stable/HeuristicLab.Encodings.SymbolicExpressionTreeEncoding/3.4/HeuristicLab.Encodings.SymbolicExpressionTreeEncoding-3.4.csproj	(revision 11107)
@@ -135,4 +135,5 @@
     <Compile Include="Creators\RampedHalfAndHalfTreeCreator.cs" />
     <Compile Include="Formatters\SymbolicExpressionTreeGraphvizFormatter.cs" />
+    <Compile Include="Formatters\SymbolicExpressionTreeHierarchicalFormatter.cs" />
     <Compile Include="Interfaces\IReadOnlySymbol.cs" />
     <Compile Include="Interfaces\ISymbolicExpressionGrammar.cs" />
