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05-Tree Traversals

The document discusses tree traversal methods in data structures, specifically focusing on inorder, preorder, and postorder traversals. Each traversal method is explained with its respective algorithm and examples, demonstrating how they process nodes in a binary tree. Additionally, the document provides recursive routines for implementing these traversal methods in code.

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05-Tree Traversals

The document discusses tree traversal methods in data structures, specifically focusing on inorder, preorder, and postorder traversals. Each traversal method is explained with its respective algorithm and examples, demonstrating how they process nodes in a binary tree. Additionally, the document provides recursive routines for implementing these traversal methods in code.

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Data Structures and Algorithms

Tree
Traversals

B.Bhuvaneswaran, AP (SG) / CSE


9791519152
[email protected]
Introduction
 The process of visiting all nodes of a tree is called tree traversal.
 Each node is processed only once but it may be visited more than
once.

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Types of Tree Traversal
 Inorder traversal
 Preorder traversal
 Postorder traversal

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Inorder Traversal
 The inorder traversal of a binary tree is performed as:
• Traverse the left subtree in inorder
• Visit the root
• Traverse the right subtree in inorder
 The inorder traversal of the binary tree for an arithmetic
expression gives the expression in an infix form.

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Example
 ABCDEGHIJK

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Recursive Routine: Inorder Traversal
void Inorder(Node *Tree)
{
if (Tree != NULL)
{
Inorder(Tree->left);
printf("%d\t", Tree->element);
Inorder(Tree->right);
}
}

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Preorder Traversal
 The preorder traversal of a binary tree is performed as:
• Visit the root
• Traverse the left subtree in preorder
• Traverse the right subtree in preorder
 The preorder traversal of the binary tree for the given expression
gives in prefix form.

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Example
 DCABIGEHKJ

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Recursive Routine: Preorder Traversal
void Preorder(Node *Tree)
{
if (Tree != NULL)
{
printf("%d\t", Tree->element);
Preorder(Tree->left);
Preorder(Tree->right);
}
}

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Postorder Traversal
 The postorder traversal of a binary tree is performed by:
• Traverse the left subtree in postorder
• Traverse the right subtree in postorder
• Visit the root
 The postorder traversal of the binary tree for the given expression
gives in postfix form.

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Example
 BACEHGJKID

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Recursive Routine:Postorder Traversal
void Postorder(Node *Tree)
{
if (Tree != NULL)
{
Postorder(Tree->left);
Postorder(Tree->right);
printf("%d\t", Tree->element);
}
}

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Example
 Traverse the given tree using inorder, preorder and postorder
traversals.

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Example
 Inorder
• A+B*C–D/E
 Preorder
• *+AB–C/DE
 Postorder
• AB+CDE/-*

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