To traverse a non-empty binary tree in
preorder, perform the following operations recursively at each node, starting with the root node:
1. Visit the root.
2. Traverse the left subtree.
3. Traverse the right subtree.
(This is also called
Depth-first traversal.)
To traverse a non-empty binary tree in
inorder, perform the following operations recursively at each node:
1. Traverse the left subtree.
2. Visit the root.
3. Traverse the right subtree.
(This is also called
Symmetric traversal.)
To traverse a non-empty binary tree in
postorder, perform the following operations recursively at each node:
1. Traverse the left subtree.
2. Traverse the right subtree.
3. Visit the root.
Finally, trees can also be traversed in
level-order, where we visit every node on a level before going to a lower level. This is also called
Breadth-first traversal.
Example
In this binary search tree,
Preorder traversal sequence: F, B, A, D, C, E, G, I, H (root,left child,right child)
Inorder traversal sequence: A, B, C, D, E, F, G, H, I (leftchild,rootnode,right node)
Note that the inorder traversal of this binary search tree yields an ordered list
Postorder traversal sequence: A, C, E, D, B, H, I, G, F (leftnode,rightnode,rootnode)
Level-order traversal sequence: F, B, G, A, D, I, C, E, H
원문 : http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tree_traversal