Description

Given the root of a binary tree, return the preorder traversal of its nodes’ values.

Example 1:

Input: root = [1,null,2,3] Output: [1,2,3]

Example 2:

Input: root = [] Output: []

Example 3:

Input: root = [1] Output: [1]

Constraints:

  • The number of nodes in the tree is in the range [0, 100].
  • -100 <= Node.val <= 100

Follow up: Recursive solution is trivial, could you do it iteratively?

Code

Iterative

/**
 * Definition for a binary tree node.
 * struct TreeNode {
 *     int val;
 *     TreeNode *left;
 *     TreeNode *right;
 *     TreeNode() : val(0), left(nullptr), right(nullptr) {}
 *     TreeNode(int x) : val(x), left(nullptr), right(nullptr) {}
 *     TreeNode(int x, TreeNode *left, TreeNode *right) : val(x), left(left), right(right) {}
 * };
 */
class Solution {
public:
    vector<int> preorderTraversal(TreeNode* root) {
       vector<int> res;
        stack<TreeNode*> st;
        TreeNode* p = root;
        while(p || !st.empty()) {
            if(p) {
                res.push_back(p->val);
                st.push(p);
                p = p->left;
            } else {
                p = st.top(); st.pop();
                p = p->right;
            }
        }
        return res;
    }
};

將所有 node 都 push 到 stack 上,經由 pop 的過程來執行 preorder traversal。

/**
 * Definition for a binary tree node.
 * struct TreeNode {
 *     int val;
 *     TreeNode *left;
 *     TreeNode *right;
 *     TreeNode() : val(0), left(nullptr), right(nullptr) {}
 *     TreeNode(int x) : val(x), left(nullptr), right(nullptr) {}
 *     TreeNode(int x, TreeNode *left, TreeNode *right) : val(x), left(left), right(right) {}
 * };
 */
class Solution {
public:
    vector<int> preorderTraversal(TreeNode* root) {
        vector<int> nodes;
        stack<TreeNode*> st;
        if(!root) return {};
        st.push(root);
        while(!st.empty()) {
            auto node = st.top(); st.pop();
            nodes.push_back(node->val);
            if(node->right) st.push(node->right);
            if(node->left) st.push(node->left);
        }
        return nodes;
    }
};

另一種做法是只將 right child push 到 stack 上,其他部分的 traversal 藉由 root pointer 的移動來達成。

/**
 * Definition for a binary tree node.
 * struct TreeNode {
 *     int val;
 *     TreeNode *left;
 *     TreeNode *right;
 *     TreeNode() : val(0), left(nullptr), right(nullptr) {}
 *     TreeNode(int x) : val(x), left(nullptr), right(nullptr) {}
 *     TreeNode(int x, TreeNode *left, TreeNode *right) : val(x), left(left), right(right) {}
 * };
 */
class Solution {
public:
    vector<int> preorderTraversal(TreeNode* root) {
        vector<int> nodes;
        stack<TreeNode*> st;
        while(root || !st.empty()) {
            if(root) {
                nodes.push_back(root->val);
                if(root->right) {
                    st.push(root->right);
                }
                root = root->left;
            } else {
                root = st.top();
                st.pop();
            }
        }
        return nodes;
    }
};

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