Question

Formatted question description: https://leetcode.ca/all/144.html

144	Binary Tree Preorder Traversal

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

For example:
Given binary tree {1,#,2,3},
   1
    \
     2
    /
   3
return [1,2,3].

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

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Algorithm

Use stack to assist calculations. Since the order of pre-order traversal is “root-left-right”, the algorithm is:

1. Push the root node onto the stack
2. Loop to check whether the stack is empty. If it is not empty, take out the top element of the stack, save its value, and then check whether the right child node exists, and push it to the stack if it exists. Look at its left child node, if it exists, push it to the stack.

Code

Java

import java.util.ArrayList;
import java.util.List;
import java.util.Stack;

public class Binary_Tree_Preorder_Traversal {

	/**
	 * Definition for a binary tree node.
	 * public class TreeNode {
	 *     int val;
	 *     TreeNode left;
	 *     TreeNode right;
	 *     TreeNode(int x) { val = x; }
	 * }
	 */
	public class Solution {
	    public List<Integer> preorderTraversal(TreeNode root) {

	        List<Integer> list = new ArrayList<>();

	        if (root == null) {
	            return list;
	        }

	        Stack<TreeNode> sk = new Stack<>();
	        sk.push(root);

	        while (!sk.isEmpty()) {
	            TreeNode current = sk.pop();

	            list.add(current.val); // when pushing, ensure non-null got pushed in

	            if (current.right != null) {
	                sk.push(current.right);
	            }
	            if (current.left != null) {
	                sk.push(current.left);
	            }

	        }

	        return list;

	    }
	}

}

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