Question
Given a binary search tree, print out the elements of the tree in order without using recursion.
eg.
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1 2 3 4 5 6 7 |
1 2 3 5 6 7 8 |
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Solution
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Here is the source code for the solution shown in the video (Github):
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// Tree node class public static class Node { Node left; Node right; int value; public Node(int value) { this.value = value; } } // Traverse tree iteratively. We do this by replicating the same process // done recursively using an explicit stack public static void traverse(Node n) { Stack s = new Stack(); // Add the leftmost branch to the stack addLeftToStack(s, n); // While there are elements in the stack, pop and move the minimum // possible distance to the right while (!s.isEmpty()) { Node curr = s.pop(); System.out.println(curr.value); // Add the right child and any of its left children to the stack addLeftToStack(s, curr.right); } } // As long as the current node has a left pointer, add it to the stack and // continue private static void addLeftToStack(Stack s, Node n) { while (n != null) { s.push(n); n = n.left; } } |
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