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LeetCode #144: Binary Tree Preorder Traversal

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LeetCode #144: Binary Tree Preorder Traversal:

Sequence:

  • current node
  • left
  • right

Recursive #

python
# Definition for a binary tree node.
# class TreeNode:
#     def __init__(self, val=0, left=None, right=None):
#         self.val = val
#         self.left = left
#         self.right = right
class Solution:
    def preorderTraversal(self, root: Optional[TreeNode]) -> List[int]:
        if root is None:
            return []

        return [root.val] + self.preorderTraversal(root.left) + self.preorderTraversal(root.right)

Alternative:

python
# Definition for a binary tree node.
# class TreeNode:
#     def __init__(self, val=0, left=None, right=None):
#         self.val = val
#         self.left = left
#         self.right = right
class Solution:
    def preorderTraversal(self, root: Optional[TreeNode]) -> List[int]:
        ans = []

        def preorder(node):
            if not node:
                return

            ans.append(node.val)
            preorder(node.left)
            preorder(node.right)

        preorder(root)

        return ans