Leetcode[145] Binary Tree Postorder Traversal
11 Nov 2015###Task1 Given a binary tree, return the postorder traversal of its nodes’ values.
For example: Given binary tree {1,#,2,3}, 1 \ 2 / 3 return [3,2,1].
Note: Recursive solution is trivial, could you do it iteratively?
###Python ####Recursive
# Definition for a binary tree node.
# class TreeNode(object):
# def __init__(self, x):
# self.val = x
# self.left = None
# self.right = None
class Solution(object):
def postorderTraversal(self, root):
"""
:type root: TreeNode
:rtype: List[int]
"""
if not root:
return []
ret = []
self.post(root, ret)
return ret
def post(self, root, ret):
if not root:
return
self.post(root.left, ret)
self.post(root.right, ret)
ret.append(root.val)
####Iterative
# Definition for a binary tree node.
# class TreeNode(object):
# def __init__(self, x):
# self.val = x
# self.left = None
# self.right = None
class Solution(object):
def postorderTraversal(self, root):
"""
:type root: TreeNode
:rtype: List[int]
"""
if not root:
return []
ret = []
stack = []
stack.append(root)
prev = None
while len(stack) > 0:
cur = stack[-1]
if not prev or prev.left == cur or prev.right == cur:
if cur.left:
stack.append(cur.left)
elif cur.right:
stack.append(cur.right)
else:
ret.append(stack.pop().val)
elif cur.left == prev:
if cur.right:
stack.append(cur.right)
else:
ret.append(stack.pop().val)
elif cur.right == prev:
ret.append(stack.pop().val)
prev = cur
return ret
###Java
/**
* Definition for a binary tree node.
* public class TreeNode {
* int val;
* TreeNode left;
* TreeNode right;
* TreeNode(int x) { val = x; }
* }
*/
public class Solution {
public ArrayList<Integer> postorderTraversal(TreeNode root) {
ArrayList<Integer> res = new ArrayList<Integer>();
Stack<TreeNode> stack = new Stack<TreeNode>();
if (root == null) {
return res;
}
TreeNode prev = null;
stack.push(root);
while (!stack.isEmpty()) {
TreeNode cur = stack.peek();
if (prev == null || prev.left == cur || prev.right == cur) {
if (cur.left != null) {
stack.push(cur.left);
} else if (cur.right != null) {
stack.push(cur.right);
} else {
stack.pop();
res.add(cur.val);
}
} else if (cur.left == prev) {
if (cur.right != null) {
stack.push(cur.right);
} else {
stack.pop();
res.add(cur.val);
}
} else if (cur.right == prev) {
stack.pop();
res.add(cur.val);
}
prev = cur;
}
return res;
}
}
###Points
- O(n)
- preorder - > stack
- inorder - > stack + pointer, pointer is not pre-pushed
- postorder -> stack + pointer, pointer is pre-pushed; peek() in the stack instead of pop() and pop() only when it is the node to be postorder sequence.