Preorder Traversal of a Binary Tree without using Recursion in C

This is a C Program to perform pre order traversal. Time Complexity: O(n)

Here is source code of the C Program to Perform Preorder Non-Recursive Traversal of a Given Binary Tree. The C program is successfully compiled and run on a Linux system. The program output is also shown below.

```
#include <stdlib.h>
```
```
#include <stdio.h>
```
```
#include <stack>
```
```
 
```

/* A binary tree node has data, left child and right child */

```
struct node {
```
```
    int data;
```
```
    struct node* left;
```
```
    struct node* right;
```
```
};
```
```
 
```

/* Helper function that allocates a new node with the given data and

```
 NULL left and right  pointers.*/
```
```
struct node* newNode(int data) {
```

    struct node* node = new struct node;

```
    node->data = data;
```
```
    node->left = NULL;
```
```
    node->right = NULL;
```
```
    return (node);
```
```
}
```
```
 
```

// An iterative process to print preorder traversal of Binary tree

```
void iterativePreorder(node *root) {
```
```
    // Base Case
```
```
    if (root == NULL)
```
```
        return;
```
```
 
```

    // Create an empty stack and push root to it

```
    stack<node *> nodeStack;
```
```
    nodeStack.push(root);
```
```
 
```

    /* Pop all items one by one. Do following for every popped item

```
     a) print it
```
```
     b) push its right child
```
```
     c) push its left child
```

     Note that right child is pushed first so that left is processed first */

    while (nodeStack.empty() == false) {

        // Pop the top item from stack and print it

        struct node *node = nodeStack.top();

```
        printf("%d ", node->data);
```
```
        nodeStack.pop();
```
```
 
```

        // Push right and left children of the popped node to stack

```
        if (node->right)
```

            nodeStack.push(node->right);

```
        if (node->left)
```
```
            nodeStack.push(node->left);
```
```
    }
```
```
}
```
```
 
```

// Driver program to test above functions

```
int main() {
```
```
    /* Constructed binary tree is
```
```
     10
```
```
    /   \
```
```
   8      2
```
```
  /  \    /
```
```
3     5  2
```
```
     */
```
```
    struct node *root = newNode(10);
```
```
    root->left = newNode(8);
```
```
    root->right = newNode(2);
```
```
    root->left->left = newNode(3);
```
```
    root->left->right = newNode(5);
```
```
    root->right->left = newNode(2);
```
```
    iterativePreorder(root);
```
```
    return 0;
```
```
}
```

Output:

$ gcc PreorderNonRecursive.c
$ ./a.out
 
10 8 3 5 2 2

Sanfoundry Global Education & Learning Series – 1000 C Programs.

Sanfoundry Certification Contest of the Month is Live. 100+ Subjects. Participate Now!

Here’s the list of Best Books in C Programming, Data Structures and Algorithms.

« Prev - C Program to Find Minimum Spanning Tree using Prim’s Algorithm

» Next - Postorder Traversal of a Binary Tree using Recursion in C

Next Steps:

Get Free Certificate of Merit in C Programming
Participate in C Programming Certification Contest
Become a Top Ranker in C Programming
Take C Programming Tests
Chapterwise Practice Tests: Chapter 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10
Chapterwise Mock Tests: Chapter 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10

Related Posts:

Recommended Articles: