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* [[Tree_Concepts#Tree_Walking|Tree Concepts]]
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In-order traversal means to recursively visit the left branch, the node itself, and then the right branch. '''In-order tree walk''' can be used to print a binary search tree node keys in sorted order.
In-order traversal means to recursively visit the '''left branch, the node itself, and then the right branch''' (in order). In-order tree traversal can be used to print a binary search tree node keys in sorted order.
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  let r = root of the search tree with subtrees T<sub>L</sub> and T<sub>R</sub>
  let r = root of the search tree with subtrees T<sub>L</sub> and T<sub>R</sub>

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In-Order

In-order traversal means to recursively visit the left branch, the node itself, and then the right branch (in order). In-order tree traversal can be used to print a binary search tree node keys in sorted order.

let r = root of the search tree with subtrees TL and TR
recurse of TL # by recursion/induction, prints out keys of TL in increasing order
print out r's key
recurse of TR # by recursion/induction, prints out keys of TR in increasing order

The running time is O(n).

Pre-Order

Post-Order

Depth First

Breadth First