defmodule MbBinaryTree.Traverse do @moduledoc """ Utility functions for traversing binary trees. """ @doc """ Perform a preorder traversal of a binary tree. ## Examples iex> MbBinaryTree.Traverse.preorder([1, [2, nil, nil], [3, nil, nil]]) |> Enum.to_list() [1, 2, 3] iex> MbBinaryTree.Traverse.preorder([12, [4, MbBinaryTree.new(2), MbBinaryTree.new(5)], [26, MbBinaryTree.new(14), [28, MbBinaryTree.new(27), MbBinaryTree.new(30)]]]) |> Enum.to_list() [12, 4, 2, 5, 26, 14, 28, 27, 30] """ def preorder(tree) do Stream.unfold([tree], &preorder_acc/1) end defp preorder_acc([tree | stack]) do case tree do [value | [left, right]] -> {value, [left, right | stack]} nil -> preorder_acc(stack) end end defp preorder_acc([]), do: nil @doc """ Perform a postoder traversal of a binary tree. ## Examples iex> MbBinaryTree.Traverse.postorder([1, [2, nil, nil], [3, nil, nil]]) |> Enum.to_list() [2, 3, 1] iex> MbBinaryTree.Traverse.postorder([12, [4, MbBinaryTree.new(2), MbBinaryTree.new(5)], [26, MbBinaryTree.new(14), [28, MbBinaryTree.new(27), MbBinaryTree.new(30)]]]) |> Enum.to_list() [2, 5, 4, 14, 27, 30, 28, 26, 12] """ def postorder(tree) do Stream.unfold([tree], &postorder_acc/1) end defp postorder_acc([tree | stack]) do case tree do [value | [nil, nil]] -> {value, stack} [value | [left, nil]] -> postorder_acc([left, [value, nil, nil] | stack]) [value | [nil, right]] -> postorder_acc([right, [value, nil, nil] | stack]) [value | [left, right]] -> postorder_acc([left, right, [value, nil, nil] | stack]) nil -> postorder_acc(stack) end end defp postorder_acc([]), do: nil end