Perform Traversal Operations on a Binary Tree

Traversal operations on a binary tree involve visiting all nodes in the tree in a specific order. There are three main types of traversal operations:

1. In-order Traversal: In an in-order traversal, nodes are visited in the following order:

   1. Visit the left subtree.
   2. Visit the current node.
   3. Visit the right subtree.

   In other words, nodes are visited in non-decreasing order of their values in a binary search tree.

2. Pre-order Traversal: In a pre-order traversal, nodes are visited in the following order:

   1. Visit the current node.
   2. Visit the left subtree.
   3. Visit the right subtree.

   Pre-order traversal is often used to create a copy of the tree or to evaluate an expression tree.

3. Post-order Traversal: In a post-order traversal, nodes are visited in the following order:

   1. Visit the left subtree.
   2. Visit the right subtree.
   3. Visit the current node.

   Post-order traversal is often used to delete or free nodes in a tree.

Here's how you can perform these traversal operations recursively in Python:

class TreeNode:
    def __init__(self, value):
        self.value = value
        self.left = None
        self.right = None

def in_order_traversal(node):
    if node:
        in_order_traversal(node.left)
        print(node.value, end=" ")
        in_order_traversal(node.right)

def pre_order_traversal(node):
    if node:
        print(node.value, end=" ")
        pre_order_traversal(node.left)
        pre_order_traversal(node.right)

def post_order_traversal(node):
    if node:
        post_order_traversal(node.left)
        post_order_traversal(node.right)
        print(node.value, end=" ")

# Example usage:
root = TreeNode(1)
root.left = TreeNode(2)
root.right = TreeNode(3)
root.left.left = TreeNode(4)
root.left.right = TreeNode(5)

print("In-order traversal:")
in_order_traversal(root)  # Output: 4 2 5 1 3

print("\nPre-order traversal:")
pre_order_traversal(root)  # Output: 1 2 4 5 3

print("\nPost-order traversal:")
post_order_traversal(root)  # Output: 4 5 2 3 1

These traversal methods can also be implemented iteratively using a stack or queue data structure, simulating the call stack in a recursive solution. Traversal operations are fundamental in analyzing and manipulating binary trees efficiently.

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