{"id":3141,"date":"2025-11-16T08:51:20","date_gmt":"2025-11-16T07:51:20","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/codeflarelimited.com\/blog\/?p=3141"},"modified":"2025-11-16T08:51:22","modified_gmt":"2025-11-16T07:51:22","slug":"binary-trees","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/codeflarelimited.com\/blog\/binary-trees\/","title":{"rendered":"Binary Trees\u00a0"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>A&nbsp;<strong>binary tree<\/strong>&nbsp;is a hierarchical data structure in which every node has at most&nbsp;<strong>two children<\/strong>, commonly called:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><strong>Left child<\/strong><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Right child<\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p>It is a special form of a tree data structure (a non-linear structure used to represent hierarchical relationships).<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/app.codeflarelimited.com\">Learn JavaScript from the comfort of your home<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<pre class=\"wp-block-code\"><code lang=\"bash\" class=\"language-bash\">        (Root)\n         \/  \\\n     Left   Right<\/code><\/pre>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>Core Terminology<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">\u2714&nbsp;<strong>Node<\/strong><\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p>The basic storage unit. 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There are two main categories:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>Depth-First Search (DFS)<\/strong>\u00a0Traversals<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>1. In-order Traversal (Left \u2192 Root \u2192 Right)<\/strong><\/h3>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Main use: retrieves sorted data from BST.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>2. Pre-order Traversal (Root \u2192 Left \u2192 Right)<\/strong><\/h3>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Main use: create a copy of the tree, serialize it.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>3. Post-order Traversal (Left \u2192 Right \u2192 Root)<\/strong><\/h3>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Main use: delete the tree, evaluate expressions.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p>Example Tree:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<pre class=\"wp-block-code\"><code lang=\"bash\" class=\"language-bash\">        1\n       \/ \\\n      2   3<\/code><\/pre>\n\n\n\n<p>Traversals:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>In-order \u2192 2, 1, 3<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Pre-order \u2192 1, 2, 3<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Post-order \u2192 2, 3, 1<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>Breadth-First Search (BFS)<\/strong><\/h3>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>Level-order Traversal<\/strong><\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p>Visit nodes&nbsp;<strong>level by level<\/strong>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<pre class=\"wp-block-code\"><code lang=\"bash\" class=\"language-bash\">Level order \u2192 1, 2, 3, 4, 5...<\/code><\/pre>\n\n\n\n<p>Uses a\u00a0<strong>queue<\/strong>\u00a0internally.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>Operations on Binary Trees<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">\u2714&nbsp;<strong>Insertion<\/strong><\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p>Depends on tree type<br>(e.g., BST inserts smaller values left, larger right).<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">\u2714&nbsp;<strong>Deletion<\/strong><\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p>More complex \u2014 especially if the node has 2 children.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">\u2714&nbsp;<strong>Searching<\/strong><\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p>DFS or BFS.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">\u2714&nbsp;<strong>Height \/ Depth Calculations<\/strong><\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p>Used in balancing algorithms.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>Binary Tree Implementation (Simplified)<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n<pre class=\"wp-block-code\"><code lang=\"javascript\" class=\"language-javascript\">class Node {\n    constructor(value) {\n        this.value = value;\n        this.left = null;\n        this.right = null;\n    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