Level  Order Traversal of Binary Tree

A Popular Method for Traversing Tree Data Structure

An algorithm to process all the nodes in a tree by levels. It starts from the root node and visits all nodes at level 1, followed by all nodes at level 2, and so on.

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What is Level Order Traversal?

Given a binary tree, the task is to print level order traversal line by line of the tree.

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Problem Statement

This method involves using 2 functions: one to print all nodes at a specific level (CurrentLevel), & another to print level order traversal of the tree (Levelorder).

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Approach 1: Recursive Approach

Time complexity: O(n^2) for a skewed tree.  Space complexity: O(n) for a skewed tree, & for a balanced tree, the call stack uses O(log n) space.

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1. Insert root into queue, & iterate over it until queue is empty.  2. In every iteration, pop from top of queue & print the value at top of queue.  3. Add left & right nodes to end of queue.

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Approach 2: Using Queue

Time Complexity: O(N) where n is no. of nodes in the binary tree. Space Complexity: O(N) where n is no. nodes in the binary tree.

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