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in-order traversal

(algorithm)

Definition: Process all nodes of a tree by recursively processing the left subtree, then processing the root, and finally the right subtree.

Also known as symmetric traversal.

Generalization (I am a kind of ...)
tree traversal, depth-first search.

Aggregate parent (I am a part of or used in ...)
treesort (1).

See also postorder traversal, preorder traversal, level-order traversal, Cupif-Giannini tree traversal.

Note: For instance, if the "processing" is just printing, a tree is printed as "(left subtree) root (right subtree)". Here is pseudocode for a binary tree: 

 inorder(tree)
 begin
     if tree is null, return;

     inorder(tree.left_subtree);
     print(tree.root);
     inorder(tree.right_subtree);
 end

Author: PEB

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