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Binary TreesEasyLeetCode #144

1. Preorder Traversal (Root → Left → Right) ⭐

Visits the current node first, then recursively traverses the left subtree, followed by the right subtree.

Time O(n) Space O(h)
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Reference implementation (Python)

def preorder(root):
    res = []
    def dfs(node):
        if not node:
            return
        res.append(node.val)
        dfs(node.left)
        dfs(node.right)
    dfs(root)
    return res

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