BFS vs DFS for Binary Tree in C++?

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BFS (Breadth First Search) − It is a tree traversal algorithm that is also known as Level Order Tree Traversal. In this traversal we will traverse the tree row by row i.e. 1st row, then 2nd row, and so on.

DFS (Depth First Search ) − It is a tree traversal algorithm that traverses the structure to its deepest node. There are three most used methods that are used to traverse the tree using DFS. it goes into depth of each node as the root node and then goes to the next one.

Solved for a Tree

Let’s find the traversal of a tree using both these methods −

BFS traversal : A B K M S T
DFS traversal :
Preorder : A M N K S T
PostOrder: M B S T K A
InOrder: M B A S K T

Now, as we know the usage of both algorithms have Some similarities and some differences in their applications. And both have found applications in dynamic programming, so let’s see who these things work.

• The time complexity of both BFS and DFS is O(n).

• Space required for traversal in BFS is of the order of width O(w) whereas the space required for traversal in DFS is of the order of height O(h) of the tree.

Implementation of BFS tree traversal algorithm,

Example

Live Demo

#include <iostream>
#include
using namespace std;
struct Node {
int data;
struct Node *left, *right;
};
Node* newNode(int data) {
Node *temp = new Node;
temp->data = data;
temp->left = temp->right = NULL;
return temp;
}
int main() {
Node *root = newNode(1);
root->left = newNode(2);
root->right = newNode(3);
root->left->left = newNode(4);
root->left->right = newNode(5);
cout << "Level Order traversal of binary tree is \n";
queue<Node *> q;
q.push(root);
while (q.empty() == false) {
Node *node = q.front();
cout << node->data << " ";
q.pop();
if (node->left != NULL)
q.push(node->left);
if (node->right != NULL)
q.push(node->right);
}
return 0;
}


Output

Level Order traversal of binary tree is
1 2 3 4 5

Implementation of DFS tree traversal algorithm,

Example

Live Demo

#include <iostream>
using namespace std;
struct Node {
int data;
struct Node* left, *right;
Node(int data) {
this->data = data;
left = right = NULL;
}
};
void printPostorder(struct Node* node) {
if (node == NULL)
return;
printPostorder(node->left);
printPostorder(node->right);
cout << node->data << " ";
}
void printInorder(struct Node* node) {
if (node == NULL)
return;
printInorder(node->left);
cout << node->data << " ";
printInorder(node->right);
}
void printPreorder(struct Node* node) {
if (node == NULL)
return;
cout << node->data << " ";
printPreorder(node->left);
printPreorder(node->right);
}
int main() {
struct Node *root = new Node(1);
root->left = new Node(2);
root->right = new Node(3);
root->left->left = new Node(4);
root->left->right = new Node(5);
cout << "\nPreorder traversal of binary tree is \n";
printPreorder(root);
cout << "\nInorder traversal of binary tree is \n";
printInorder(root);
cout << "\nPostorder traversal of binary tree is \n";
printPostorder(root);
return 0;
}

Output

Preorder traversal of binary tree is
1 2 4 5 3
Inorder traversal of binary tree is
4 2 5 1 3
Postorder traversal of binary tree is
4 5 2 3 1
Published on 04-Oct-2019 07:24:10