preorder tree traversal without recursion code example

Example 1: preorder without recursion

void iterativePreorder(node *root) 
{ 
    // Base Case 
    if (root == NULL) 
       return; 
  
    // Create an empty stack and push root to it 
    stack<node *> nodeStack; 
    nodeStack.push(root); 
    while (nodeStack.empty() == false) 
    { 
        // Pop the top item from stack and print it 
        struct node *node = nodeStack.top(); 
        printf ("%d ", node->data); 
        nodeStack.pop(); 
  
        // Push right and left children of the popped node to stack 
        if (node->right) 
            nodeStack.push(node->right); 
        if (node->left) 
            nodeStack.push(node->left); 
    } 
}

Example 2: postorder traversal without recursion

1.1 Create an empty stack
2.1 Do following while root is not NULL
    a) Push root's right child and then root to stack.
    b) Set root as root's left child.
2.2 Pop an item from stack and set it as root.
    a) If the popped item has a right child and the right child 
       is at top of stack, then remove the right child from stack,
       push the root back and set root as root's right child.
    b) Else print root's data and set root as NULL.
2.3 Repeat steps 2.1 and 2.2 while stack is not empty.