Postorder traversal of a binary tree is a depth-first traversal method where the nodes are recursively visited in the following order: left subtree, right subtree, and then root. The steps are:
- Traverse the left subtree.
- Traverse the right subtree.
- Visit the root node.
In a recursive implementation:
c
void postorderTraversal(Node* root) {
if (root != NULL) {
postorderTraversal(root->left); // Visit left child
postorderTraversal(root->right); // Visit right child
printf("%d ", root->data); // Visit root node
}
}
Postorder traversal is useful in scenarios like expression tree evaluation or deleting a tree.