I am trying to calculate height of a tree. I am doint with the code written below.
#include<iostream.h>
struct tree
{
int data;
struct tree * left;
struct tree * right;
};
typedef struct tree tree;
class Tree
{
private:
int n;
int data;
int l,r;
public:
tree * Root;
Tree(int x)
{
n=x;
l=0;
r=0;
Root=NULL;
}
void create();
int height(tree * Height);
};
void Tree::create()
{
//Creting the tree structure
}
int Tree::height(tree * Height)
{
if(Height->left==NULL && Height->right==NULL)
{return 0;
}
else
{
l=height(Height->left);
r=height(Height->right);
if (l>r)
{l=l+1;
return l;
}
else
{
r=r+1;
return r;
}
}
}
int main()
{
Tree A(10);//Initializing 10 node Tree object
A.create();//Creating a 10 node tree
cout<<"The height of tree"<<A.height(A.Root);*/
}
It gives me corret result. But in some posts(googled page) It was suggested to Do a Postorder traversal and use this height method to calculate the Height. Any specific reason?