Hands-On Data Structures and Algorithms with Python - Second Edition

Tree nodes

In linear data structures, data items are stored in a sequential order, one after another, whereas nonlinear data structures store data items in a non-linear order, where a data item can be connected to more than one data item. All of the data items in the linear data structures can be traversed in one pass, whereas this is not possible in the case of a non-linear data structure. The trees are the non-linear data structure; they store the data differently from other linear data structures such as arrays, lists, stacks, and queues.

In the tree data structure, the nodes are arranged in a parent-child relationship. There should not be any cycle among the nodes in trees. The tree structure has nodes to form a hierarchy, and a tree ...