Why LEFT is always traversed before RIGHT in PreOrder, InOrder & PostOrder of Tree Traversal

Question

The total traversal combinations, possible for the below mentioned Sample Tree are

DLR, LDR, LRD, DRL, RDL, RLD

Sample Tree [ D=root, L= LeftNode, R= RightNode ]

  D
 / \
L   R

PreOrder: DLR

InOrder: LDR

PostOrder: LRD

Why other combinations like DRL, RDL & RLD never considered?

Answer 1

In a binary tree, the first child is on the left and the second child is on the right. In the combinations, DRL, RDL, and RLD , R comes before L which is against the concept of Tree and therefore they are never considered for the traversal of a binary tree.

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