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# scipy.cluster.hierarchy.ClusterNode.pre_order

`ClusterNode.``pre_order`(func=<function <lambda> at 0x49a0b18>)

  Performs preorder traversal without recursive function calls. When a leaf node is first encountered, `func` is called with the leaf node as its argument, and its result is appended to the list.

  For example, the statement:

  > ids = root.pre_order(lambda x: x.id)

  returns a list of the node ids corresponding to the leaf nodes of the tree as they appear from left to right.

  Parameters : | func : function Applied to each leaf ClusterNode object in the pre-order traversal. Given the i’th leaf node in the pre-order traversal `n[i]`, the result of func(n[i]) is stored in L[i]. If not provided, the index of the original observation to which the node corresponds is used.
  Returns : | L : list The pre-order traversal.

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