Description

Given the root of a binary tree, return the length of the diameter of the tree.

The diameter of a binary tree is the length of the longest path between any two nodes in a tree. This path may or may not pass through the root.

The length of a path between two nodes is represented by the number of edges between them.

Example 1:

Input: root = [1,2,3,4,5] Output: 3 Explanation: 3 is the length of the path [4,2,1,3] or [5,2,1,3].

Example 2:

Input: root = [1,2] Output: 1

Constraints:

  • The number of nodes in the tree is in the range [1, 104].
  • -100 <= Node.val <= 100

Code

Binary Tree Maximum Path Sum 的 recursion 形式是一樣的。

/**
 * Definition for a binary tree node.
 * struct TreeNode {
 *     int val;
 *     TreeNode *left;
 *     TreeNode *right;
 *     TreeNode() : val(0), left(nullptr), right(nullptr) {}
 *     TreeNode(int x) : val(x), left(nullptr), right(nullptr) {}
 *     TreeNode(int x, TreeNode *left, TreeNode *right) : val(x), left(left), right(right) {}
 * };
 */
class Solution {
    int diameter = 0;
public:
    int diameterOfBinaryTree(TreeNode* root) {
        checkDiameter(root);
        return diameter;
    }
 
    int checkDiameter(TreeNode* node) {
        if(!node) return 0;
        int left = checkDiameter(node->left);
        int right = checkDiameter(node->right);
        diameter = max(diameter, left + right);
        return max(left, right) + 1;
    }
};

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