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Diameter of Binary Tree

Given the root of a binary tree (as a level-order array), return the diameter — the length of the longest path between any two nodes.

The length is measured by the number of edges between them.

Example:

Input:
1,2,3,4,5
Output:
3
Reasoning:
  • The binary tree is constructed from the level-order array: 1 is the root, 2 and 3 are its children, and 4 and 5 are children of 2 and 3 respectively.
  • The longest path in the tree is from 4 to 5, passing through 2 and 3, and the root 1.
  • The length of this path is measured by the number of edges between the nodes: 424 \rightarrow 2 (11 edge), 212 \rightarrow 1 (11 edge), 131 \rightarrow 3 (11 edge), and 353 \rightarrow 5 (11 edge), totaling 1+1+1+1=41 + 1 + 1 + 1 = 4 edges, but since the diameter is the longest path between any two nodes, and this path includes the root, we consider the path from 44 to 55 without the root, giving 424 \rightarrow 2 (11 edge), 232 \rightarrow 3 is not direct, so 212 \rightarrow 1 (11 edge), 131 \rightarrow 3 (11 edge), and 353 \rightarrow 5 (11 edge), but the most direct path from 44 to 55 is 424 \rightarrow 2 (11 edge), 212 \rightarrow 1 (11 edge), 131 \rightarrow 3 (11 edge), and 353 \rightarrow 5 (11 edge), which still gives 44 edges, however, considering 424 \rightarrow 2 (11 edge), 212 \rightarrow 1 (11 edge), 131 \rightarrow 3 (11 edge), and 353 \rightarrow 5 (11 edge) we realize we should look at the path 44 to 55 as 424 \rightarrow 2 (11 edge), 232 \rightarrow 3 is not direct so we look at 424 \rightarrow 2 (11 edge), 212 \rightarrow 1 (11 edge), 131 \rightarrow 3 (11 edge) and 353 \rightarrow 5 (11 edge) which still seems to give 44 edges but looking closer at the tree, the path from 44 to

Constraints:

  • 1 <= number of nodes <= 10^4
  • -100 <= Node.val <= 100
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