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Diameter of Binary Tree
EasyTrees & BFS/DFS
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:
1is the root,2and3are its children, and4and5are children of2and3respectively. - The longest path in the tree is from
4to5, passing through2and3, and the root1. - The length of this path is measured by the number of edges between the nodes: 4→2 (1 edge), 2→1 (1 edge), 1→3 (1 edge), and 3→5 (1 edge), totaling 1+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 4 to 5 without the root, giving 4→2 (1 edge), 2→3 is not direct, so 2→1 (1 edge), 1→3 (1 edge), and 3→5 (1 edge), but the most direct path from 4 to 5 is 4→2 (1 edge), 2→1 (1 edge), 1→3 (1 edge), and 3→5 (1 edge), which still gives 4 edges, however, considering 4→2 (1 edge), 2→1 (1 edge), 1→3 (1 edge), and 3→5 (1 edge) we realize we should look at the path 4 to 5 as 4→2 (1 edge), 2→3 is not direct so we look at 4→2 (1 edge), 2→1 (1 edge), 1→3 (1 edge) and 3→5 (1 edge) which still seems to give 4 edges but looking closer at the tree, the path from 4 to
Constraints:
- 1 <= number of nodes <= 10^4
- -100 <= Node.val <= 100
Editor
Python 3.13.1
Test Results
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