Longest Univalue Path

Description

Given a binary tree, find the length of the longest path where each node in the path has the same value. This path may or may not pass through the root.

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

Example 1:

Input:

              5
             / \
            4   5
           / \   \
          1   1   5

Output:

2

Example 2:

Input:

              1
             / \
            4   5
           / \   \
          4   4   5

Output:

2

Note: The given binary tree has not more than 10000 nodes. The height of the tree is not more than 1000.

Tags: TreeRecursion

思路

计算二叉树中最长的连续相同节点所形成的的路径的长度(节点之间边的数量代表长度)。根据二叉树的特性,用深度优先搜索,对连续相同的节点进行计数即可,需要遵循以下原则:

      1
     / \
   [1]  2
   / \
  1   1
 /
1

在所框选的节点上有两条路径连接着。即:

      1            1
     /            /
   [1]          [1]
   /      或      \
  1                1
 /
1

当然,是选择左边的这条较长的路径。

   [1]
   / \
  1   1
 /
1

此时的路径长度等于左边的两条加上右边的一条,总长度为三。

Java:

class Solution {
    private int maxLen = 0;

    public int longestUnivaluePath(TreeNode root) {
        if (root == null) {
            return 0;
        }
        dfs(root, root.val + 1);
        return maxLen;
    }

    private int dfs(TreeNode node, int rootVal) {
        if (node == null) return 0;

        int left = dfs(node.left, node.val);
        int right = dfs(node.right, node.val);

        if (node.val == rootVal) {
            return Math.max(left, right) + 1;
        }

        maxLen = Math.max(maxLen, left + right);

        return 0;
    }
}

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