Leetcode–Maximum Depth of Binary Tree

The Problem:

Given a binary tree, find its maximum depth.

The maximum depth is the number of nodes along the longest path from the root node down to the farthest leaf node.

Notes:

1. Basic question.

Java Solution

/**
 * Definition for binary tree
 * public class TreeNode {
 *     int val;
 *     TreeNode left;
 *     TreeNode right;
 *     TreeNode(int x) { val = x; }
 * }
 */
public class Solution {
    public int maxDepth(TreeNode root) {
        if(root== null) return 0;
        return getMax(root, 1);
    }
    private int getMax(TreeNode root, int depth){
        if(root.left== null && root.right==null)
            return depth;
        int left=depth;
        int right = depth;
        if(root.left!= null)
            left = getMax(root.left, depth+1);
        if(root.right!= null)
            right = getMax(root.right, depth+1);
        
        return Math.max(left , right);
    }
}

A simpler one.

/**
 * Definition for binary tree
 * public class TreeNode {
 *     int val;
 *     TreeNode left;
 *     TreeNode right;
 *     TreeNode(int x) { val = x; }
 * }
 */
public class Solution {
    public int maxDepth(TreeNode root) {
        if(root== null) return 0;
        int left = maxDepth(root.left);
        int right = maxDepth(root.right);
        return Math.max(left, right)+1;
    }
    
}

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