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1372. Longest ZigZag Path in a Binary Tree
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題目敘述
You are given the root of a binary tree.
A ZigZag path for a binary tree is defined as follow:
- Choose any node in the binary tree and a direction (right or left).
- If the current direction is right, move to the right child of the current node; otherwise, move to the left child.
- Change the direction from right to left or from left to right.
- Repeat the second and third steps until you can’t move in the tree.
Zigzag length is defined as the number of nodes visited - 1. (A single node has a length of 0).
Return the longest ZigZag path contained in that tree.
Example 1

Input: root = [1,null,1,1,1,null,null,1,1,null,1,null,null,null,1,null,1] Output: 3 Explanation: Longest ZigZag path in blue nodes (right -> left -> right).
Example 2

Input: root = [1,1,1,null,1,null,null,1,1,null,1] Output: 4 Explanation: Longest ZigZag path in blue nodes (left -> right -> left -> right).
Example 3:
Input: root = [1] Output: 0
解題思路
Solution
class Solution {
int ans = 0;
public int longestZigZag(TreeNode root) {
dfs(root, false, 0);
dfs(root, true, 0);
return ans;
}
public void dfs(TreeNode node, boolean goLeft, int steps) {
if (node == null) {
return ;
}
ans = Math.max(ans, steps);
if (goLeft) {
dfs(node.left, false, steps + 1);
dfs(node.right, true, 1);
} else {
dfs(node.left, false, 1);
dfs(node.right, true, steps + 1);
}
}
}