Leetcode 1207 Solution

This article provides solution to leetcode question 1207 (delete-nodes-and-return-forest)
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https://leetcode.com/problems/delete-nodes-and-return-forest

Solution

# Definition for a binary tree node.
# class TreeNode:
#     def __init__(self, val=0, left=None, right=None):
#         self.val = val
#         self.left = left
#         self.right = right
class Solution:
    def delNodes(self, root: TreeNode, to_delete: List[int]) -> List[TreeNode]:
        ans = []



        to_delete = set(to_delete)



        def del_nodes(node, to_add):
            if node is None:
                return



            if node.val in to_delete:
                node.left = del_nodes(node.left, True)
                node.right = del_nodes(node.right, True)
                return None
            else:
                if to_add:
                    ans.append(node)



                node.left = del_nodes(node.left, False)
                node.right = del_nodes(node.right, False)
                return node



        del_nodes(root, True)



        return ans