Leetcode 549 Solution

This article provides solution to leetcode question 549 (binary-tree-longest-consecutive-sequence-ii)

https://leetcode.com/problems/binary-tree-longest-consecutive-sequence-ii

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 longestConsecutive(self, root: Optional[TreeNode]) -> int: if not root: return 0
def dfs(node, last_val, diff): if not node: return 0
if last_val is not None and last_val - node.val != diff: return 0
left = dfs(node.left, node.val, diff) right = dfs(node.right, node.val, diff)
return max(left, right) + 1
ans = dfs(root, None, 1) + dfs(root, None, -1) - 1
return max( ans, self.longestConsecutive(root.left), self.longestConsecutive(root.right), )