Binary Tree Level Order Traversal
Given a binary tree, return the level order traversal of its nodes' values. (ie, from left to right, level by level).
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Example
Given binary tree {3,9,20,#,#,15,7},
3
/ \
9 20
/ \
15 7
return its level order traversal as:
[
[3],
[9,20],
[15,7]
]
Solution: BFS
public ArrayList<ArrayList<Integer>> levelOrder(TreeNode root) {
if(root == null) {
return new ArrayList<>();
}
ArrayList<ArrayList<Integer>> res = new ArrayList<ArrayList<Integer>>();
ArrayList<Integer> list = new ArrayList<Integer>();
Queue<TreeNode> queue = new LinkedList<TreeNode>();
queue.add(root);
int cur = 1, next = 0;
while(!queue.isEmpty()) {
TreeNode tmp = queue.poll();
list.add(tmp.val);
cur--;
if(tmp.left != null) {
queue.add(tmp.left);
next++;
}
if(tmp.right != null) {
queue.add(tmp.right);
next++;
}
if(cur == 0) {
cur = next;
next = 0;
res.add(list);
list = new ArrayList<Integer>();
}
}
return res;
}
Binary Tree Level Order Traversal II
Given a binary tree, return the bottom-up level order traversal of its nodes' values. (ie, from left to right, level by level from leaf to root).
Example
Given binary tree {3,9,20,#,#,15,7},
3
/ \
9 20
/ \
15 7
return its bottom-up level order traversal as:
[
[15,7],
[9,20],
[3]
]
Solution: BFS, reverse result at the end
public ArrayList<ArrayList<Integer>> levelOrder(TreeNode root) {
if(root == null) {
return new ArrayList<>();
}
ArrayList<ArrayList<Integer>> res = new ArrayList<ArrayList<Integer>>();
ArrayList<Integer> list = new ArrayList<Integer>();
Queue<TreeNode> queue = new LinkedList<TreeNode>();
queue.add(root);
int cur = 1, next = 0;
while(!queue.isEmpty()) {
TreeNode tmp = queue.poll();
list.add(tmp.val);
cur--;
if(tmp.left != null) {
queue.add(tmp.left);
next++;
}
if(tmp.right != null) {
queue.add(tmp.right);
next++;
}
if(cur == 0) {
cur = next;
next = 0;
res.add(list);
list = new ArrayList<Integer>();
}
}
Collections.reverse(res);
return res;
}