问题:
Given a binary tree, determine if it is height-balanced.
For this problem, a height-balanced binary tree is defined as a binary tree in which the depth of the two subtrees of every node never differ by more than 1.
思路: 对每个非叶子节点检查其左右子树的高度差<=1。需要用到两个递归。 检查非叶子节点的顺序可以用DFS,利用DFS可以知道树的高度。
/**
* Definition for binary tree
* struct TreeNode {
* int val;
* TreeNode *left;
* TreeNode *right;
* TreeNode(int x) : val(x), left(NULL), right(NULL) {}
* };
*/
class Solution {
public:
int height(TreeNode *node) {
if(node == NULL)
return 0;
//leaf
if(node->left == NULL && node->right == NULL)
return 1;
//non-leaf
return max(height(node->left), height(node->right)) + 1;
}
bool isBalanced(TreeNode *root) {
if(root == NULL)
return true;
int depth = abs(height(root->left) - height(root->right));
if(depth < 2)
return (isBalanced(root->left) && isBalanced(root->right));
else
return false;
}
};