Maximum Depth of Binary Tree

Given a binary tree, find its maximum depth.

The maximum depth is the number of nodes along the longest path from the root node down to the farthest leaf node.

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给定一个二叉树，找出其最大深度。 
二叉树的深度为根节点到最远叶子节点的距离。

如果二叉树为空，则深度为0 
如果不为空，分别求左子树的深度和右子树的深度，去最大的再加1，因为根节点深度是1，要加进去。

/**
 * Definition for a binary tree node.
 * struct TreeNode {
 *     int val;
 *     TreeNode *left;
 *     TreeNode *right;
 *     TreeNode(int x) : val(x), left(NULL), right(NULL) {}
 * };
 */
class Solution {
public:
    int maxDepth(TreeNode* root) {
        if (NULL == root)
        return 0;
    int l = maxDepth(root->left);
    int r = maxDepth(root->right);

    return l > r ? l + 1:r+1;

    }
};

/**
 * Definition for a binary tree node.
 * struct TreeNode {
 *     int val;
 *     TreeNode *left;
 *     TreeNode *right;
 *     TreeNode(int x) : val(x), left(NULL), right(NULL) {}
 * };
 */
class Solution {
public:
 int height(TreeNode* root) {    
        if(root==NULL)    
            return 0;    
        else{    
            int l=height(root->left);    
            int r=height(root->right);    
            return 1+((l>r)?l:r);    
        }    
    }    
    int maxDepth(TreeNode* root) {
        if (NULL == root)
        return 0;
    int l = height(root->left);
    int r = height(root->right);

    return l > r ? l + 1:r+1;

    }
};