Given a binary tree, check whether it is a mirror of itself (ie, symmetric around its center).
For example, this binary tree is symmetric:
1 / \ 2 2 / \ / \ 3 4 4 3
But the following is not:
1 / \ 2 2 \ \ 3 3
Note:
Bonus points if you could solve it both recursively and iteratively.
confused what "{1,#,2,3}"
means? > read more on how binary tree is serialized on OJ.
OJ's Binary Tree Serialization:
The serialization of a binary tree follows a level order traversal, where '#' signifies a path terminator where no node exists below.
Here's an example:
1 / \ 2 3 / 4 \ 5The above binary tree is serialized as
"{1,2,3,#,#,4,#,#,5}"
.
/**
* 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:
bool isSymmetric(TreeNode* root) {
if(!root) return true;
return dfs(root->left, root->right);
}
bool dfs(TreeNode *left, TreeNode *right)
{
if(!left && !right) return true;
if((!left && right) || (left && !right) || left->val != right->val) return false;
return dfs(left->left, right->right) && dfs(left->right, right->left);
}
};