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 left and right subtrees of every node differ in height by no more than 1.
Example 1:
Given the following tree [3,9,20,null,null,15,7]:
3
/ \
9 20
/ \
15 7
Return true.
Example 2:
Given the following tree [1,2,2,3,3,null,null,4,4]:
1
/ \
2 2
/ \
3 3
/ \
4 4
Return false.
Solution:
/**
* Definition for a binary tree node.
* struct TreeNode {
* int val;
* TreeNode *left;
* TreeNode *right;
* TreeNode() : val(0), left(nullptr), right(nullptr) {}
* TreeNode(int x) : val(x), left(nullptr), right(nullptr) {}
* TreeNode(int x, TreeNode *left, TreeNode *right) : val(x), left(left), right(right) {}
* };
*/
class Solution {
public:
bool isBalanced(TreeNode* root) {
return balancedHeight(root) >= 0;
}
private:
int balancedHeight(TreeNode* root)
{
if(root == nullptr)
return 0;
int left = balancedHeight(root->left);
int right = balancedHeight(root->right);
if(left < 0 || right < 0 || std::abs(left-right) > 1) return -1;
return max(left, right) + 1;
}
};