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513. Find Bottom Left Tree Value 👍

Approach 1: BFS

  • Time: $O(n)$
  • Space: $O(n)$
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class Solution {
 public:
  int findBottomLeftValue(TreeNode* root) {
    queue<TreeNode*> q{{root}};
    TreeNode* node = nullptr;

    while (!q.empty()) {
      node = q.front();
      q.pop();
      if (node->right)
        q.push(node->right);
      if (node->left)
        q.push(node->left);
    }

    return node->val;
  }
};

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class Solution {
  public int findBottomLeftValue(TreeNode root) {
    Queue<TreeNode> q = new ArrayDeque<>(Arrays.asList(root));
    TreeNode node = null;

    while (!q.isEmpty()) {
      node = q.poll();
      if (node.right != null)
        q.offer(node.right);
      if (node.left != null)
        q.offer(node.left);
    }

    return node.val;
  }
}

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class Solution:
  def findBottomLeftValue(self, root: Optional[TreeNode]) -> int:
    q = collections.deque([root])

    while q:
      root = q.popleft()
      if root.right:
        q.append(root.right)
      if root.left:
        q.append(root.left)

    return root.val

Approach 2: DFS

  • Time: $O(n)$
  • Space: $O(h)$
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class Solution {
 public:
  int findBottomLeftValue(TreeNode* root) {
    int ans = 0;
    dfs(root, 1, 0, ans);
    return ans;
  }

 private:
  void dfs(TreeNode* root, int depth, int&& maxDepth, int& ans) {
    if (root == nullptr)
      return;
    if (depth > maxDepth) {
      maxDepth = depth;
      ans = root->val;
    }

    dfs(root->left, depth + 1, move(maxDepth), ans);
    dfs(root->right, depth + 1, move(maxDepth), ans);
  }
};

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class Solution {
  public int findBottomLeftValue(TreeNode root) {
    dfs(root, 1);
    return ans;
  }

  private int ans = 0;
  private int maxDepth = 0;

  private void dfs(TreeNode root, int depth) {
    if (root == null)
      return;
    if (depth > maxDepth) {
      maxDepth = depth;
      ans = root.val;
    }

    dfs(root.left, depth + 1);
    dfs(root.right, depth + 1);
  }
}

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class Solution:
  def findBottomLeftValue(self, root: Optional[TreeNode]) -> int:
    ans = 0
    maxDepth = 0

    def dfs(root: Optional[TreeNode], depth: int) -> None:
      nonlocal ans
      nonlocal maxDepth
      if not root:
        return
      if depth > maxDepth:
        maxDepth = depth
        ans = root.val

      dfs(root.left, depth + 1)
      dfs(root.right, depth + 1)

    dfs(root, 1)
    return ans