Left Side View of a Tree - Amazon Top Interview Questions


Problem Statement :


Given a binary tree root, return the leftmost node's value on each level of the tree.

Constraints

n ≤ 100,000 where n is the number of nodes in root

Example 1

Input

root = [0, [5, null, null], [2, null, [1, null, null]]]

Output

[0, 5, 1]



Solution :



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                        Solution in C++ :

vector<int> solve(Tree* root) {
    vector<int> res;
    queue<Tree*> q;
    q.push(root);
    while (q.size() != 0) {
        int size = q.size();
        for (int i = 0; i < size; i++) {
            Tree* top = q.front();
            q.pop();
            if (i == 0) res.push_back(top->val);
            if (top->left != NULL) q.push(top->left);
            if (top->right != NULL) q.push(top->right);
        }
    }
    return res;
}
                    


                        Solution in Java :

import java.util.*;

/**
 * public class Tree {
 *   int val;
 *   Tree left;
 *   Tree right;
 * }
 */
class Solution {
    List<Integer> list = new ArrayList<>();
    public int[] solve(Tree root) {
        helper(root, 0);
        // converts List<Integer> to int[] array
        return list.stream().mapToInt(Integer::intValue).toArray();
    }

    private void helper(Tree root, int level) {
        if (root != null) {
            if (list.size() == level) {
                list.add(root.val);
            }
            helper(root.left, level + 1);
            helper(root.right, level + 1);
        }
    }
}
                    


                        Solution in Python : 
                            
class Solution:
    def solve(self, root):
        self.hash_map = set()

        self.output = []

        self.traverse(root, 0)

        return self.output

    def traverse(self, node, level):
        if not node:
            return
        if level not in self.hash_map:
            self.hash_map.add(level)
            self.output.append(node.val)

        self.traverse(node.left, level + 1)
        self.traverse(node.right, level + 1)
                    


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