112. Path Sum
https://leetcode.com/problems/path-sum/
Given a binary tree and a sum, determine if the tree has a root-to-leaf path such that adding up all the values along the path equals the given sum.
Note: A leaf is a node with no children.
Example:
Given the below binary tree and
sum = 22,5 / \ 4 8 / / \ 11 13 4 / \ \ 7 2 1
return true, as there exist a root-to-leaf path
5->4->11->2 which sum is 22.
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Intuition
Base case - If node is null, no path exists - return false
Since we are returning false, and problem statement requires existence of a path, we will
- Explore each path to the end => DFS => recursion
- Combine results of exploring each path with an OR operation
If node is leaf, and value = target => return true
For every other case recurse on left and right child, and combine results with an OR
If node is leaf, and value !=target, recursion will run to null nodes, and results with combine false, or false resulting in false for the left node
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Related problems
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