LeetCode-in-Cpp

101. Symmetric Tree

Easy

Given the root of a binary tree, check whether it is a mirror of itself (i.e., symmetric around its center).

Example 1:

Input: root = [1,2,2,3,4,4,3]

Output: true

Example 2:

Input: root = [1,2,2,null,3,null,3]

Output: false

Constraints:

Follow up: Could you solve it both recursively and iteratively?

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 isSymmetric(TreeNode* root) {
        if (root == nullptr) {
            return true;
        }
        return helper(root->left, root->right);
    }

private:
    bool helper(TreeNode* leftNode, TreeNode* rightNode) {
        if (leftNode == nullptr || rightNode == nullptr) {
            return leftNode == nullptr && rightNode == nullptr;
        }
        if (leftNode->val != rightNode->val) {
            return false;
        }
        return helper(leftNode->left, rightNode->right) && helper(leftNode->right, rightNode->left);
    }
};