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Invert Binary Tree

LeetCode https://leetcode.cn/problems/invert-binary-tree/

Recursive

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/**
 * Definition for a binary tree node.
 * public class TreeNode {
 *     int val;
 *     TreeNode left;
 *     TreeNode right;
 *     TreeNode() {}
 *     TreeNode(int val) { this.val = val; }
 *     TreeNode(int val, TreeNode left, TreeNode right) {
 *         this.val = val;
 *         this.left = left;
 *         this.right = right;
 *     }
 * }
 */
class Solution {

    public TreeNode invertTree(TreeNode root) {

        // base case
        if (root == null) {
            return root;
        }

        TreeNode temp = root.left;
        root.left = root.right;
        root.right = temp;

        invertTree(root.left);
        invertTree(root.right);

        return root;
    }
}
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/**
 * Definition for a binary tree node.
 * public class TreeNode {
 *     int val;
 *     TreeNode left;
 *     TreeNode right;
 *     TreeNode() {}
 *     TreeNode(int val) { this.val = val; }
 *     TreeNode(int val, TreeNode left, TreeNode right) {
 *         this.val = val;
 *         this.left = left;
 *         this.right = right;
 *     }
 * }
 */
class Solution {
    
    public TreeNode invertTree(TreeNode root) {

        // base case
        if (root == null) {
            return root;
        }

        TreeNode left = invertTree(root.left);
        TreeNode right = invertTree(root.right);

        root.left = right;
        root.right = left;

        return root;
    }
}

Complexity

  • Time = O(n)
  • Space = O(height)

Iterative

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/**
 * Definition for a binary tree node.
 * public class TreeNode {
 *     int val;
 *     TreeNode left;
 *     TreeNode right;
 *     TreeNode() {}
 *     TreeNode(int val) { this.val = val; }
 *     TreeNode(int val, TreeNode left, TreeNode right) {
 *         this.val = val;
 *         this.left = left;
 *         this.right = right;
 *     }
 * }
 */
class Solution {
    public TreeNode invertTree(TreeNode root) {

        if (root == null) {
            return root;
        }
        
        Queue<TreeNode> queue = new LinkedList<>();
        queue.offer(root);
        
        while (!queue.isEmpty()) {
            int size = queue.size();
            for (int i = 0; i < size; i++) {
                TreeNode node = queue.poll();
                if (node.left != null) {
                    queue.offer(node.left);
                }
                if (node.right != null) {
                    queue.offer(node.right);
                }
                invertHelper(node);
            }
        }
        return root;
    }

    private void invertHelper(TreeNode root) {

        if (root == null) {
            return;
        }

        TreeNode temp = root.left;
        root.left = root.right;
        root.right = temp;
    }
}

Complexity

  • Time = O(n)
  • Space = O(n)
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