Minimum Depth of Binary Tree
Given a binary tree, find its minimum depth.
The minimum depth is the number of nodes along the shortest path from the root node down to the nearest leaf node.
/** * Definition for binary tree * struct TreeNode { * int val; * TreeNode *left; * TreeNode *right; * TreeNode(int x) : val(x), left(NULL), right(NULL) {} * }; */ class Solution { public: int minDepth(TreeNode *root) { if(root==NULL) return 0; if(root->right==NULL && root->left==NULL) return 1; if(root->right==NULL) return 1+minDepth(root->left); if(root->left==NULL) return 1+minDepth(root->right); int dep1=1+minDepth(root->left); int dep2=1+minDepth(root->right); return dep1<dep2?dep1:dep2; } };