Difficulty: Easy
Problem statement:
Given a binary tree, you need to compute the length of the diameter of the tree. The diameter of a binary tree is the length of the longest path between any two nodes in a tree. This path may or may not pass through the root.
Example:
Given a binary tree1 / \ 2 3 / \ 4 5Return 3, which is the length of the path [4,2,1,3] or [5,2,1,3].
Note: The length of path between two nodes is represented by the number of edges between them.
Well folks, it was bound to happen again eventually. I had to throw in the towel on this one and declare defeat.
At first I thought this was a simple problem, but the more I looked at it the more confused I got. Me and Mikayla attempted to whiteboard this one out and had a solution that passed 103/107 testcases, but couldn’t get through them all.
My solution was very close to the correct solution, but not quite as elegant. Also, it didn’t actually work, so I won’t bother posting it :(