Count Leaf Nodes
You are given a Binary tree. You have to count and return the number of leaf nodes present in it.
A binary tree is a tree data structure in which each node has at most two children, which are referred to as the left child and the right child
A node is a leaf node if both left and right child nodes of it are NULL.
Input format :
The first line of input contains an integer 'T' representing the number of the test case. Then the test case follows.
The first line of each test case contains elements of the binary tree in the level order form. The input consists of values of nodes separated by a single space in a single line. In case a node is null, we take -1 in its place.
For example, the input for the tree depicted in the below image would be :
20
10 35
5 15 30 42
-1 13 -1 -1 -1 -1 -1
-1 -1
Explanation :
Level 1 :
The root node of the tree is 20
Level 2 :
Left child of 20 = 10
Right child of 20 = 35
Level 3 :
Left child of 10 = 5
Right child of 10 = 15
Left child of 35 = 30
Right child of 35 = 42
Level 4 :
Left child of 5 = null (-1)
Right child of 5 = null (-1)
Left child of 15 = 13
Right child of 15 = null (-1)
Left child of 30 = null (-1)
Right child of 30 = null (-1)
Left child of 42 = null (-1)
Right child of 42 = null (-1)
Level 5 :
Left child of 13 = null (-1)
Right child of 13 = null (-1)
The first not-null node (of the previous level) is treated as the parent of the first two nodes of the current level. The second not-null node (of the previous level) is treated as the parent node for the next two nodes of the current level and so on.
The input ends when all nodes at the last level are null (-1).
Note: Here in this tree nodes 20, 10, 35, 15 are internal nodes as these Nodes have AT LEAST ONE CHILD NODE. While nodes 5, 30, 42, 13 are leaf nodes because they have NO CHILD NODES
Note :
The above format was just to provide clarity on how the input is formed for a given tree.
The sequence will be put together in a single line separated by a single space. Hence, for the above-depicted tree, the input will be given as:
20 10 35 5 15 30 42 -1 13 -1 -1 -1 -1 -1 -1 -1
Input Format
The first line of input contains an integer ‘T’ denoting the number of test cases to run. Then the test case follows.
For each test case, you will be given a reference to the root node.
Output Format
For each test case, return the number of leaf nodes present in the binary tree.
Note:
You do not need to print anything; it has already been taken care of. Just implement the given function.
Constraints:
1 <= T <= 100
1 <= N <=10^3
1 <= data <= 10^9
Time Limit : 1 sec
CodingNinjas
author
2y
Recursive
Let’s define a function COUNTLEAVES that take tree node ROOT as a parameter and do:
- If ROOT is null, return 0.
- If ROOT.LEFT and ROOT.right are both null, return 1.
- Initialize COUNT as COUNTLEAV...read more
CodingNinjas
author
2y
Iterative
- Given a tree node ROOT, initialise a queue of nodes NODEQUEUE and COUNT by 0.
- Push ROOT into NODEQUEUE.
- While NODEQUEUE is not empty do:
- Initialize node TEMP as NODEQUEUE.peek().
- If TEMP.left is ...read more
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