257. Binary Tree Paths

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Problem

Given the root of a binary tree, return **all root-to-leaf paths in *any order***.

A leaf is a node with no children.

  Example 1:

Input: root = [1,2,3,null,5]
Output: ["1->2->5","1->3"]

Example 2:

Input: root = [1]
Output: ["1"]

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Solution

/**
 * 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 {
    private List<String> result;
    private StringBuilder sb;

    public List<String> binaryTreePaths(TreeNode root) {
        result = new ArrayList<>();
        if (root == null) {
            return result;
        }
        sb = new StringBuilder();
        walkThrough(root);
        return result;
    }

    private void walkThrough(TreeNode root) {
        assert root != null;
        int length = sb.length();
        sb.append(root.val);
        length = sb.length() - length;
        if (root.left == null && root.right == null) {
            // leaf node.
            result.add(sb.toString());
            sb.delete(sb.length() - length, sb.length());
            return;
        }
        sb.append("->");
        length += 2;
        if (root.left != null) {
            walkThrough(root.left);
        }
        if (root.right != null) {
            walkThrough(root.right);
        }
        sb.delete(sb.length() - length, sb.length());
    }
}

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