110. Balanced Binary Tree

Problem:

Given a binary tree, determine if it is height-balanced.

For this problem, a height-balanced binary tree is defined as:

a binary tree in which the depth of the two subtrees of every node never differ by more than 1.

Example 1:

Given the following tree [3,9,20,null,null,15,7]:

    3
   / \
  9  20
    /  \
   15   7

Return true.

Example 2:

Given the following tree [1,2,2,3,3,null,null,4,4]:

       1
      / \
     2   2
    / \
   3   3
  / \
 4   4

Return false.

Solution:

Get the depth of subtrees and compare. Prune the DFS tree by returning -1.

/**
 * Definition for a binary tree node.
 * function TreeNode(val) {
 *     this.val = val;
 *     this.left = this.right = null;
 * }
 */
/**
 * @param {TreeNode} root
 * @return {boolean}
 */
var isBalanced = function(root) {
  return getDepth(root) >= 0
};

function getDepth (root) {
  if (!root) { return 0 }
  const leftDepth = getDepth(root.left)
  if (leftDepth < 0) { return -1 }
  const rightDepth = getDepth(root.right)
  if (rightDepth < 0) { return -1 }
  return Math.abs(leftDepth - rightDepth) <= 1 ? Math.max(leftDepth, rightDepth) + 1 : -1
}