class TreeNode: def __init__(self, val): self.val = val self.left = None self.right = None def deepestLeavesSum(root): map = {} def dfs(root, depth): map[depth] = root.val + map.get(depth, 0) if root.left: dfs(root.left, depth+1) if root.right: dfs(root.right, depth+1) dfs(root, 0) return map[max(map)] root = TreeNode(1) root.left = TreeNode(2) root.right = TreeNode(3) root.left.left = TreeNode(4) root.left.right = TreeNode(5) print deepestLeavesSum(root)