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class TreeNode:
def __init__(self, val):
self.val = val
self.left = None
self.right = None
'''
A tree is balanced if the height of the left and right subtrees do not differ by more than 1
two approaches given by: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LU4fGD-fgJQ
this is approach #1 (inefficient because all nodes will call the height() function)
'''
def isTreeBalanced(root):
if not root:
return True
leftHeight = height(root.left)
rightHeight = height(root.right)
if abs( leftHeight - rightHeight ) <= 1 and isTreeBalanced(root.left) and isTreeBalanced(root.right):
return True
return False
'''
this is the function to get height of any node
'''
def height(root):
if not root:
return 1
else:
return 1 + max( height(root.left), height(root.right) )
root = TreeNode(1)
root.left = TreeNode(2)
root.right = TreeNode(3)
root.right.right = TreeNode(20)
# root.right.right.right = TreeNode(20)
print( isTreeBalanced(root) )