103 Binary Tree Zigzag Level Order
Given a binary tree, return the zigzag level order traversal of its nodes' values. (ie, from left to right, then right to left for the next level and alternate between).
binary tree [3,9,20,null,null,15,7],
3
/ \
9 20
/ \
15 7
return its zigzag level order traversal as:
[
[3],
[20,9],
[15,7]
]
Different from the regular level order traversal, we can do the following method in order to present the binary tree in a zigzag format,
- Have a binary flag (boolean variable) to distinguish whether it's leftToRight or rightToLeft
- Update flag after each level
- have two lists, one for current level, one for the next level