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Path Sum III

Given the root of a binary tree and an integer targetSum, return the number of paths where the sum of the values along the path equals targetSum.

The path does not need to start or end at the root or a leaf, but it must go downwards (i.e., traveling only from parent nodes to child nodes).

    public int pathSum(TreeNode root, int sum) {
        HashMap<Integer, Integer> preSum = new HashMap();
        preSum.put(0,1);
        return helper(root, 0, sum, preSum);
    }
    
    public int helper(TreeNode root, int currSum, int target, HashMap<Integer, Integer> preSum) {
        if (root == null) {
            return 0;
        }
        
        currSum += root.val;
        int res = preSum.getOrDefault(currSum - target, 0);
        preSum.put(currSum, preSum.getOrDefault(currSum, 0) + 1);
        
        res += helper(root.left, currSum, target, preSum) + helper(root.right, currSum, target, preSum);
        preSum.put(currSum, preSum.get(currSum) - 1);
        return res;
    }

Posted by Jamie Meyer 9 months ago

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