110-balanced-binary-tree.py

"""
Problem Link: https://leetcode.com/problems/balanced-binary-tree/

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.
"""
# Definition for a binary tree node.
# class TreeNode(object):
#     def __init__(self, x):
#         self.val = x
#         self.left = None
#         self.right = None

class Solution(object):
    def isBalanced(self, root):
        def check(root):
            if root is None:
                return 0
            left  = check(root.left)
            right = check(root.right)
            if left == -1 or right == -1 or abs(left - right) > 1:
                return -1
            return 1 + max(left, right)
        return check(root) != -1