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#102 - Binary Tree Level Order Traversal

Problem Description

Given the root of a binary tree, return the level order traversal of its nodes' values. (i.e., from left to right, level by level).

Solution

/**
 * Definition for a binary tree node.
 * function TreeNode(val, left, right) {
 *     this.val = (val===undefined ? 0 : val)
 *     this.left = (left===undefined ? null : left)
 *     this.right = (right===undefined ? null : right)
 * }
 */
/**
 * @param {TreeNode} root
 * @return {number[][]}
 */
var levelOrder = function(root) {
  const result = [];

  traverse(result, root);

  return result;
};

function traverse(result, node, level = 0) {
  if (!node) {
    return [];
  }

  result[level] = result[level] || [];
  result[level].push(node.val);

  traverse(result, node.left, level + 1);
  traverse(result, node.right, level + 1);
}