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1666. Change the Root of a Binary Tree
Description
Given the root of a binary tree and a leaf node, reroot the tree so that the leaf is the new root.
You can reroot the tree with the following steps for each node cur on the path starting from the leaf up to the root excluding the root:
- If
curhas a left child, then that child becomescur's right child. cur's original parent becomescur's left child. Note that in this process the original parent's pointer tocurbecomesnull, making it have at most one child.
Return the new root of the rerooted tree.
Note: Ensure that your solution sets the Node.parent pointers correctly after rerooting or you will receive "Wrong Answer".
Example 1:

Input: root = [3,5,1,6,2,0,8,null,null,7,4], leaf = 7 Output: [7,2,null,5,4,3,6,null,null,null,1,null,null,0,8]
Example 2:
Input: root = [3,5,1,6,2,0,8,null,null,7,4], leaf = 0 Output: [0,1,null,3,8,5,null,null,null,6,2,null,null,7,4]
Constraints:
- The number of nodes in the tree is in the range
[2, 100]. -109 <= Node.val <= 109- All
Node.valare unique. leafexist in the tree.
Solutions
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/* // Definition for a Node. class Node { public int val; public Node left; public Node right; public Node parent; }; */ class Solution { public Node flipBinaryTree(Node root, Node leaf) { Node cur = leaf; Node p = cur.parent; while (cur != root) { Node gp = p.parent; if (cur.left != null) { cur.right = cur.left; } cur.left = p; p.parent = cur; if (p.left == cur) { p.left = null; } else if (p.right == cur) { p.right = null; } cur = p; p = gp; } leaf.parent = null; return leaf; } } -
/* // Definition for a Node-> class Node { public: int val; Node* left; Node* right; Node* parent; }; */ class Solution { public: Node* flipBinaryTree(Node* root, Node* leaf) { Node* cur = leaf; Node* p = cur->parent; while (cur != root) { Node* gp = p->parent; if (cur->left) { cur->right = cur->left; } cur->left = p; p->parent = cur; if (p->left == cur) { p->left = nullptr; } else if (p->right == cur) { p->right = nullptr; } cur = p; p = gp; } leaf->parent = nullptr; return leaf; } }; -
""" # Definition for a Node. class Node: def __init__(self, val): self.val = val self.left = None self.right = None self.parent = None """ class Solution: def flipBinaryTree(self, root: "Node", leaf: "Node") -> "Node": cur = leaf p = cur.parent while cur != root: gp = p.parent if cur.left: cur.right = cur.left cur.left = p p.parent = cur if p.left == cur: p.left = None elif p.right == cur: p.right = None cur = p p = gp leaf.parent = None return leaf -
/** * // Definition for a Node. * function Node(val) { * this.val = val; * this.left = null; * this.right = null; * this.parent = null; * }; */ /** * @param {Node} node * @return {Node} */ var flipBinaryTree = function (root, leaf) { let cur = leaf; let p = cur.parent; while (cur != root) { const gp = p.parent; if (cur.left != null) { cur.right = cur.left; } cur.left = p; p.parent = cur; if (p.left == cur) { p.left = null; } else if (p.right == cur) { p.right = null; } cur = p; p = gp; } leaf.parent = null; return leaf; }; -
/* // Definition for a Node. public class Node { public int val; public Node left; public Node right; public Node parent; } */ public class Solution { public Node FlipBinaryTree(Node root, Node leaf) { Node cur = leaf; Node p = cur.parent; while (cur != root) { Node gp = p.parent; if (cur.left != null) { cur.right = cur.left; } cur.left = p; p.parent = cur; if (p.left == cur) { p.left = null; } else if (p.right == cur) { p.right = null; } cur = p; p = gp; } leaf.parent = null; return leaf; } }