题目

Given a binary tree, find its maximum depth.
The maximum depth is the number of nodes along the longest path from the root node down to the farthest leaf node.
Note: A leaf is a node with no children.
Example:
Given binary tree [3,9,20,null,null,15,7],
3
/ \
9 20
/ \
15 7
return its depth = 3.

解析

求二叉树的最大深度问题用到深度优先搜索DFS，递归的完美应用，跟求二叉树的最小深度问题原理相同。代码如下：

class Solution {
public:
    int maxDepth(TreeNode* root) {
        if (!root) return 0;
        return 1 + max(maxDepth(root->left), maxDepth(root->right));
    }
};