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Sum Root to Leaf Numbers

Problem statement

You are given the root of a binary tree containing digits from 0 to 9 only.

Each root-to-leaf path in the tree represents a number.

  • For example, the root-to-leaf path 1 -> 2 -> 3 represents the number 123.

Return the total sum of all root-to-leaf numbers. Test cases are generated so that the answer will fit in a 32-bit integer.

A leaf node is a node with no children.

Example 1:

Input: root = [1,2,3]Output: 25Explanation:The root-to-leaf path 1->2 represents the number 12.The root-to-leaf path 1->3 represents the number 13.Therefore, sum = 12 + 13 = 25.

Example 2:

Input: root = [4,9,0,5,1]Output: 1026Explanation:The root-to-leaf path 4->9->5 represents the number 495.The root-to-leaf path 4->9->1 represents the number 491.The root-to-leaf path 4->0 represents the number 40.Therefore, sum = 495 + 491 + 40 = 1026.

Constraints:

  • The number of nodes in the tree is in the range [1, 1000].
  • 0 <= Node.val <= 9
  • The depth of the tree will not exceed 10.

My 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 sumNumbers = function(root) {
let total = 0;

function dfs(node, tracker) {
// console.log("total", node, total, tracker)
if (!node) {
return total += parseInt(tracker);
}

tracker += node.val

// console.log(tracker)

if (!node.left && !node.right) {
return total += parseInt(tracker);
}

if (node.left) {
dfs(node.left, tracker, total)
}

if (node.right) {
dfs(node.right, tracker, total)
}

return
}

dfs(root, "", total)

return total;
};