Branch Sums

Write a function that takes in a Binary Tree and returns a list of its branch sums ordered from leftmost branch sum to rightmost branch sum.

A branch sum is the sum of all values in a Binary Tree branch. A Binary Tree branch is a path of nodes in a tree that starts at the root node and ends at any leaf node.

Each BinaryTree node has an integer value, a left child node, and a right child node. Children nodes can either be BinaryTree nodes themselves or None / null.

Sample Input

tree =     1
        /     \
       2       3
     /   \    /  \
    4     5  6    7
  /   \  /
 8    9 10

tree =     1
        /     \
       2       3
     /   \    /  \
    4     5  6    7
  /   \  /
 8    9 10

Sample Output

[15, 16, 18, 10, 11]
// 15 == 1 + 2 + 4 + 8
// 16 == 1 + 2 + 4 + 9
// 18 == 1 + 2 + 5 + 10
// 10 == 1 + 3 + 6
// 11 == 1 + 3 + 7

[15, 16, 18, 10, 11]
// 15 == 1 + 2 + 4 + 8
// 16 == 1 + 2 + 4 + 9
// 18 == 1 + 2 + 5 + 10
// 10 == 1 + 3 + 6
// 11 == 1 + 3 + 7

Hints

Hint 1

Try traversing the Binary Tree in a depth-first-search-like fashion.

Hint 2

Recursively traverse the Binary Tree in a depth-first-search-like fashion, and pass a running sum of the values of every previously-visited node to each node that you're traversing.

Hint 3

As you recursively traverse the tree, if you reach a leaf node (a node with no "left" or "right" Binary Tree nodes), add the relevant running sum that you've calculated to a list of sums (which you'll also have to pass to the recursive function). If you reach a node that isn't a leaf node, keep recursively traversing its children nodes, passing the correctly updated running sum to them.

Optimal Space & Time Complexity

O(n) time | O(n) space - where n is the number of nodes in the Binary Tree

// This is the class of the input root.
// Do not edit it.
class BinaryTree {
  constructor(value) {
    this.value = value;
    this.left = null;
    this.right = null;
  }
}
 
function branchSums(root) {
	const sums = []
  findSumOfNode(root, 0, sums)
	return sums
}
 
function findSumOfNode(node, runningSum, sums) {
	// create a array of nodes
	if (!node) return;
	
	const newRunningSum = runningSum + node.value;
	if(!node.left && !node.right) {
		sums.push(newRunningSum);
		return;
	}
	
	findSumOfNode(node.left, newRunningSum, sums);
	findSumOfNode(node.right, newRunningSum, sums);
	
}

// This is the class of the input root.
// Do not edit it.
class BinaryTree {
  constructor(value) {
    this.value = value;
    this.left = null;
    this.right = null;
  }
}
 
function branchSums(root) {
	const sums = []
  findSumOfNode(root, 0, sums)
	return sums
}
 
function findSumOfNode(node, runningSum, sums) {
	// create a array of nodes
	if (!node) return;
	
	const newRunningSum = runningSum + node.value;
	if(!node.left && !node.right) {
		sums.push(newRunningSum);
		return;
	}
	
	findSumOfNode(node.left, newRunningSum, sums);
	findSumOfNode(node.right, newRunningSum, sums);
	
}

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