Subtree of Another Tree
Detailed guide and Python implementation for the 'Subtree of Another Tree' problem.
Problem Statement
Given the roots of two binary trees root and subRoot, return true if there is a subtree of root with the same structure and node values of subRoot and false otherwise.
A subtree of a binary tree tree is a tree that consists of a node in tree and all of this node's descendants. The tree tree could also be considered as a subtree of itself.
The trees are represented as level-order lists. Implement a function isSubtree(root: list, subRoot: list) -> bool.
- •The number of nodes in the root tree is in the range [1, 2000]
- •The number of nodes in the subRoot tree is in the range [1, 1000]
- •-10000 <= root.val <= 10000
- •-10000 <= subRoot.val <= 10000
Examples
[3,4,5,1,2], [4,1,2]
True
The subtree rooted at node 4 in the main tree matches subRoot exactly.
[3,4,5,1,2,None,None,None,None,0], [4,1,2]
False
The subtree rooted at 4 in the main tree has an extra node 0 under 2, so it doesn't match subRoot.
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Edge Cases to Watch
- Empty input structures
- Single element inputs
- Large numerical bounds
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