[LeetCode] Problem 404 - Sum of Left Leaves

Find the sum of all left leaves in a given binary tree.

Example

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There are two left leaves in the binary tree, with values 9 and 15 respectively. Return 24.

Code

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public class TreeNode {
int val;
TreeNode left;
TreeNode right;
TreeNode(int x) { val = x; }
}
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public int sumOfLeftLeaves(TreeNode root) {
if (root == null)
return 0;

int sum = 0;

if (root.left != null) {
if (root.left.left == null && root.left.right == null)
sum += root.left.val;
else
sum += sumOfLeftLeaves(root.left);
}

sum += sumOfLeftLeaves(root.right);
return sum;
}