Skip to content
    SeaCode
    Learning tracksCode ArenaWorkshops & EventsInstructors
    Log inSign up
    Practice problems / Diameter of a binary tree

    Diameter of a binary tree

    Easytreedfsrecursion

    The diameter is the number of edges (not nodes) on the longest path between any two nodes. The path may not pass through the root.

    Examples write a tree level by level, with null for a missing child: [3,9,20,null,null,15,7].

    Example 1

    Input:  root = [1,2,3,4,5]
    Output: 3

    The path 4 → 2 → 1 → 3 has 3 edges.

    Example 2

    Input:  root = [1,2]
    Output: 1

    Constraints

    • 1 ≤ number of nodes ≤ 10⁴
    • -100 ≤ Node.val ≤ 100

    Submit checks your solution against 7 tests, including hidden ones.

    // Provided by the judge: keep these definitions
    class TreeNode {
      constructor(val = 0, left = null, right = null) {
        this.val = val
        this.left = left
        this.right = right
      }
    }
    
    /**
     * @param {TreeNode|null} root
     * @return {int}
     */
    function diameterOfBinaryTree(root) {
      
    }
    
    Sign in to run
    SeaCode

    Learn to code for real, online or at our branch in front of Cairo University, Giza.

    Learn

    • All courses
    • Interactive tutorials
    • Interview practice problems
    • Mock interview
    • Learning tracks
    • Code Arena
    • Workshops & Events
    • Knowledge library
    • Team projects

    Your account

    • Log in
    • Sign up
    • Learning plan
    • Certificates
    • Site map

    Contact us

    • WhatsApp
    • 010 9094 1104
    • In front of Cairo University, Giza

    © 2026 SeaCode. All rights reserved.