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C# || How To Determine If A Binary Tree Is Even Odd Tree Using C#

The following is a module with functions which demonstrates how to determine if a binary tree is an even odd tree using C#.


1. Is Even Odd Tree – Problem Statement

A binary tree is named Even-Odd if it meets the following conditions:

  • The root of the binary tree is at level index 0, its children are at level index 1, their children are at level index 2, etc.
  • For every even-indexed level, all nodes at the level have odd integer values in strictly increasing order (from left to right).
  • For every odd-indexed level, all nodes at the level have even integer values in strictly decreasing order (from left to right).

Given the root of a binary tree, return true if the binary tree is Even-Odd, otherwise return false.

Example 1:


Input: root = [1,10,4,3,null,7,9,12,8,6,null,null,2]
Output: true
Explanation: The node values on each level are:
Level 0: [1]
Level 1: [10,4]
Level 2: [3,7,9]
Level 3: [12,8,6,2]
Since levels 0 and 2 are all odd and increasing and levels 1 and 3 are all even and decreasing, the tree is Even-Odd.

Example 2:


Input: root = [5,4,2,3,3,7]
Output: false
Explanation: The node values on each level are:
Level 0: [5]
Level 1: [4,2]
Level 2: [3,3,7]
Node values in level 2 must be in strictly increasing order, so the tree is not Even-Odd.

Example 3:


Input: root = [5,9,1,3,5,7]
Output: false
Explanation: Node values in the level 1 should be even integers.


2. Is Even Odd Tree – Solution

The following is a solution which demonstrates how to determine if a binary tree is an even odd tree.

This solution uses breadth-first search.

QUICK NOTES:
The highlighted lines are sections of interest to look out for.

The code is heavily commented, so no further insight is necessary. If you have any questions, feel free to leave a comment below.

Once compiled, you should get this as your output for the example cases:


true
false
false