# 814_Binary_Tree_Pruning ###### tags: `leetcode` ## Problem Statement Given the root of a binary tree, return the same tree where every subtree (of the given tree) not containing a 1 has been removed. A subtree of a node node is node plus every node that is a descendant of node. - Example 1: > Input: root = [1,null,0,0,1] Output: [1,null,0,null,1] Explanation: Only the red nodes satisfy the property "every subtree not containing a 1". The diagram on the right represents the answer. - Example 2: > Input: root = [1,0,1,0,0,0,1] Output: [1,null,1,null,1] - Example 3: > Input: root = [1,1,0,1,1,0,1,0] Output: [1,1,0,1,1,null,1] - Constraints: > The number of nodes in the tree is in the range [1, 200]. Node.val is either 0 or 1 ## Solution - It should be done by iteratively looking for the possible one to delete ```cpp= if (root->left!= NULL) root->left= pruneTree(root->left); if (root->right!= NULL) root->right= pruneTree(root->right); ``` - Begin with the last leaf node, delete it if it is 0. ```cpp= if (root->right== NULL&& root->left== NULL) { if (root->val) return root; else return NULL; } ```