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tags: leetcode
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# [112. Path Sum](https://leetcode.com/problems/path-sum/)
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# My Solution
## The Key Idea for Solving This Coding Question
## C++ Code

/**
 * Definition for a binary tree node.
 * struct TreeNode {
 *     int val;
 *     TreeNode *left;
 *     TreeNode *right;
 *     TreeNode() : val(0), left(nullptr), right(nullptr) {}
 *     TreeNode(int x) : val(x), left(nullptr), right(nullptr) {}
 *     TreeNode(int x, TreeNode *left, TreeNode *right) : val(x), left(left), right(right) {}
 * };
 */

class Solution {
public:
    bool hasPathSum(TreeNode *root, int targetSum) {
        if (root == nullptr) {
            return false;
        }

        if (root->left == nullptr && root->right == nullptr && 
            root->val == targetSum) {
            return true;
        }

        return hasPathSum(root->left, targetSum - root->val) ||
               hasPathSum(root->right, targetSum - root->val);
    }
};

## Time Complexity
$O(n)$
$n$ is the number of nodes in the binary tree referred by `root`.
## Space Complexity
$O(H)$
$H$ is the height of the binary tree referred by `root`.
# Miscellane
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[5,4,8,11,null,13,4,7,2,null,null,null,1]
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[1,2,3]
5

[]
0

[1,2]
1

[1]
1

[-2,6,null,0,-6]
4

* Wrong Answer

[1,2]
1

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