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| 1 | +# Flatten binary tree to linked list |
| 2 | +## Medium |
| 3 | +<div class="problems_problem_content__Xm_eO"><p><span style="font-size:18px">Given the root of a binary tree, flatten the tree into a "linked list":</span></p> |
| 4 | + |
| 5 | +<ul> |
| 6 | + <li><span style="font-size:18px">The "linked list" should use the same Node class where the right child pointer points to the next node in the list and the left child pointer is always null.</span></li> |
| 7 | + <li><span style="font-size:18px">The "linked list" should be in the same order as a pre-order traversal of the binary tree.</span></li> |
| 8 | +</ul> |
| 9 | + |
| 10 | +<p><strong><span style="font-size:18px">Example 1:</span></strong></p> |
| 11 | + |
| 12 | +<pre><span style="font-size:18px"><strong>Input : </strong> |
| 13 | + 1 |
| 14 | + / \ |
| 15 | + 2 5 |
| 16 | + / \ \ |
| 17 | + 3 4 6</span> |
| 18 | +<span style="font-size:18px"><strong>Output :</strong> |
| 19 | +1 2 3 4 5 6 |
| 20 | +<strong>Explanation: </strong> |
| 21 | +After flattening, the tree looks |
| 22 | +like this |
| 23 | + 1 |
| 24 | + \ |
| 25 | + 2 |
| 26 | + \ |
| 27 | + 3 |
| 28 | + \ |
| 29 | + 4 |
| 30 | + \ |
| 31 | + 5 |
| 32 | + \ |
| 33 | + 6 |
| 34 | +Here, left of each node points |
| 35 | +to NULL and right contains the |
| 36 | +next node in preorder.The inorder |
| 37 | +traversal of this flattened tree |
| 38 | +is 1 2 3 4 5 6.</span></pre> |
| 39 | + |
| 40 | +<p><strong><span style="font-size:18px">Example 2:</span></strong></p> |
| 41 | + |
| 42 | +<pre><span style="font-size:18px"><strong>Input :</strong> |
| 43 | + 1 |
| 44 | + / \ |
| 45 | + 3 4 |
| 46 | + / |
| 47 | + 2 |
| 48 | + \ |
| 49 | + 5 |
| 50 | +<strong>Output :</strong> |
| 51 | +1 3 4 2 5 |
| 52 | +<strong>Explanation : </strong> |
| 53 | +After flattening, the tree looks |
| 54 | +like this |
| 55 | + 1 |
| 56 | + \ |
| 57 | + 3 |
| 58 | + \ |
| 59 | + 4 |
| 60 | + \ |
| 61 | + 2 |
| 62 | + \ |
| 63 | + 5 |
| 64 | +Here, left of each node points |
| 65 | +to NULL and right contains the |
| 66 | +next node in preorder.The inorder |
| 67 | +traversal of this flattened tree |
| 68 | +is 1 3 4 2 5.</span></pre> |
| 69 | + |
| 70 | +<div><strong><span style="font-size:18px">Your task:</span></strong></div> |
| 71 | + |
| 72 | +<div><span style="font-size:18px">You don't have to read input or print anything. Your task is to complete the function flatten() which takes the root of the tree and flattens the tree into a linkes list without using any auxiliary space.</span></div> |
| 73 | + |
| 74 | +<div><span style="font-size:18px">Note : The driver code prints the inorder traversal of the flattened binary tree.</span></div> |
| 75 | + |
| 76 | +<div> </div> |
| 77 | + |
| 78 | +<div><span style="font-size:18px"><strong>Expected Time Complexity: </strong>O(n)</span></div> |
| 79 | + |
| 80 | +<div><span style="font-size:18px"><strong>Expected Auxiliary Space:</strong> O(1)</span></div> |
| 81 | + |
| 82 | +<div> </div> |
| 83 | + |
| 84 | +<div><strong><span style="font-size:18px">Constraints :</span></strong></div> |
| 85 | + |
| 86 | +<div><span style="font-size:18px">1<=n<=10^5</span></div> |
| 87 | + |
| 88 | +<div> </div> |
| 89 | +</div> |
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