Description
Given the root of a binary tree, return the zigzag level order traversal of its nodes' values. (i.e., from left to right, then right to left for the next level and alternate between).
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Example 1:
 
Input: root = [3,9,20,null,null,15,7] Output: [[3],[20,9],[15,7]]
Example 2:
Input: root = [1] Output: [[1]]
Example 3:
Input: root = [] Output: []
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Constraints:
- The number of nodes in the tree is in the range [0, 2000].
- -100 <= Node.val <= 100
Solution
Python3
# Definition for a binary tree node.
# class TreeNode:
#     def __init__(self, val=0, left=None, right=None):
#         self.val = val
#         self.left = left
#         self.right = right
class Solution:
    def zigzagLevelOrder(self, root: Optional[TreeNode]) -> List[List[int]]:
        if not root: return []
        res = []
        r = 0
        queue = collections.deque([root])
        
        while queue:
            l = []
            n = len(queue)
            for _ in range(n):
                node = queue.popleft()
                l.append(node.val)
                
                for leaf in (node.left, node.right):
                    if leaf:
                        queue.append(leaf)
            
            if r: l.reverse()
            res.append(l)
            r ^= 1
        
        return res