LeetCode - Sum Root to Leaf Numbers

You are given the root of a binary tree containing digits from 0 to 9 only.

Each root-to-leaf path in the tree represents a number.

• For example, the root-to-leaf path 1 -> 2 -> 3 represents the number 123.

Return the total sum of all root-to-leaf numbers. Test cases are generated so that the answer will fit in a 32-bit integer.

A leaf node is a node with no children.

 

Example 1:

Input: root = [1,2,3]
Output: 25
Explanation:
The root-to-leaf path 1->2 represents the number 12.
The root-to-leaf path 1->3 represents the number 13.
Therefore, sum = 12 + 13 = 25.

Example 2:

Input: root = [4,9,0,5,1]
Output: 1026
Explanation:
The root-to-leaf path 4->9->5 represents the number 495.
The root-to-leaf path 4->9->1 represents the number 491.
The root-to-leaf path 4->0 represents the number 40.
Therefore, sum = 495 + 491 + 40 = 1026.

 

Constraints:

• The number of nodes in the tree is in the range [1, 1000].
• 0 <= Node.val <= 9
• The depth of the tree will not exceed 10.

 

My Solution:

# 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 sumNumbers(self, root: Optional[TreeNode]) -> int:
        def paths(root) -> list:
            if not root.left and not root.right:
                return [[str(root.val)]]
            elif root.left and not root.right:
                return [[str(root.val)] + path for path in paths(root.left)]
            elif root.right and not root.left:
                return [[str(root.val)] + path for path in paths(root.right)]
            else:
                return [[str(root.val)] + path for path in paths(root.left)] + [[str(root.val)] + path for path in paths(root.right)]
        
        path_strs = [''.join(path) for path in paths(root)]
        
        return sum([int(path_str) for path_str in path_strs])