2026/04/11

[LeetCode] 124 Binary Tree Maximum Path Sum

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/**
 * 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 {
private:
  static constexpr int __MIN__ = -55665566;

  int max3(int x0, int x1, int x2) {
    return max(max(x0, x1), x2);
  } 
  int max5(int x0, int x1, int x2, int x3, int x4) {
    return max(max3(x0, x1, x2), max(x3, x4));
  }

  int dfs(TreeNode* node, int& ans) {
    if (!node)
      return __MIN__;
    int left = dfs(node->left, ans);
    int right = dfs(node->right, ans);
    ans = max5(ans,
               node->val, 
               node->val + left, 
               node->val + right, 
               node->val + left + right);
    return max3(node->val,
                node->val + left,
                node->val + right);
  }

public:
  int maxPathSum(TreeNode* root) {
    int ans = __MIN__;
    dfs(root, ans);
    return ans;
  }
};