222. Count Complete Tree Nodes

1. Description

Given the root of a complete binary tree, return the number of the nodes in the tree.
According to Wikipedia, every level, except possibly the last, is completely filled in a complete binary tree, and all nodes in the last level are as far left as possible. It can have between 1 and 2h nodes inclusive at the last level h.
Design an algorithm that runs in less than O(n) time complexity.

2. Example

Example 1:

Input: root = [1,2,3,4,5,6]
Output: 6

Example 2:
Input: root = []
Output: 0

Example 3:
Input: root = [1]
Output: 1

3. Constraints

  • The number of nodes in the tree is in the range [0, $5 * 10^4$].
  • 0 <= Node.val <= $5 * 10^4$.
  • The tree is guaranteed to be complete.

4. Solutions

Binary Search + Bit

n = nodes of root
Time complexity: O($log^2n$)
Space complexity: O(1)

class Solution {
public:
    int countNodes(TreeNode *root) {
        if (!root) {
            return 0;
        }

        int depth = 0; // include root
        for (auto iter = root; iter; iter = iter->left) {
            ++depth;
        }

        size_t min_count = (1 << (depth - 1));
        size_t max_count = (1 << depth) - 1;
        // for the case we only have a root node, it will not go through the following loop
        // I don't want to write another if statement
        int result = 1; 

        for (int left = min_count, right = max_count, mid = (min_count + max_count) / 2;
             left <= right;) {
            bool has_node = false;

            // if depth is 3, we only need to move 2 times
            // 1 << 0 == 1, so we deduct 1 twice
            int digit = depth - 1 - 1; 
            for (auto iter = root; digit >= 0; --digit) {
                iter = (mid & (1 << digit)) == 0 ? iter->left : iter->right;
                has_node = (iter != nullptr);
            }

            has_node ? result = mid, left = mid + 1 : right = mid - 1;
            mid = (left + right) / 2;
        }

        return result;
    }
};
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