Data Structures | Tree Traversals | Question 1

Following function is supposed to calculate the maximum depth or height of a Binary tree -- the number of nodes along the longest path from the root node down to the farthest leaf node.

int maxDepth(struct node* node)
{
   if (node==NULL)
       return 0;
   else
   {
       /* compute the depth of each subtree */
       int lDepth = maxDepth(node->left);
       int rDepth = maxDepth(node->right);
 
       /* use the larger one */
       if (lDepth > rDepth)
           return X;
       else return Y;
   }
}

What should be the values of X and Y so that the function works correctly?

(A)

X = lDepth, Y = rDepth

(B)

X = lDepth + 1, Y = rDepth + 1

(C)

X = lDepth - 1, Y = rDepth -1

(D)

None of the above

Answer

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