Sum of all parent-child differences in a Binary Tree

Last Updated : 16 Aug, 2022

Given a binary tree, find the sum of all parent-child differences for all the non-leaf nodes of the given binary tree.
Note that parent-child difference is (parent node’s value – (sum of child node’s values)).
Examples:

Input: 
        1
      /   \
     2     3
    / \   / \
   4   5 6   7
          \
           8
Output: -23
1st parent-child difference = 1 -(2 + 3) = -4
2nd parent-child difference = 2 -(4 + 5) = -7
3rd parent-child difference = 3 -(6 + 7) = -10
4th parent-child difference = 6 - 8 = -2
Total sum = -23

Input: 
        1
      /   \
     2     3
      \   /
       5 6
Output: -10

Naive Approach: The idea is to traverse the tree in any fashion and check if the node is the leaf node or not. If the node is non-leaf node, add (node data – sum of children node data) to result.
Efficient Approach: In the final result, a close analysis suggests that each internal node ( nodes which are neither root nor leaf) once gets treated as a child and once as a parent hence their contribution in the final result is zero. Also, the root is only treated as a parent once and in a similar fashion, all leaf nodes are treated as children once. Hence, the final result is (value of root – sum of all leaf nodes).
Below is the implementation of the above approach:

C++

// C++ implementation of the approach
#include <bits/stdc++.h>
using namespace std;
 
// Structure for a binary tree node
struct Node {
    int data;
    Node *left, *right;
};
 
// Returns a new node
Node* newNode(int data)
{
    Node* temp = new Node();
    temp->data = data;
    temp->left = temp->right = NULL;
}
 
// Utility function which calculates
// the sum of all leaf nodes
void leafSumFunc(Node* root, int* leafSum)
{
    if (!root)
        return;
 
    // Add root data to sum if
    // root is a leaf node
    if (!root->left && !root->right)
        *leafSum += root->data;
 
    // Recursively check in the left
    // and the right sub-tree
    leafSumFunc(root->left, leafSum);
    leafSumFunc(root->right, leafSum);
}
 
// Function to return the required result
int sumParentChildDiff(Node* root)
{
 
    // If root is null
    if (!root)
        return 0;
 
    // If only node is the root node
    if (!root->left && !root->right)
        return root->data;
 
    // Find the sum of all the leaf nodes
    int leafSum = 0;
    leafSumFunc(root, &leafSum);
 
    // Root - sum of all the leaf nodes
    return (root->data - leafSum);
}
 
// Driver code
int main()
{
    // Construct binary tree
    Node* root = newNode(1);
    root->left = newNode(2);
    root->left->left = newNode(4);
    root->left->right = newNode(5);
    root->right = newNode(3);
    root->right->right = newNode(7);
    root->right->left = newNode(6);
 
    cout << sumParentChildDiff(root);
 
    return 0;
}

Java

// Java implementation of the approach
class GFG
{
 
// Structure for a binary tree node
static class Node
{
    int data;
    Node left, right;
};
 
// Returns a new node
static Node newNode(int data)
{
    Node temp = new Node();
    temp.data = data;
    temp.left = temp.right = null;
    return temp;
}
static int leafSum;
 
// Utility function which calculates
// the sum of all leaf nodes
static void leafSumFunc(Node root )
{
    if (root == null)
        return;
 
    // Add root data to sum if
    // root is a leaf node
    if (root.left == null && root.right == null)
        leafSum += root.data;
 
    // Recursively check in the left
    // and the right sub-tree
    leafSumFunc(root.left);
    leafSumFunc(root.right);
}
 
// Function to return the required result
static int sumParentChildDiff(Node root)
{
 
    // If root is null
    if (root == null)
        return 0;
 
    // If only node is the root node
    if (root.left == null && root.right == null)
        return root.data;
 
    // Find the sum of all the leaf nodes
    leafSum = 0;
    leafSumFunc(root);
 
    // Root - sum of all the leaf nodes
    return (root.data - leafSum);
}
 
// Driver code
public static void main(String args[])
{
    // Construct binary tree
    Node root = newNode(1);
    root.left = newNode(2);
    root.left.left = newNode(4);
    root.left.right = newNode(5);
    root.right = newNode(3);
    root.right.right = newNode(7);
    root.right.left = newNode(6);
 
    System.out.println( sumParentChildDiff(root));
}
}
 
// This code is contributed by Arnab Kundu

Python3

# Python3 implementation of the approach 
 
# Structure for a binary tree node 
class Node:
     
    def __init__(self, data):
        self.data = data
        self.left = None
        self.right = None
 
# Utility function which calculates 
# the sum of all leaf nodes 
def leafSumFunc(root, leafSum): 
 
    if not root:
        return 0
 
    # Add root data to sum 
    # if root is a leaf node 
    if not root.left and not root.right: 
        leafSum += root.data
         
    # Recursively check in the 
    # left and the right sub-tree 
    leafSum = max(leafSumFunc(root.left, 
                              leafSum), leafSum)
    leafSum = max(leafSumFunc(root.right, 
                              leafSum), leafSum)
    return leafSum
 
# Function to return the required result 
def sumParentChildDiff(root): 
 
    # If root is None 
    if not root: 
        return 0
 
    # If only node is the root node 
    if not root.left and not root.right:
        return root.data 
 
    # Find the sum of all the leaf nodes 
    leafSum = leafSumFunc(root, 0) 
 
    # Root - sum of all the leaf nodes 
    return root.data - leafSum 
 
# Driver code 
if __name__ == "__main__":
 
    # Construct binary tree 
    root = Node(1) 
    root.left = Node(2) 
    root.left.left = Node(4) 
    root.left.right = Node(5) 
    root.right = Node(3) 
    root.right.right = Node(7) 
    root.right.left = Node(6) 
 
    print(sumParentChildDiff(root)) 
 
# This code is contributed by Rituraj Jain

C#

// C# implementation of the approach
using System;
     
class GFG
{
 
// Structure for a binary tree node
public class Node
{
    public int data;
    public Node left, right;
};
 
// Returns a new node
static Node newNode(int data)
{
    Node temp = new Node();
    temp.data = data;
    temp.left = temp.right = null;
    return temp;
}
static int leafSum;
 
// Utility function which calculates
// the sum of all leaf nodes
static void leafSumFunc(Node root )
{
    if (root == null)
        return;
 
    // Add root data to sum if
    // root is a leaf node
    if (root.left == null && root.right == null)
        leafSum += root.data;
 
    // Recursively check in the left
    // and the right sub-tree
    leafSumFunc(root.left);
    leafSumFunc(root.right);
}
 
// Function to return the required result
static int sumParentChildDiff(Node root)
{
 
    // If root is null
    if (root == null)
        return 0;
 
    // If only node is the root node
    if (root.left == null && root.right == null)
        return root.data;
 
    // Find the sum of all the leaf nodes
    leafSum = 0;
    leafSumFunc(root);
 
    // Root - sum of all the leaf nodes
    return (root.data - leafSum);
}
 
// Driver code
public static void Main(String []args)
{
    // Construct binary tree
    Node root = newNode(1);
    root.left = newNode(2);
    root.left.left = newNode(4);
    root.left.right = newNode(5);
    root.right = newNode(3);
    root.right.right = newNode(7);
    root.right.left = newNode(6);
 
    Console.WriteLine( sumParentChildDiff(root));
}
}
 
// This code is contributed by 29AjayKumar

Javascript

<script>
 
    // JavaScript implementation of the approach
     
    // Structure for a binary tree node
    class Node
    {
        constructor(data) {
           this.left = null;
           this.right = null;
           this.data = data;
        }
    }
     
    // Returns a new node
    function newNode(data)
    {
        let temp = new Node(data);
        return temp;
    }
    let leafSum;
 
    // Utility function which calculates
    // the sum of all leaf nodes
    function leafSumFunc(root)
    {
        if (root == null)
            return;
 
        // Add root data to sum if
        // root is a leaf node
        if (root.left == null && root.right == null)
            leafSum += root.data;
 
        // Recursively check in the left
        // and the right sub-tree
        leafSumFunc(root.left);
        leafSumFunc(root.right);
    }
 
    // Function to return the required result
    function sumParentChildDiff(root)
    {
 
        // If root is null
        if (root == null)
            return 0;
 
        // If only node is the root node
        if (root.left == null && root.right == null)
            return root.data;
 
        // Find the sum of all the leaf nodes
        leafSum = 0;
        leafSumFunc(root);
 
        // Root - sum of all the leaf nodes
        return (root.data - leafSum);
    }
     
    // Construct binary tree
    let root = newNode(1);
    root.left = newNode(2);
    root.left.left = newNode(4);
    root.left.right = newNode(5);
    root.right = newNode(3);
    root.right.right = newNode(7);
    root.right.left = newNode(6);
   
    document.write( sumParentChildDiff(root));
     
</script>

Output:

-21

Time complexity: O(N) where N is no of nodes in given binary tree

Maximum parent children sum in Binary tree

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