Minimum Depth of Binary Tree.py

'''
Given a binary tree, find its minimum depth.

The minimum depth is the number of nodes along the shortest path from the root node down to the nearest leaf node.

Note: A leaf is a node with no children.

Example:

Given binary tree [3,9,20,null,null,15,7],

    3
   / \
  9  20
    /  \
   15   7
return its minimum depth = 2.
'''

# Definition for a binary tree node.
# class TreeNode(object):
#     def __init__(self, x):
#         self.val = x
#         self.left = None
#         self.right = None

class Solution(object):
    def minDepth(self, root):
        """
        :type root: TreeNode
        :rtype: int
        """
        if not root:
            return 0
        if root.left:
            left = self.minDepth(root.left)
            if root.right:
                right = self.minDepth(root.right)
                return min(left, right) + 1
            else:
                return left + 1
        else:
            if root.right:
                right = self.minDepth(root.right)
                return right + 1
            else:
                return 1