Flatten Binary Tree to Linked List

Flatten Binary Tree to Linked List

Given a binary tree, flatten it to a linked list in-place.

For example,
Given

     1
    / \
   2   5
  / \   \
 3   4   6

The flattened tree should look like:

1
 \
  2
  \
   3
    \
     4
      \
       5
        \
         6

Hints:
If you notice carefully in the flattened tree, each node’s right child points to the next node of a pre-order traversal.

如果没有特殊要求，一般二叉树的相关算法都可以递归实现，此题也不例外。
实现函数，扁平化二叉树，并返回叶子结点。代码如下：

void flatten(TreeNode* root) {
    if (root == nullptr) {
        return;
    }
    flattenTree(root);
}
TreeNode* flattenTree(TreeNode* root) {
    if (root->left == nullptr && root->right == nullptr) {
        return root;
    }
    TreeNode *rightEnd;
    if (root->left) {
        auto right = root->right;
        root->right = root->left;
        rightEnd = flattenTree(root->left);
        if (right) {
            rightEnd->right = right;
            rightEnd = flattenTree(right);
        }
        root->left = nullptr;
    } else if (root->right) {
        rightEnd = flattenTree(root->right);
    }
    return rightEnd;
}