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Zigzag Binary Tree Printing
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Zigzag Binary Tree Printing

MediumPython

Problem

How would you print a binary tree in zigzag manner?

Implement zigzag_level_order(root) using breadth-first traversal. The input is a nested dictionary with keys val, left, and right, or None; return a list of levels, alternating traversal direction from left to right and right to left.

The function should return an empty list for an empty tree and must not modify the input tree.

Constraints

  • 0 <= number of nodes <= 1000
  • Each node contains an integer value
  • The input is a binary tree represented by nested dictionaries with keys val, left, and right
  • The input tree is not modified

Function Signature

def zigzag_level_order(root):
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