# 0687. Longest Univalue Path

<https://leetcode.com/problems/longest-univalue-path>

## Description

Given the `root` of a binary tree, return *the length of the longest path, where each node in the path has the same value*. This path may or may not pass through the root.

**The length of the path** between two nodes is represented by the number of edges between them.

**Example 1:**

![](https://assets.leetcode.com/uploads/2020/10/13/ex1.jpg)

```
**Input:** root = [5,4,5,1,1,5]
**Output:** 2
```

**Example 2:**

![](https://assets.leetcode.com/uploads/2020/10/13/ex2.jpg)

```
**Input:** root = [1,4,5,4,4,5]
**Output:** 2
```

**Constraints:**

* The number of nodes in the tree is in the range `[0, 104]`.
* `-1000 <= Node.val <= 1000`
* The depth of the tree will not exceed `1000`.

## ac

```java
/**
 * Definition for a binary tree node.
 * public class TreeNode {
 *     int val;
 *     TreeNode left;
 *     TreeNode right;
 *     TreeNode(int x) { val = x; }
 * }
 */
class Solution {
    int max;
    public int longestUnivaluePath(TreeNode root) {
        max = 0;
        unilateralLen(root);
        return max;
    }

    private int unilateralLen(TreeNode root) {
        // exit
        if (root == null) return 0;

        int left = unilateralLen(root.left);
        int right = unilateralLen(root.right);

        int l = root.left != null && root.val == root.left.val ? left + 1 : 0;
        int r = root.right != null && root.val == root.right.val ? right + 1 : 0;

        max = Math.max(max, l + r); // update max

        return Math.max(l, r);
    }
}
```


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