# 1325. Delete Leaves With a Given Value

<https://leetcode.com/problems/delete-leaves-with-a-given-value>

## Description

Given a binary tree `root` and an integer `target`, delete all the **leaf nodes** with value `target`.

Note that once you delete a leaf node with value `target`\*\*,\*\*if it's parent node becomes a leaf node and has the value `target`, it should also be deleted (you need to continue doing that until you can't).

**Example 1:**

![](https://assets.leetcode.com/uploads/2020/01/09/sample_1_1684.png)

```
**Input:** root = [1,2,3,2,null,2,4], target = 2
**Output:** [1,null,3,null,4]
**Explanation:** Leaf nodes in green with value (target = 2) are removed (Picture in left). 
After removing, new nodes become leaf nodes with value (target = 2) (Picture in center).
```

**Example 2:**

![](https://assets.leetcode.com/uploads/2020/01/09/sample_2_1684.png)

```
**Input:** root = [1,3,3,3,2], target = 3
**Output:** [1,3,null,null,2]
```

**Example 3:**

![](https://assets.leetcode.com/uploads/2020/01/15/sample_3_1684.png)

```
**Input:** root = [1,2,null,2,null,2], target = 2
**Output:** [1]
**Explanation:** Leaf nodes in green with value (target = 2) are removed at each step.
```

**Example 4:**

```
**Input:** root = [1,1,1], target = 1
**Output:** []
```

**Example 5:**

```
**Input:** root = [1,2,3], target = 1
**Output:** [1,2,3]
```

**Constraints:**

* `1 <= target <= 1000`
* The given binary tree will have between `1` and `3000` nodes.
* Each node's value is between `[1, 1000]`.

## ac

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