<p>Given the <code>root</code> of a binary tree, return <em>the length of the <strong>diameter</strong> of the tree</em>.</p>

<p>The <strong>diameter</strong> of a binary tree is the <strong>length</strong> of the longest path between any two nodes in a tree. This path may or may not pass through the <code>root</code>.</p>

<p>The <strong>length</strong> of a path between two nodes is represented by the number of edges between them.</p>

<p>&nbsp;</p>
<p><strong class="example">Example 1:</strong></p>
<img alt="" src="https://assets.leetcode.com/uploads/2021/03/06/diamtree.jpg" style="width: 292px; height: 302px;" />
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<strong>Input:</strong> root = [1,2,3,4,5]
<strong>Output:</strong> 3
<strong>Explanation:</strong> 3 is the length of the path [4,2,1,3] or [5,2,1,3].
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<p><strong class="example">Example 2:</strong></p>

<pre>
<strong>Input:</strong> root = [1,2]
<strong>Output:</strong> 1
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<p>&nbsp;</p>
<p><strong>Constraints:</strong></p>

<ul>
	<li>The number of nodes in the tree is in the range <code>[1, 10<sup>4</sup>]</code>.</li>
	<li><code>-100 &lt;= Node.val &lt;= 100</code></li>
</ul>

/**
 * Definition for a binary tree node.
 * struct TreeNode {
 *     int val;
 *     TreeNode *left;
 *     TreeNode *right;
 *     TreeNode() : val(0), left(nullptr), right(nullptr) {}
 *     TreeNode(int x) : val(x), left(nullptr), right(nullptr) {}
 *     TreeNode(int x, TreeNode *left, TreeNode *right) : val(x), left(left), right(right) {}
 * };
 */
class Solution {
public:
    int diameterOfBinaryTree(TreeNode* root) {
        int diameter = 0;
        help(root,diameter);
        return diameter;
    }
private: 
     int help(TreeNode* node,int &diameter){
        if(node==NULL) return 0;
        int lh = help(node->left,diameter);
        int rh = help(node->right,diameter);
        diameter = max(diameter,lh+rh);
        return 1+max(lh,rh);
     }
};
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