<p>Given the <code>root</code> of a binary tree, return <em>the level order traversal of its nodes&#39; values</em>. (i.e., from left to right, level by level).</p>

<p>&nbsp;</p>
<p><strong class="example">Example 1:</strong></p>
<img alt="" src="https://assets.leetcode.com/uploads/2021/02/19/tree1.jpg" style="width: 277px; height: 302px;" />
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<strong>Input:</strong> root = [3,9,20,null,null,15,7]
<strong>Output:</strong> [[3],[9,20],[15,7]]
</pre>

<p><strong class="example">Example 2:</strong></p>

<pre>
<strong>Input:</strong> root = [1]
<strong>Output:</strong> [[1]]
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<p><strong class="example">Example 3:</strong></p>

<pre>
<strong>Input:</strong> root = []
<strong>Output:</strong> []
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<p><strong>Constraints:</strong></p>

<ul>
	<li>The number of nodes in the tree is in the range <code>[0, 2000]</code>.</li>
	<li><code>-1000 &lt;= Node.val &lt;= 1000</code></li>
</ul>

from collections import deque
# Definition for a binary tree node.
# class TreeNode:
#     def __init__(self, val=0, left=None, right=None):
#         self.val = val
#         self.left = left
#         self.right = right
class Solution:
    def levelOrder(self, root: Optional[TreeNode]) -> List[List[int]]:
        if root is None:
            return None
        q = deque()
        q.append(root)
        traversal = []

        while q:
            level_length = len(q) #  used to keep track of current level, make sure you dont append additional children to current level
            curr_level = []
            
            for i in range(level_length):
                node = q.popleft()
                curr_level.append(node.val)
                if node.left:
                    q.append(node.left)
                if node.right:
                    q.append(node.right)
            
            traversal.append(curr_level)
        
        return traversal

# Time: O(n)
# Space: O(n)
16500