<p>We run a&nbsp;preorder&nbsp;depth-first search (DFS) on the <code>root</code> of a binary tree.</p>

<p>At each node in this traversal, we output <code>D</code> dashes (where <code>D</code> is the depth of this node), then we output the value of this node.&nbsp; If the depth of a node is <code>D</code>, the depth of its immediate child is <code>D + 1</code>.&nbsp; The depth of the <code>root</code> node is <code>0</code>.</p>

<p>If a node has only one child, that child is guaranteed to be <strong>the left child</strong>.</p>

<p>Given the output <code>traversal</code> of this traversal, recover the tree and return <em>its</em> <code>root</code>.</p>

<p>&nbsp;</p>
<p><strong class="example">Example 1:</strong></p>
<img alt="" src="https://assets.leetcode.com/uploads/2024/09/10/recover_tree_ex1.png" style="width: 423px; height: 200px;" />
<pre>
<strong>Input:</strong> traversal = &quot;1-2--3--4-5--6--7&quot;
<strong>Output:</strong> [1,2,5,3,4,6,7]
</pre>

<p><strong class="example">Example 2:</strong></p>
<img alt="" src="https://assets.leetcode.com/uploads/2024/09/10/recover_tree_ex2.png" style="width: 432px; height: 250px;" />
<pre>
<strong>Input:</strong> traversal = &quot;1-2--3---4-5--6---7&quot;
<strong>Output:</strong> [1,2,5,3,null,6,null,4,null,7]
</pre>

<p><strong class="example">Example 3:</strong></p>
<img alt="" src="https://assets.leetcode.com/uploads/2024/09/10/recover_tree_ex3.png" style="width: 305px; height: 250px;" />
<pre>
<strong>Input:</strong> traversal = &quot;1-401--349---90--88&quot;
<strong>Output:</strong> [1,401,null,349,88,90]
</pre>

<p>&nbsp;</p>
<p><strong>Constraints:</strong></p>

<ul>
	<li>The number of nodes in the original tree is in the range <code>[1, 1000]</code>.</li>
	<li><code>1 &lt;= Node.val &lt;= 10<sup>9</sup></code></li>
</ul>

# 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 recoverFromPreorder(self, s: str) -> TreeNode:
        def helper(depth: int) -> TreeNode:
            nonlocal index
            
            num_dash = 0
            while index + num_dash < len(s) and s[index + num_dash] == '-':
                num_dash += 1
            
            if num_dash != depth:
                return None
            
            next_index = index + num_dash
            while next_index < len(s) and s[next_index] != '-':
                next_index += 1
            
            val = int(s[index + num_dash : next_index])
            index = next_index
            
            root = TreeNode(val)
            root.left = helper(depth + 1)
            root.right = helper(depth + 1)
            
            return root
        
        index = 0
        return helper(0)
        
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