<p>Given the <code>root</code> of a binary tree, return <em>the sum of all left leaves.</em></p>

<p>A <strong>leaf</strong> is a node with no children. A <strong>left leaf</strong> is a leaf that is the left child of another node.</p>

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<p><strong class="example">Example 1:</strong></p>
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<strong>Input:</strong> root = [3,9,20,null,null,15,7]
<strong>Output:</strong> 24
<strong>Explanation:</strong> There are two left leaves in the binary tree, with values 9 and 15 respectively.
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<p><strong class="example">Example 2:</strong></p>

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<strong>Input:</strong> root = [1]
<strong>Output:</strong> 0
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<p><strong>Constraints:</strong></p>

<ul>
	<li>The number of nodes in the tree is in the range <code>[1, 1000]</code>.</li>
	<li><code>-1000 &lt;= Node.val &lt;= 1000</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 sumOfLeftLeaves(self, root: Optional[TreeNode]) -> int:
        def find(node, dir='left'):
            if not node.left and not node.right:
                if dir == 'left':
                    return node.val
                else:
                    return 0
            result = 0
            if node.left:
                result += find(node.left)
            if node.right:
                result += find(node.right, 'right')
            return result
        return find(root, 'parent')
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