LeetCode 814. Binary Tree Pruning (javascript)

We are given the head node root of a binary tree, where additionally every node’s value is either a 0 or a 1.

Return the same tree where every subtree (of the given tree) not containing a 1 has been removed.

(Recall that the subtree of a node X is X, plus every node that is a descendant of X.)

Example 1:
Input: [1,null,0,0,1]
Output: [1,null,0,null,1]
 
Explanation: 
Only the red nodes satisfy the property "every subtree not containing a 1".
The diagram on the right represents the answer.

Example 2:
Input: [1,0,1,0,0,0,1]
Output: [1,null,1,null,1]

Example 3:
Input: [1,1,0,1,1,0,1,0]
Output: [1,1,0,1,1,null,1]

Note:

• The binary tree will have at most 200 nodes.
• The value of each node will only be 0 or 1.

Solution: (Recursion)

/**
 * Definition for a binary tree node.
 * function TreeNode(val, left, right) {
 *     this.val = (val===undefined ? 0 : val)
 *     this.left = (left===undefined ? null : left)
 *     this.right = (right===undefined ? null : right)
 * }
 */
/**
 * @param {TreeNode} root
 * @return {TreeNode}
 */
var pruneTree = function(root) {
    // basic case:
    if (root === null) return root;
    root.left = pruneTree(root.left);
    root.right = pruneTree(root.right);
    // found 1 or has children then no need to remove
    if (root.val === 1 || root.left || root.right) 
        return root;
    else // remove node
        return null;
};