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Grokking the Coding Interview Patterns in Python

Longest Path With Different Adjacent Characters

Explore how to identify the longest path in a rooted tree where consecutive nodes have different characters. Understand the problem constraints and apply topological concepts to develop efficient solutions in coding interviews.

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You are given a rooted tree with nn nodes, numbered from 00 to n−1n - 1, where the tree is connected, undirected, and has no cycles. The tree is represented by a 0-indexed array parent of size nn, where parent[i] is the parent of node ...