Create 1261. Find Elements in a Contaminated Binary Tree (#722)

Author: Chayandas07

1261. Find Elements in a Contaminated Binary Tree

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+class FindElements {
+public:
+    /**
+     * Recursively restores the values of the tree nodes.
+     * - The root starts with value `0`.
+     * - The left child of a node with value `x` is assigned `2 * x + 1`.
+     * - The right child of a node with value `x` is assigned `2 * x + 2`.
+     */
+    void solve(TreeNode* root) {
+        if (root == NULL) {
+            return;  // Base case: If the node is NULL, stop the recursion
+        }
+
+        // Store the restored value in the list
+        values_list.push_back(root->val);
+
+        // Process left child (if exists)
+        if (root->left != NULL) {
+            root->left->val = root->val * 2 + 1;  // Assign new value
+        }
+        solve(root->left);
+
+        // Process right child (if exists)
+        if (root->right != NULL) {
+            root->right->val = root->val * 2 + 2;  // Assign new value
+        }
+        solve(root->right);
+    }
+
+    vector<int> values_list;  // Stores recovered values of the tree
+
+    /**
+     * Constructor initializes the recovery process of the tree.
+     * - The root node is set to `0`.
+     * - Calls `solve()` to restore the entire tree.
+     */
+    FindElements(TreeNode* root) {
+        root->val = 0;  // Initialize root value to 0
+        solve(root);
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * Checks if a given `target` value exists in the recovered tree.
+     * - Uses linear search to find the target in `values_list`.
+     * - Returns `true` if found, otherwise `false`.
+     */
+    bool find(int target) {
+        for (int i = 0; i < values_list.size(); i++) {
+            if (target == values_list[i]) return true;  // Target found
+        }
+        return false;  // Target not found
+    }
+};