Maximum Depth of Binary Tree

Given a binary tree, find its maximum depth.

The maximum depth is the number of nodes along the longest path from the root node down to the farthest leaf node.

Note: A leaf is a node with no children.

Example:

Given binary tree [3,9,20,null,null,15,7],

    3
   / \
  9  20
    /  \
   15   7

return its depth = 3.

def maxDepth(self, root: TreeNode) -> int:
    if root is None:
        return 0
    else:
        return max(self.maxDepth(root.left), self.maxDepth(root.right)) + 1

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