PT07Z - Longest path in a tree

You are given an unweighted, undirected tree. Write a program to output the length of the longest path (from one node to another) in that tree. The length of a path in this case is number of edges we traverse from source to destination.

Input

The first line of the input file contains one integer N --- number of nodes in the tree (0 < N <= 10000). Next N-1 lines contain N-1 edges of that tree --- Each line contains a pair (u, v) means there is an edge between node u and node v (1 <= u, v <= N).

Output

Print the length of the longest path on one line.

Example

Input:
3
1 2
2 3

Output:
2

Added by:Thanh-Vy Hua
Date:2007-03-28
Time limit:0.5s
Source limit:50000B
Memory limit:1536MB
Cluster: Cube (Intel G860)
Languages:All except: ERL JS-RHINO NODEJS PERL6 VB.NET
Resource:Co-author Amber

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2019-12-20 16:17:36
the moral of the story is to find the root correctly and calculate the distance from the rooooooooottttttttttt........
2019-11-26 15:30:20
is it a tree problem because there is cycle present like 1 2 2 3, or do i need to learn graph for this
2019-11-12 09:40:11
easier then it looks... calc height of each node. then for every node find 2 child with largest height.
2019-10-13 02:08:53
https://discuss.codechef.com/t/longest-path-in-a-tree-using-dfs-and-double-bfs/8893 for reference..
2019-09-04 06:04:59
Simple dfs problem ...
easy one for beginner...

Happy coding
2019-08-30 00:30:33
many many thanx @anand_undavia for sharing the link.......
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=w9vjFB7m0PM
...... really helpful :-D

Last edit: 2019-08-30 00:32:01
2019-08-24 05:04:07
2 dfs:
Start from any node and find the farthest node (say x), now again do a dfs from x and find the farthest node (say y), the answer is distance between x and y.

Last edit: 2019-08-24 05:04:21
2019-08-21 15:08:26
Did it using 2-bfs method however was a difficult one as an all new question!
2019-08-19 15:58:37
AC in one go!!
2019-08-14 22:05:54
using 2 BFS can't do it with DFS acctually idk why xD
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