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maxDifferenceBetweenNodeAndAncestor

#include <algorithm>;
using namespace std;
// 1026
struct TreeNode {
int val;
TreeNode *left;
TreeNode *right;
TreeNode() : val(0), left(nullptr), right(nullptr) {}
TreeNode(int x) : val(x), left(nullptr), right(nullptr) {}
TreeNode(int x, TreeNode *left, TreeNode *right) : val(x), left(left), right(right) {}
};

class Solution {
public:
int maxDiff = INT_MIN;
int maxAncestorDiff(TreeNode* root) {
int maxHere = INT_MIN;
int minHere = INT_MAX;
return(dfs(root, maxHere, minHere));
}
int dfs(TreeNode* node, int maxHere, int minHere) {
if(node == nullptr) {
return(maxHere - minHere);
}
int leftResponse = dfs(node->left, max(maxHere, node->val), min(minHere, node->val));
int rightResponse = dfs(node->right, max(maxHere, node->val), min(minHere, node->val));

return( max(leftResponse, rightResponse) );
}
};