题目:
Given a binary search tree (BST), find the lowest common ancestor (LCA) of two given nodes in the BST.
According to the definition of LCA on Wikipedia: “The lowest common ancestor is defined between two nodes v and w as the lowest node in T that has both v and w as descendants (where we allow a node to be a descendant of itself).”
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For example, the lowest common ancestor (LCA) of nodes 2
and 8
is 6
. Another example is LCA of nodes 2
and 4
is 2
, since a node can be a descendant of itself according to the LCA definition.
提示:
此题的核心是要利用已知条件中,给定的二叉树是二叉搜索树这一条件。所谓二叉搜索树,指的是一种二叉树,其中,比根节点小的节点都位于根节点的左侧,反之,若比根节点要大,则位于根节点的右侧。可以参考题目中的例子。
递归调用的思路也很简单:
- 若两个要搜索的节点都比根节点小,则对根节点的左节点进行递归;
- 若两个要搜索的节点都比根节点打,则对根节点的右节点进行递归;
- 若一大一小,则返回根节点。
代码:
/** * Definition for a binary tree node. * struct TreeNode { * int val; * TreeNode *left; * TreeNode *right; * TreeNode(int x) : val(x), left(NULL), right(NULL) {} * }; */ class Solution { public: TreeNode* lowestCommonAncestor(TreeNode* root, TreeNode* p, TreeNode* q) { if (p->val < root->val && q->val < root->val) return lowestCommonAncestor(root->left, p, q); if (p->val > root->val && q->val > root->val) return lowestCommonAncestor(root->right, p, q); return root; } };
由于此题的测试用例中没有节点为NULL的情况,因此代码中省去了空指针的判断。
时间: 2024-10-09 07:12:34