Lowest Common Ancestor of a Binary Search Tree
/**
* 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) {
matchcnt = 0;
if (!root || !p || !q) {
return NULL;
}
return lca(root, p, q);
}
private:
TreeNode* lca(TreeNode *r, TreeNode *p, TreeNode *q) {
if (!r) {
return NULL;
}
int a = matchcnt;
TreeNode *ret = lca(r->left, p, q);
if (ret) {
return ret;
}
ret = lca(r->right, p, q);
if (ret) {
return ret;
}
if (r == p || r == q) {
++matchcnt;
}
if (a == 0 && matchcnt == 2) {
return r;
}
return NULL;
}
int matchcnt;
};
/**
* 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 (!root || !p || !q) {
return NULL;
}
if (p->val > q->val) {
swap(p, q);
}
return lca(root, p, q);
}
private:
TreeNode* lca(TreeNode *r, TreeNode *p, TreeNode *q) {
if (!r) {
return NULL;
}
if (r->val >= p->val && r->val <= q->val) {
return r;
}
if (r->val < p->val) {
return lca(r->right, p, q);
} else {
return lca(r->left, p, q);
}
}
};