题目链接:https://leetcode.com/problems/kth-smallest-element-in-a-bst/
题目:
Given a binary search tree, write a function kthSmallest to find the kth smallest element in it.
Note:
You may assume k is always valid, 1 ≤ k ≤ BST's total elements.
Follow up:
What if the BST is modified (insert/delete operations) often and you need to find the kth smallest frequently? How would you optimize the kthSmallest routine?
Hint:
Try to utilize the property of a BST.
What if you could modify the BST node's structure?
The optimal runtime complexity is O(height of BST).
解题思路:
这题的考点是二分查找树的中序遍历。
一提到 BST ,首先要想到其中序遍历正好是数字的从小到大的排序。
中序遍历可以用递归,也可以使用栈。
代码中使用栈来实现中序遍历。
代码实现:
/**
* Definition for a binary tree node.
* public class TreeNode {
* int val;
* TreeNode left;
* TreeNode right;
* TreeNode(int x) { val = x; }
* }
*/
public class Solution {
public int kthSmallest(TreeNode root, int k) {
LinkedList<TreeNode> stack = new LinkedList();
int result = 0;
while(!stack.isEmpty() || root != null) {
if(root != null) {
stack.push(root);
root = root.left;
} else {
root = stack.pop();
k --;
if(k == 0)
result = root.val;
root = root.right;
}
}
return result;
}
}
91 / 91 test cases passed.
Status: Accepted
Runtime: 7 ms