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:
1、Try to utilize the property of a BST.
2、What if you could modify the BST node's structure?
3、The optimal runtime complexity is O(height of BST).
Credits:
Special thanks to @ts for adding this problem and creating all test cases.
给定一个顺序二叉树,找第K小的元素
第一次想到的就是中序遍历二叉树,得到第K小的元素,可是时间复杂度超过了O(height of BST).
可还是AC了
class Solution
{
public:
void cal(TreeNode *root,vector<int> &temp)
{
if(root==NULL)
return ;
else
{
cal(root->left,temp);
temp.push_back(root->val);
cal(root->right,temp);
}
}
int kthSmallest(TreeNode* root, int k)
{
vector<int> temp;
cal(root,temp);
return temp[k];
}
};
顺便贴一个时间复杂度是 O(height of BST)的代码
class Solution {
public:
int calcTreeSize(TreeNode* root){
if (root == NULL)
return 0;
return 1+calcTreeSize(root->left) + calcTreeSize(root->right);
}
int kthSmallest(TreeNode* root, int k) {
if (root == NULL)
return 0;
int leftSize = calcTreeSize(root->left);
if (k == leftSize+1){
return root->val;
}else if (leftSize >= k){
return kthSmallest(root->left,k);
}else{
return kthSmallest(root->right, k-leftSize-1);
}
}
};
1、计算左子树元素个数left。
2、 left+1 = K,则根节点即为第K个元素
left >=k, 则第K个元素在左子树中,
left +1 <k, 则转换为在右子树中,寻找第K-left-1元素。
其他Leetcode题目AC代码:https://github.com/PoughER/leetcode