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.
方法一:性能149ms
# Definition for a binary tree node.
# class TreeNode(object):
# def __init__(self, x):
# self.val = x
# self.left = None
# self.right = None
class Solution(object):
def lowestCommonAncestor(self, root, p, q):
"""
:type root: TreeNode
:type p: TreeNode
:type q: TreeNode
:rtype: TreeNode
"""
if root == None:
return None
if p and q:
a = min(p.val, q.val)
b = max(p.val, q.val)
if a == root.val or b == root.val:
return root
if a < root.val and b > root.val:
return root
elif b < root.val:
return self.lowestCommonAncestor(root.left, p, q)
elif a > root.val:
return self.lowestCommonAncestor(root.right, p, q)
elif a == b:
return p
方法二:性能119ms
# Definition for a binary tree node.
# class TreeNode(object):
# def __init__(self, x):
# self.val = x
# self.left = None
# self.right = None
class Solution(object):
def lowestCommonAncestor(self, root, p, q):
"""
:type root: TreeNode
:type p: TreeNode
:type q: TreeNode
:rtype: TreeNode
"""
while root:
if root.val > p.val and root.val > q.val:
root = root.left
elif root.val < p.val and root.val < q.val:
root = root.right
else:
return root