669. Trim a Binary Search Tree Difficulty : Easy

Given a binary search tree and the lowest and highest boundaries as L and R, trim the tree so that all its elements lies in [L, R] (R >= L). You might need to change the root of the tree, so the result should return the new root of the trimmed binary search tree.

Example 1:

Input: 
    1
   / \
  0   2

  L = 1
  R = 2

Output: 
    1
      \
       2

Example 2:

Input: 
    3
   / \
  0   4
   \
    2
   /
  1

  L = 1
  R = 3

Output: 
      3
     / 
   2   
  /
 1

算法分析：运用递归，如果一个节点的值太大，那么就递归左子树，因为右子树的每一个节点都大于该节点。如果一个节点的值过小，类似分析。

C语言版

/**
 * Definition for a binary tree node.
 * struct TreeNode {
 *     int val;
 *     struct TreeNode *left;
 *     struct TreeNode *right;
 * };
 */
struct TreeNode* trimBST(struct TreeNode* root, int L, int R) {
    if(!root)
        return NULL;
    if(root->val < L)
        return trimBST(root->right, L, R);
    else if(root->val > R)
        return trimBST(root->left, L, R);
    root->left = trimBST(root->left, L, R);
    root->right = trimBST(root->right, L, R);
    return root;
}

Python

# Definition for a binary tree node.
# class TreeNode:
#     def __init__(self, x):
#         self.val = x
#         self.left = None
#         self.right = None

class Solution:
    def trimBST(self, root, L, R):
        """
        :type root: TreeNode
        :type L: int
        :type R: int
        :rtype: TreeNode
        """
        if not root:
            return None
        if root.val < L:
            return self.trimBST(root.right, L, R)
        elif root.val > R:
            return self.trimBST(root.left, L, R)
        root.left = self.trimBST(root.left, L, R)
        root.right = self.trimBST(root.right, L, R)
        return root