Difficulty: 4
Frequency: 1
Problem:
Given n, generate all structurally unique BST's (binary search trees) that store values 1...n.
For example,
Given n = 3, your program should return all 5 unique BST's shown below.
1 3 3 2 1 \ / / / \ \ 3 2 1 1 3 2 / / \ \ 2 1 2 3
Solution:
/**
* Definition for binary tree
* struct TreeNode {
* int val;
* TreeNode *left;
* TreeNode *right;
* TreeNode(int x) : val(x), left(NULL), right(NULL) {}
* };
*/
class Solution {
public:
vector<TreeNode *> generateTrees(int n) {
// Start typing your C/C++ solution below
// DO NOT write int main() function
vector<TreeNode *> answer;
if (n<=0)
{
answer.push_back(NULL);
return answer;
}
generateTreesRe(1, n, answer);
return answer;
}
void generateTreesRe(int i_begin, int i_end, vector<TreeNode *> & root)
{
if (i_begin==i_end)
{
root.push_back(new TreeNode(i_begin));
return;
}
if (i_begin>i_end)
{
root.push_back(NULL);
return;
}
vector<TreeNode *> left;
vector<TreeNode *> right;
for (int i = i_begin; i<=i_end; i++)
{
left.clear();
right.clear();
generateTreesRe(i_begin, i-1, left);
generateTreesRe(i+1, i_end, right);
for (int i_left = 0; i_left<left.size(); i_left++)
{
for (int i_right = 0; i_right<right.size(); i_right++)
{
TreeNode * temp = new TreeNode(i);
temp->left = left[i_left];
temp->right = right[i_right];
root.push_back(temp);
}
}
}
}
};
Notes:
Some one use DP and DFS. I will consult others' code.