-----QUESTION-----
Given preorder and inorder traversal of a tree, construct the binary tree.
Note:
You may assume that duplicates do not exist in the tree.
-----SOLUTION-----
class Solution {
public:
TreeNode *buildTree(vector<int> &preorder, vector<int> &inorder) {
// Start typing your C/C++ solution below
// DO NOT write int main() function
root = NULL;
if(inorder.empty()) return root;
root = new TreeNode(0);
buildSubTree(preorder,inorder,0,preorder.size()-1,0,inorder.size()-1,root);
return root;
}
void buildSubTree(vector<int> &preorder, vector<int> &inorder, int preStartPos, int preEndPos,int inStartPos, int inEndPos, TreeNode * currentNode)
{
currentNode->val = preorder[preStartPos];
//find root position in inorder vector
int inRootPos;
for(int i = inStartPos; i <= inEndPos; i++)
{
if(inorder[i] == preorder[preStartPos])
{
inRootPos = i;
break;
}
}
//left tree
int newPrePos = preStartPos+max(inRootPos-inStartPos, 0);
if(inRootPos>inStartPos)
{
currentNode->left = new TreeNode(0);
buildSubTree(preorder,inorder,preStartPos+1, newPrePos,inStartPos,inRootPos-1,currentNode->left);
}
//right Tree
if(inRootPos < inEndPos)
{
currentNode->right = new TreeNode(0);
buildSubTree(preorder,inorder,newPrePos+1, preEndPos,inRootPos+1,inEndPos,currentNode->right);
}
}
private:
TreeNode* root;
};