236. Lowest Common Ancestor of a Binary Tree
Given a binary tree, find the lowest common ancestor (LCA) of two given nodes in the tree.
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 5
and 1
is 3
. Another example is LCA of nodes 5
and 4
is 5
, since a node can be a descendant of itself according to the LCA definition.
1.root是NULL返回NULL
2.root是p or q,返回root
3.root->left返回值不是NULL && root->right返回值不是NULL,说明root即为所求,返回root
4.root->left返回值不是NULL or root->right返回值不是NULL,说明不为NULL的返回值即为所求或为p,q,返回它
5.没找到p or q,返回NULL
代码:
/**
* Definition for a binary tree node.
* struct TreeNode {
* int val;
* TreeNode *left;
* TreeNode *right;
* TreeNode(int x) : val(x), left(NULL), right(NULL) {}
* };
*/
class Solution {
public:
TreeNode* lowestCommonAncestor(TreeNode* root, TreeNode* p, TreeNode* q) {
if (root == NULL || root == p || root == q) return root;
TreeNode* l = lowestCommonAncestor(root->left, p, q);
TreeNode* r = lowestCommonAncestor(root->right, p, q);
if (l && r) return root;
if (l) return l;
if (r) return r;
return NULL;
}
};