Given a binary search tree with non-negative values, find the minimum absolute difference between values of any two nodes.
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最容易想到的方法,由于是BST,直接中序遍历后即可得到排序后的list,再把排序后的list两两比较找出相差最小的值即可。
/**
* Definition for a binary tree node.
* public class TreeNode {
* int val;
* TreeNode left;
* TreeNode right;
* TreeNode(int x) { val = x; }
* }
*/
public class Solution {
List<Integer> list = new ArrayList<Integer>();
public int getMinimumDifference(TreeNode root) {
traverse(root);
int min = Integer.MAX_VALUE;
for(int i = 0; i < list.size() - 1; i++) {
int absDiffer = Math.abs(list.get(i) - list.get(i+1));
min = absDiffer<min ? absDiffer : min;
}
return min;
}
private void traverse(TreeNode node) {
if(node != null) {
traverse(node.left);
list.add(node.val);
traverse(node.right);
}
}
}
由于BST本身子树间就是有序的,即可以通过递归等效实现中序遍历后两两比较的效果。代码如下:
/**
* Definition for a binary tree node.
* public class TreeNode {
* int val;
* TreeNode left;
* TreeNode right;
* TreeNode(int x) { val = x; }
* }
*/
public class Solution {
private int min = Integer.MAX_VALUE;
Integer prev = -1;
public int getMinimumDifference(TreeNode root) {
if(root == null) return min;
getMinimumDifference(root.left);
if(prev != -1) min = Math.min(min, Math.abs(prev - root.val));
prev = root.val;
getMinimumDifference(root.right);
return min;
}
}
而在discuss中有网友给出了如何实现非BST树时如何得出最小差值。思路就是将非BST树,利用API中的TreeSet将其转化为BST树再来进行两两比较,本质上和上面写法是一样的。
public class Solution {
TreeSet<Integer> set = new TreeSet<>();
int min = Integer.MAX_VALUE;
public int getMinimumDifference(TreeNode root) {
if (root == null) return min;
if (!set.isEmpty()) {
if (set.floor(root.val) != null) {
min = Math.min(min, Math.abs(root.val - set.floor(root.val)));
}
if (set.ceiling(root.val) != null) {
min = Math.min(min, Math.abs(root.val - set.ceiling(root.val)));
}
}
set.add(root.val);
getMinimumDifference(root.left);
getMinimumDifference(root.right);
return min;
}
}