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 p and q as the lowest node in T that has both p and q as descendants (where we allow a node to be a descendant of itself).”
Given the following binary tree: root = [3,5,1,6,2,0,8,null,null,7,4]
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/ \
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/ \ / \
6 _2 0 8
/ \
7 4
Example 1:
Input: root = [3,5,1,6,2,0,8,null,null,7,4], p = 5, q = 1
Output: 3
Explanation: The LCA of of nodes 5 and 1 is 3.
Example 2:
Input: root = [3,5,1,6,2,0,8,null,null,7,4], p = 5, q = 4
Output: 5
Explanation: The LCA of nodes 5 and 4 is 5, since a node can be a descendant of itself
according to the LCA definition.
对于p,q两个元素,如果是最小公共祖先,有两种情况:1. 当前节点是p或者q, 2. 一个节点在当前节点的左边,一个节点在当前节点的右边。满足这两个条件就可以了之一,这个节点就是最小公共祖先了。
/**
* 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) {
bool findp=false, findq=false;
while(findp == findq)
{
if(root == p || root == q)return root;
findp = findq = false;
findEle(root->left, p, findp);
findEle(root->left, q, findq);
if(findp == findq && findp == true)
{
root= root->left;
}
if(findp == findq && findp == false)
{
root = root->right;
}
}
return root;
}
void findEle(TreeNode* root, TreeNode* p, bool& isfind)
{
if(root == NULL)return;
if(root == p)
{
isfind = true;
return;
}
findEle(root->left, p, isfind);
findEle(root->right, p, isfind);
}
};