问题描述:
Given a binary search tree (BST), find the lowest common ancestor (LCA) of two given nodes in the BST.
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).”
示例:_______6______ / \ ___2__ ___8__ / \ / \ 0 _4 7 9 / \ 3 5
the lowest common ancestor (LCA) of nodes 2
and 8
is 6
. Another example is LCA of nodes 2
and 4
is 2
, since a node can be a descendant of itself according to the LCA definition.
问题分析:
对于二元搜索树,它有个特点,左节点的值小于等于根结点,右结点大于等于根节点。
过程详见代码:
/**
* 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 (p -> val < root -> val && q -> val < root -> val)
return lowestCommonAncestor(root -> left, p, q);
if (p -> val > root -> val && q -> val > root -> val)
return lowestCommonAncestor(root -> right, p, q);
return root;
}
};