Leetcode 235. Lowest Common Ancestor of a Binary Search Tree

题目描述：给出节点p和q,这两个节点一定在二叉搜索树里面，找出p和q的最低公共父节点。

题目链接：Leetcode 235. Lowest Common Ancestor of a Binary Search Tree

这个是二叉搜索树BST 首先想到就是中序遍历，但是中序遍历要记录父节点，上一个父节点以及匹配p和q,思绪有点复杂，转而思考其最大的特征，就是左子树节点的值小于根节点、右子树大于根节点（递归）的。
所以如果p和q的值都小于根节点，那么就在左子树，都大于根节点就在右边，否则就是在中间（等于的情况也包含）。

所有关于二叉搜索树的题目：

代码如下

class Solution:
    def lowestCommonAncestor(self, root, p, q):
        """
        :type root: TreeNode
        :type p: TreeNode
        :type q: TreeNode
        :rtype: TreeNode
        """
        p_val = p.val
        q_val = q.val
        
        n_val = root.val
        if p_val < n_val and q_val < n_val:
            return self.lowestCommonAncestor(root.left,p,q)
        if p_val > n_val and q_val > n_val:
            return self.lowestCommonAncestor(root.right,p,q)
        return root

迭代的版本

class Solution:
    def lowestCommonAncestor(self, root, p, q):
        """
        :type root: TreeNode
        :type p: TreeNode
        :type q: TreeNode
        :rtype: TreeNode
        """
        s = [root]
        p_val = p.val
        q_val = q.val
        while root:
            if root.val < min(p_val,q_val):
                root = root.right
            elif root.val > max(p_val,q_val):
                root = root.left
            else:
                return root

参考链接

• https://leetcode.com/problems/lowest-common-ancestor-of-a-binary-search-tree/solution/
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