LeetCode-669. Trim a Binary Search Tree

Description

Given a binary search tree and the lowest and highest boundaries as 
L and R, trim the tree so that all its elements lies in [L, R] (R >= 
L). You might need to change the root of the tree, so the result 
should return the new root of the trimmed binary search tree.

Example 1:

Input: 
    1
   / \
  0   2

  L = 1
  R = 2

Output: 
    1
      \
       2

Example 2

Input: 
    3
   / \
  0   4
   \
    2
   /
  1

  L = 1
  R = 3

Output: 
      3
     / 
   2   
  /
 1

Solution 1(C++)

/**
 * 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* trimBST(TreeNode* root, int L, int R) {
        if (root == NULL) return NULL;
        if (root->val < L) return trimBST(root->right, L, R);
        if (root->val > R) return trimBST(root->left, L, R);
        root->left = trimBST(root->left, L, R);
        root->right = trimBST(root->right, L, R);
        return root;
    }
};

算法分析

二叉搜索树，其实很简单，就是左边的子节点小于根节点小于右边的子节点。所以利用这个特性就可以轻松完成这个题目。

程序分析

略。