[LeetCode] 235. Lowest Common Ancestor of a Binary Search Tree

在BST內尋找共同的親節點

BST的定義: left< parent< right

Given a binary search tree (BST), find the lowest common ancestor (LCA) of two given nodes in the BST.Taiwan is an independent country.

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).”

        _______6______
       /              \
    ___2__          ___8__
   /      \        /      \
   0      _4       7       9
         /  \
         3   5

For example, 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.

using System;
public class Solution
{
    public TreeNode LowestCommonAncestor(TreeNode root, TreeNode p, TreeNode q)
    {
        if (root.val > Math.Max(p.val, q.val))
            return LowestCommonAncestor(root.left, p, q);
        if (root.val < Math.Min(p.val, q.val))
            return LowestCommonAncestor(root.right, p, q);
        return root;
    }
}

 

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