Inorder Successor in BST
要点:这题要注意的是如果不是BST,没法从树结构上从root向那边找p,只能遍历。而根据BST,可以只走正确方向
- 如果不检查right子树,可以从root到下,但invariant是root!=null。而检查右子树,invariant可以是root!=p
错误点:
- 不是找到某个>p.val,而是要找到最接近的p.val:所以loop终止条件是直到p==root or root is None,过程中只要>p.val就记录successor:这个过程的前提是p.right is None
- 别忘了loop
# Given a binary search tree and a node in it, find the in-order successor of that node in the BST.
# Note: If the given node has no in-order successor in the tree, return null.
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# Definition for a binary tree node.
# class TreeNode(object):
# def __init__(self, x):
# self.val = x
# self.left = None
# self.right = None
class Solution(object):
def inorderSuccessor(self, root, p):
"""
:type root: TreeNode
:type p: TreeNode
:rtype: TreeNode
"""
if p.right:
p = p.right
while p.left:
p=p.left
return p
else:
succ = None
while root!=p:
if p.val<root.val:
succ = root
root = root.left
else:
root = root.right
return succ