题目:
Given a binary tree, find the lowest common ancestor (LCA) of two given nodes in the tree.
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).”
_______3______ / ___5__ ___1__ / / 6 _2 0 8 / 7 4
For example, the lowest common ancestor (LCA) of nodes 5
and 1
is 3
. Another example is LCA of nodes 5
and 4
is 5
, since a node can be a descendant of itself according to the LCA definition.
思路:
节点a与节点b的公共祖先c一定满足:a与b分别出现在c的左右子树上;或者a,b一方是祖先元素。
/** * Definition for a binary tree node. * function TreeNode(val) { * this.val = val; * this.left = this.right = null; * } */ /** * @param {TreeNode} root * @param {TreeNode} p * @param {TreeNode} q * @return {TreeNode} */ var lowestCommonAncestor = function(root, p, q) { if(root==null){ return; } if(root==p||root==q){ return root; } var l=lowestCommonAncestor(root.left,p,q); var r=lowestCommonAncestor(root.right,p,q); if(l&&r){ return root; }else{ return l?l:r; } };