二元查找树转变成排序的双向链表

转自http://zhedahht.blog.163.com/blog/static/254111742007127104759245/

题目：输入一棵二元查找树，将该二元查找树转换成一个排序的双向链表。要求不能创建任何新的结点，只调整指针的指向。

　　比如将二元查找树
                                            10
                                          /   
                                        6       14
                                      /       /　
                                   4     8  12 　  16
转换成双向链表

4=6=8=10=12=14=16。

分析：本题是微软的面试题。很多与树相关的题目都是用递归的思路来解决，本题也不例外。下面我们用两种不同的递归思路来分析。

思路一：当我们到达某一结点准备调整以该结点为根结点的子树时，先调整其左子树将左子树转换成一个排好序的左子链表，再调整其右子树转换右子链表。最近链接左子链表的最右结点（左子树的最大结点）、当前结点和右子链表的最左结点（右子树的最小结点）。从树的根结点开始递归调整所有结点。

参考代码：

首先我们定义二元查找树结点的数据结构如下：
    struct BSTreeNode // a node in the binary search tree
    {
        int          m_nValue; // value of node
        BSTreeNode  *m_pLeft;  // left child of node
        BSTreeNode  *m_pRight; // right child of node
    };

思路一对应的代码：
///////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////
// Covert a sub binary-search-tree into a sorted double-linked list
// Input: pNode - the head of the sub tree
//        asRight - whether pNode is the right child of its parent
// Output: if asRight is true, return the least node in the sub-tree
//         else return the greatest node in the sub-tree
///////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////
BSTreeNode* ConvertNode(BSTreeNode* pNode, bool asRight)
{
      if(!pNode)
            return NULL;

      BSTreeNode *pLeft = NULL;
      BSTreeNode *pRight = NULL;

      // Convert the left sub-tree
      if(pNode->m_pLeft)
            pLeft = ConvertNode(pNode->m_pLeft, false);

      // Connect the greatest node in the left sub-tree to the current node
      if(pLeft)
      {
            pLeft->m_pRight = pNode;
            pNode->m_pLeft = pLeft;
      }

      // Convert the right sub-tree
      if(pNode->m_pRight)
            pRight = ConvertNode(pNode->m_pRight, true);

      // Connect the least node in the right sub-tree to the current node
      if(pRight)
      {
            pNode->m_pRight = pRight;
            pRight->m_pLeft = pNode;
      }

      BSTreeNode *pTemp = pNode;

      // If the current node is the right child of its parent, 
      // return the least node in the tree whose root is the current node
      if(asRight)
      {
            while(pTemp->m_pLeft)
                  pTemp = pTemp->m_pLeft;
      }
      // If the current node is the left child of its parent, 
      // return the greatest node in the tree whose root is the current node
      else
      {
            while(pTemp->m_pRight)
                  pTemp = pTemp->m_pRight;
      }
 
      return pTemp;
}

///////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////
// Covert a binary search tree into a sorted double-linked list
// Input: the head of tree
// Output: the head of sorted double-linked list
///////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////
BSTreeNode* Convert(BSTreeNode* pHeadOfTree)
{
      // As we want to return the head of the sorted double-linked list,
      // we set the second parameter to be true
      return ConvertNode(pHeadOfTree, true);
}