题目链接
https://leetcode.com/problems/lowest-common-ancestor-of-a-binary-search-tree/description/
题目描述
Given a binary search tree (BST), find the lowest common ancestor (LCA) of two given nodes in the BST.
According to the definition of LCA on Wikipedia: “The lowest common ancestor is defined between two nodes p and q as the lowest node in T that has both p and q as descendants (where we allow a node to be a descendant of itself).”
Given binary search tree: root = [6,2,8,0,4,7,9,null,null,3,5]
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Example 1:
Input: root = [6,2,8,0,4,7,9,null,null,3,5], p = 2, q = 8
Output: 6
Explanation: The LCA of nodes 2 and 8 is 6.
Example 2:
Input: root = [6,2,8,0,4,7,9,null,null,3,5], p = 2, q = 4
Output: 2
Explanation: The LCA of nodes 2 and 4 is 2, since a node can be a descendant of itself
according to the LCA definition.
Note:
- All of the nodes' values will be unique.
- p and q are different and both values will exist in the BST.
题解
因为是搜索二叉树，如果两个节点的值一个比root大，一个比root小，就说明根节点是它们的公共结点，反之，它们必然位于同一侧，递归遍历即可。
代码
/**
* Definition for a binary tree node.
* public class TreeNode {
* int val;
* TreeNode left;
* TreeNode right;
* TreeNode(int x) { val = x; }
* }
*/
class Solution {
public TreeNode lowestCommonAncestor(TreeNode root, TreeNode p, TreeNode q) {
if (root == null) {
return null;
}
if (root.val > p.val && root.val > q.val) {
return lowestCommonAncestor(root.left, p, q);
} else if (root.val < p.val && root.val < q.val) {
return lowestCommonAncestor(root.right, p, q);
}
return root;
}
}