1 """ 2 Given a binary search tree, write a function kthSmallest to find the kth smallest element in it. 3 Note: 4 You may assume k is always valid, 1 ≤ k ≤ BST's total elements. 5 Example 1: 6 Input: root = [3,1,4,null,2], k = 1 7 3 8 / 9 1 4 10 11 2 12 Output: 1 13 Example 2: 14 Input: root = [5,3,6,2,4,null,null,1], k = 3 15 5 16 / 17 3 6 18 / 19 2 4 20 / 21 1 22 Output: 3 23 """ 24 """ 25 用栈中序遍历,加一条判断语句 26 if len(res) == k 27 """ 28 # Definition for a binary tree node. 29 # class TreeNode: 30 # def __init__(self, x): 31 # self.val = x 32 # self.left = None 33 # self.right = None 34 35 class Solution: 36 def kthSmallest(self, root, k): 37 stack = [] 38 res = [] 39 cur = root 40 while stack or cur: 41 if cur: 42 stack.append(cur) 43 cur = cur.left 44 else: 45 cur = stack.pop() 46 res.append(cur.val) 47 if len(res) == k: #中序遍历,中间加一个判断语句 48 return res[-1] 49 cur = cur.right