Lowest Common Ancestor of a Binary Search Tree
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 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).”
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For example, the lowest common ancestor (LCA) of nodes 2
and 8
is 6
.
Another example is LCA of nodes 2
and 4
is 2
,
since a node can be a descendant of itself according to the LCA definition.
分析:
求出BST的LCA。考慮兩種情況,一:p和q分別在root的左右子樹中,root即爲LCA,二:p和q爲上下級關係,此時,遞歸遍歷到root等於p或者等於q時,root即爲LCA。
代碼:
class Solution(object):
def lowestCommonAncestor(self, root, p, q):
"""
:type root: TreeNode
:type p: TreeNode
:type q: TreeNode
:rtype: TreeNode
"""
# 如果某一個結點的左右子樹中分別包含p,q,那麼,該結點就是要找的結點
# 或者,等於號說明,如果p和q是上下級關係的話,那麼此時root也爲LCA
if p.val <= root.val <= q.val or q.val <= root.val <= p.val:
return root
else:
# 否則的話,應該去這個根節點的子樹中去查找。
if p.val < root.val:
# 去左子樹中尋找
return self.lowestCommonAncestor(root.left, p, q)
else:
# 去右子樹中尋找
return self.lowestCommonAncestor(root.right, p, q)