1 Description #
source: https://leetcode.com/problems/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 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).”
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.
Example 3:
Input: root = [2,1], p = 2, q = 1
Output: 2
Constraints:
- The number of nodes in the tree is in the range
[2, 10^5]. -10^9 <= Node.val <= 10^9- All
Node.valare unique. p != qpandqwill exist in the BST.
2 Solution #
/**
* Definition for a binary tree node.
* struct TreeNode {
* int val;
* TreeNode *left;
* TreeNode *right;
* TreeNode(int x) : val(x), left(NULL), right(NULL) {}
* };
*/
class Solution {
public:
TreeNode* lowestCommonAncestor(TreeNode* root, TreeNode* p, TreeNode* q) {
// Time complexity: O(LogN)
// Space complexity: O(1)
while(root){
if(root->val > p->val && root->val> q->val){
root = root->left;
}else if(root->val < p->val && root->val < q->val) {
root = root->right;
}else{
return root;
}
}
return root;
}
};