Trim a Binary Search Tree

Given a binary search tree and the lowest and highest boundaries asLandR, trim the tree so that all its elements lies in[L, R](R >= L). You might need to change the root of the tree, so the result should return the new root of the trimmed binary search tree.

Example

Example 1:

Input:

    1
   / \
  0   2

  L = 1
  R = 2


Output:

    1
      \
       2

Example 2:

Input:

    3
   / \
  0   4
   \
    2
   /
  1

  L = 1
  R = 3


Output:

      3
     / 
   2   
  /
 1

Note

这题做法有些取巧,并不是真正意义上在内存里面删除不符合区间的Node,只是将Node的指向进行的更改,大致思路:

每一层的Condition有三种:

  1. root.val小于区间的lower boundL,则返回root.rightsubtree传上来的root,这里就变相的'删除'掉了当前root

    和所有root.left的node

  2. root.val大于区间的upper boundR,则返回root.left subtree传上来的root

  3. 满足区间,则继续递归

当递归走到叶子节点的时候,我们向上返回root,这里return root的定义是: 返回给parent一个区间调整完以后的subtree

Code

class Solution {
    public TreeNode trimBST(TreeNode root, int L, int R) {
        if (root == null) return null;

        //每一层的Condition
        if (root.val < L) return trimBST(root.right, L, R);
        if (root.val > R) return trimBST(root.left, L, R);

        // 区间内,正常的Recursion
        root.left = trimBST(root.left, L, R);
        root.right = trimBST(root.right, L, R);

        // 返回给parent一个区间调整完以后的subtree
        return root;
    }
}

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