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
      \
       2Example 2:
Input:
    3
   / \
  0   4
   \
    2
   /
  1
  L = 1
  R = 3
Output:
      3
     / 
   2   
  /
 1Note
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:
- root.val小于区间的lower bound- L,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
- root.val大于区间的upper bound- R,则返回- root.leftsubtree传上来的- root
- 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;
    }
}Last updated
