题目:
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).”
_______6______ / ___2__ ___8__ / / 0 _4 7 9 / 3 5
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.
链接: http://leetcode.com/problems/lowest-common-ancestor-of-a-binary-search-tree/
注意第4,5行的判断不要错
1 public class Solution { 2 public TreeNode lowestCommonAncestor(TreeNode root, TreeNode p, TreeNode q) { 3 if (root == null || p == null || q == null) return null; 4 if (root.val < p.val && root.val < q.val) return lowestCommonAncestor(root.right, p, q); 5 else if (root.val > p.val && root.val > q.val) return lowestCommonAncestor(root.left, p, q); 6 else return root; 7 } 8 }