题目如下:https://leetcode.com/problems/lowest-common-ancestor-of-a-binary-tree/
Given a binary tree, find the lowest common ancestor (LCA) of two given nodes in the tree.
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).”
_______3______ / ___5__ ___1__ / / 6 _2 0 8 / 7 4
For example, the lowest common ancestor (LCA) of nodes 5
and 1
is 3
. Another example is LCA of nodes 5
and 4
is 5
, since a node can be a descendant of itself according to the LCA definition.
由于题目已经给定了数据结构和函数(见下方代码部分),并不能愉快地用指向双亲的指针,然而寻找p和q两个结点的公共祖先似乎又要从下方向上找。于是我们可以考虑用递归:要找的是第一个左右孩子都是p或q祖先的结点;或者本身是p,而且是q的祖先的结点。如果符合这两点,直接返回就好;如果不是任何一个祖先,忽略掉;如果是一个的祖先,可以通过递归将这个情况返回,实现从下向上找。
代码如下:
/** * 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) { if (root == NULL) { return NULL; //到了最下面,什么都没有,返回空 } if (root == p || root == q) { return root; //找到了一个结点,返回该结点 } //递归 TreeNode *left = lowestCommonAncestor(root->left, p, q); TreeNode *right = lowestCommonAncestor(root->right, p, q); if (left && right) { return root; //待查找结点祖先分别是左右孩子,该结点为结果 } else if (left) { return left; //只是一个的祖先,将结果“上传” } return right; } };
没时间了啊啊啊啊啊啊啊啊啊啊啊啊啊啊啊啊啊啊
//以下不是2015年11月23日00:00前写的
//然而为保持风格还算统一,还是想加几篇觉得写得不错的博客
附:
http://arsenal591.blog.163.com/blog/static/253901269201510169448656
http://www.cnblogs.com/ocNflag/p/4967695.html
http://blog.sina.com.cn/s/blog_1495db3970102w4wl.html
http://www.cnblogs.com/fighter-MaZijun/p/4979318.html
http://www.cnblogs.com/lqf-96/p/lowest-common-ancestor-of-a-binary-tree.html
再附://有图似乎比我上面写的一坨还是更直观一些
http://www.cnblogs.com/Jueis-lishuang/p/4984971.html
最后的最后:
本来此处想装得有文采一些,写一些现在只想好一半的东西,然而写不写出来对我个人似乎意义不大。//这周似乎也有些忙
感叹两句就好了:
大神似乎与咸鱼们并不是同一种生物
算了……就这一句也够了……