A typical recursion one.
class Solution { bool _verify(vector<int> &in, int i, int j, int low, int high) { if (i > j) return true; // empty int root = in[i]; if (!(root >= low && root <= high)) return false; if (i == j) return true; // find split int inx = i + 1; while (inx <= j && in[inx] < root) inx++; return _verify(in, i + 1, inx - 1, low, root - 1) && _verify(in, inx, j, root + 1, high); } public: bool verifyPreorder(vector<int>& preorder) { return _verify(preorder, 0, preorder.size() - 1, INT_MIN, INT_MAX); } };