【Leetcode】109. Convert Sorted List to Binary Search Tree

Question：

Given a singly linked list where elements are sorted in ascending order, convert it to a height balanced BST.

For this problem, a height-balanced binary tree is defined as a binary tree in which the depth of the two subtrees of every node never differ by more than 1.

Example:

Given the sorted linked list: [-10,-3,0,5,9],

One possible answer is: [0,-3,9,-10,null,5], which represents the following height balanced BST:

      0
     / 
   -3   9
   /   /
 -10  5

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Tips：

给定一个有序的单链表，将其转换成一个平衡二叉查找树。

思路：

（1）找到链表的中间位置，作为BST的根节点。方法就是设置两个指针，fast、slow，slow每次走一步，fast每次走两步。当fast先遇到null，slow就指向链表中间节点。

（2）左、右子树的根节点也用相同的方法找到，并作为根节点的左右子树。接下来的结点可用递归来解决。

代码：

public TreeNode sortedListToBST(ListNode head){
        if(head==null) return null;
        return toBST(head,null);
    }

    private TreeNode toBST(ListNode head,ListNode tail) {
        if(head==tail) return null;
        ListNode fast=head;
        ListNode slow=head;
        //循环找到链表中间位置作为根节点。
        while(fast!=tail && fast.next!=tail){
            slow=slow.next;
            fast=fast.next.next;
        }
        TreeNode root=new TreeNode(slow.val);
        root.left=toBST(head,slow);
        root.right=toBST(slow.next,tail);
        return root;
    }