Given an array 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.
Given the sorted array: [-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
对于二分搜索树来说,它的中序遍历输出就是一个排好序的数组,所以在数组的中间就是根节点,左边部分是左子树,右边部分是右子树。通过递归就能实现把有序数组转换为二分搜索树。剩下的左边部分的中间就是左节点,同理剩下右边部分的中间恰好是右节点。
/**
* Definition for a binary tree node.
* public class TreeNode {
* int val;
* TreeNode left;
* TreeNode right;
* TreeNode() {}
* TreeNode(int val) { this.val = val; }
* TreeNode(int val, TreeNode left, TreeNode right) {
* this.val = val;
* this.left = left;
* this.right = right;
* }
* }
*/
class Solution {
public TreeNode sortedArrayToBST(int[] nums) {
return helper(nums, 0, nums.length - 1);
}
public TreeNode helper(int[] nums, int l, int r) {
if (l > r) return null;
int mid = l + (r - l) / 2;
TreeNode node = new TreeNode(nums[mid]);
node.left = helper(nums, l, mid - 1);
node.right = helper(nums, mid + 1, r);
return node;
}
}
/**
* Definition for a binary tree node.
* struct TreeNode {
* int val;
* TreeNode *left;
* TreeNode *right;
* TreeNode() : val(0), left(nullptr), right(nullptr) {}
* TreeNode(int x) : val(x), left(nullptr), right(nullptr) {}
* TreeNode(int x, TreeNode *left, TreeNode *right) : val(x), left(left), right(right) {}
* };
*/
class Solution {
public:
TreeNode* sortedArrayToBST(vector<int>& nums) {
return helper(nums, 0, nums.size() - 1);
}
TreeNode* helper(vector<int>& nums, int l, int r) {
if (l > r) return NULL;
int mid = l + (r - l) / 2;
TreeNode* node = new TreeNode(nums[mid]);
node->left = helper(nums, l, mid - 1);
node->right = helper(nums, mid + 1, r);
return node;
}
};