Easy
Lowest Common Ancestor of a Binary Search Tree — C++
Full explanation · Time O(h) · Space O(1)
// Time: O(h)
// Space: O(1)
/**
* 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) {
auto s = min(p->val, q->val);
auto b = max(p->val, q->val);
while (root->val < s || root->val > b) {
// Keep searching since root is outside of [s, b].
root = s <= root->val ? root->left : root->right;
}
// s <= root->val && root->val <= b.
return root;
}
};