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Lowest Common Ancestor of a Binary Search Tree — Python
Full explanation · Time O(h) · Space O(1)
# Time: O(n)
# Space: O(1)
class Solution(object):
# @param {TreeNode} root
# @param {TreeNode} p
# @param {TreeNode} q
# @return {TreeNode}
def lowestCommonAncestor(self, root, p, q):
s, b = sorted([p.val, q.val])
while not s <= root.val <= b:
# Keep searching since root is outside of [s, b].
root = root.left if s <= root.val else root.right
# s <= root.val <= b.
return root