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426. Convert Binary Search Tree to Sorted Doubly Linked List πŸ”’

Description

Convert a Binary Search Tree to a sorted Circular Doubly-Linked List in place.

You can think of the left and right pointers as synonymous to the predecessor and successor pointers in a doubly-linked list. For a circular doubly linked list, the predecessor of the first element is the last element, and the successor of the last element is the first element.

We want to do the transformation in place. After the transformation, the left pointer of the tree node should point to its predecessor, and the right pointer should point to its successor. You should return the pointer to the smallest element of the linked list.

 

Example 1:

Input: root = [4,2,5,1,3]


Output: [1,2,3,4,5]

Explanation: The figure below shows the transformed BST. The solid line indicates the successor relationship, while the dashed line means the predecessor relationship.

Example 2:

Input: root = [2,1,3]
Output: [1,2,3]

 

Constraints:

  • The number of nodes in the tree is in the range [0, 2000].
  • -1000 <= Node.val <= 1000
  • All the values of the tree are unique.

Solutions

Solution 1

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"""
# Definition for a Node.
class Node:
    def __init__(self, val, left=None, right=None):
        self.val = val
        self.left = left
        self.right = right
"""


class Solution:
    def treeToDoublyList(self, root: 'Optional[Node]') -> 'Optional[Node]':
        def dfs(root):
            if root is None:
                return
            nonlocal prev, head
            dfs(root.left)
            if prev:
                prev.right = root
                root.left = prev
            else:
                head = root
            prev = root
            dfs(root.right)

        if root is None:
            return None
        head = prev = None
        dfs(root)
        prev.right = head
        head.left = prev
        return head
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/*
// Definition for a Node.
class Node {
    public int val;
    public Node left;
    public Node right;

    public Node() {}

    public Node(int _val) {
        val = _val;
    }

    public Node(int _val,Node _left,Node _right) {
        val = _val;
        left = _left;
        right = _right;
    }
};
*/

class Solution {
    private Node prev;
    private Node head;

    public Node treeToDoublyList(Node root) {
        if (root == null) {
            return null;
        }
        prev = null;
        head = null;
        dfs(root);
        prev.right = head;
        head.left = prev;
        return head;
    }

    private void dfs(Node root) {
        if (root == null) {
            return;
        }
        dfs(root.left);
        if (prev != null) {
            prev.right = root;
            root.left = prev;
        } else {
            head = root;
        }
        prev = root;
        dfs(root.right);
    }
}
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/*
// Definition for a Node.
class Node {
public:
    int val;
    Node* left;
    Node* right;

    Node() {}

    Node(int _val) {
        val = _val;
        left = NULL;
        right = NULL;
    }

    Node(int _val, Node* _left, Node* _right) {
        val = _val;
        left = _left;
        right = _right;
    }
};
*/

class Solution {
public:
    Node* prev;
    Node* head;

    Node* treeToDoublyList(Node* root) {
        if (!root) return nullptr;
        prev = nullptr;
        head = nullptr;
        dfs(root);
        prev->right = head;
        head->left = prev;
        return head;
    }

    void dfs(Node* root) {
        if (!root) return;
        dfs(root->left);
        if (prev) {
            prev->right = root;
            root->left = prev;
        } else
            head = root;
        prev = root;
        dfs(root->right);