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669. Trim a Binary Search Tree

Description

Given the root of a binary search tree and the lowest and highest boundaries as low and high, trim the tree so that all its elements lies in [low, high]. Trimming the tree should not change the relative structure of the elements that will remain in the tree (i.e., any node's descendant should remain a descendant). It can be proven that there is a unique answer.

Return the root of the trimmed binary search tree. Note that the root may change depending on the given bounds.

 

Example 1:

Input: root = [1,0,2], low = 1, high = 2
Output: [1,null,2]

Example 2:

Input: root = [3,0,4,null,2,null,null,1], low = 1, high = 3
Output: [3,2,null,1]

 

Constraints:

  • The number of nodes in the tree is in the range [1, 104].
  • 0 <= Node.val <= 104
  • The value of each node in the tree is unique.
  • root is guaranteed to be a valid binary search tree.
  • 0 <= low <= high <= 104

Solutions

Solution 1

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# Definition for a binary tree node.
# class TreeNode:
#     def __init__(self, val=0, left=None, right=None):
#         self.val = val
#         self.left = left
#         self.right = right
class Solution:
    def trimBST(
        self, root: Optional[TreeNode], low: int, high: int
    ) -> Optional[TreeNode]:
        def dfs(root):
            if root is None:
                return root
            if root.val > high:
                return dfs(root.left)
            if root.val < low:
                return dfs(root.right)
            root.left = dfs(root.left)
            root.right = dfs(root.right)
            return root

        return dfs(root)

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/**
 * 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 trimBST(TreeNode root, int low, int high) {
        if (root == null) {
            return root;
        }
        if (root.val > high) {
            return trimBST(root.left, low, high);
        }
        if (root.val < low) {
            return trimBST(root.right, low, high);
        }
        root.left = trimBST(root.left, low, high);
        root.right = trimBST(root.right, low, high);
        return root;
    }
}

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/**
 * 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* trimBST(TreeNode* root, int low, int high) {
        if (!root) return root;
        if (root->val > high) return trimBST(root->left, low, high);
        if (root->val < low) return trimBST(root->right, low, high);
        root->left = trimBST(root->left, low, high);
        root->right = trimBST(root->right, low, high);
        return root;
    }
};

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/**
 * Definition for a binary tree node.
 * type TreeNode struct {
 *     Val int
 *     Left *TreeNode
 *     Right *TreeNode
 * }
 */
func trimBST(root *TreeNode, low int, high int) *TreeNode {
    if root == nil {
        return root
    }
    if root.Val > high {
        return trimBST(root.Left, low, high)
    }
    if root.Val < low {
        return trimBST(root.Right, low, high)
    }
    root.Left = trimBST(root.Left, low, high)
    root.Right = trimBST(root.Right, low, high)
    return root
}

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/**
 * Definition for a binary tree node.
 * class TreeNode {
 *     val: number
 *     left: TreeNode | null
 *     right: TreeNode | null
 *     constructor(val?: number, left?: TreeNode | null, right?: TreeNode | null) {
 *         this.val = (val===undefined ? 0 : val)
 *         this.left = (left===undefined ? null : left)
 *         this.right = (right===undefined ? null : right)
 *     }
 * }
 */

function trimBST(root: TreeNode | null, low: number, high: number): TreeNode | null {
    const dfs