1. The last element in postorder is the root;
2. Find the root in inorder, the left side belongs to left subtree, the right side belongs to right subtree;
3. Repeat step 1 and 2 on the left side elements and the right side elements recursively.
/**
* Definition for binary tree
* struct TreeNode {
* int val;
* TreeNode *left;
* TreeNode *right;
* TreeNode(int x) : val(x), left(NULL), right(NULL) {}
* };
*/
class Solution {
public:
TreeNode *buildHelper(vector<int> &inorder, vector<int> &postorder, int ib,int ie, int pb, int pe)
{
if(ib>ie || pb>pe) return NULL;
TreeNode *root = new TreeNode(postorder[pe]);
int i;
for(i=ib;i<=ie;i++)
if(inorder[i]==postorder[pe])
break;
root->left = buildHelper(inorder,postorder,ib,i-1,pb,pb+i-ib-1);
root->right = buildHelper(inorder,postorder,i+1,ie,pb+i-ib,pe-1);
return root;
}
TreeNode *buildTree(vector<int> &inorder, vector<int> &postorder) {
return buildHelper(inorder,postorder,0,inorder.size()-1,0,postorder.size()-1);
}
};