Validate Binary Search Tree
Given a binary tree, determine if it is a valid binary search tree (BST).
Assume a BST is defined as follows:
- The left subtree of a node contains only nodes with keysless thanthe node's key.
- The right subtree of a node contains only nodes with keysgreater thanthe node's key.
- Both the left and right subtrees must also be binary search trees.
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吸收了LeetCode论坛上的建议,不使用INT_MAX 和INT_MIN,我这里使用了LLONG_MIN和LLONG_MAX。
因为如果是用INT_MIN,那么第一个左子树的值为INT_MIN的时候就会判断为假,其实为真。
虽然leetcode没有测试这个情况,不过健全的程序总是最好的。
class Solution {
public:
bool isValidBST(TreeNode *root)
{
return validBST(root);
}
//注意:别忘记了两边的boundary:leftMax和rightMax的设置
/*
I dont think it's a good idea to use int to represent the up and low bound of a TreeNode, INT_MIN and INT_MAX maybe used by TreeNode. We can use double or just the TreeNode itself.
*/
bool validBST(TreeNode *root, long long leftMax = LLONG_MIN, long long rightMax = LLONG_MAX)
{
if (!root) return true;
if (!root->left && !root->right) return true;
if (root->left
&& (root->left->val >= root->val || root->left->val <= leftMax))
return false;
if (root->right
&& (root->right->val <= root->val || root->right->val >= rightMax ))
return false;
return validBST(root->left, leftMax, root->val)
&& validBST(root->right, root->val, rightMax);
}
};
//2014-2-15 update
bool isValidBST(TreeNode *root)
{
return isLegal(root);
}
bool isLegal(TreeNode *r, TreeNode *le = NULL, TreeNode *ri = NULL)
{
if (!r) return true;//||!r->left && !r->right不能增加这个条件
if (le && le->val >= r->val || ri && ri->val <= r->val) return false;
return isLegal(r->left, le, r) && isLegal(r->right, r, ri);
}