Given a sorted (increasing order) array, Convert it to create a binary tree with minimal height.
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Example
Given [1,2,3,4,5,6,7], return
4
/ \
2 6
/ \ / \
1 3 5 7
Note
There may exist multiple valid solutions, return any of them.
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/**
* Definition of TreeNode:
* public class TreeNode {
* public int val;
* public TreeNode left, right;
* public TreeNode(int val) {
* this.val = val;
* this.left = this.right = null;
* }
* }
*/
public class Solution {
/**
* @param A: an integer array
* @return: a tree node
*/
private TreeNode buildTree(int[] num, int start, int end) {
if (start > end) {
return null;
}
TreeNode node = new TreeNode(num[(start + end) / 2]);
node.left = buildTree(num, start, (start + end) / 2 - 1);
node.right = buildTree(num, (start + end) / 2 + 1, end);
return node;
}
public TreeNode sortedArrayToBST(int[] A) {
// write your code here
if (A == null) {
return null;
}
return buildTree(A, 0, A.length - 1);
}
}