Given a binary search tree, write a function kthSmallest
to find the kth smallest element in it.
Note:
You may assume k is always valid, 1 ≤ k ≤ BST's total elements.Follow up:
What if the BST is modified (insert/delete operations) often and you need to find the kth smallest frequently? How would you optimize the kthSmallest routine?Hint:
- Try to utilize the property of a BST.
- What if you could modify the BST node's structure?
中序遍历,Morris,线索二叉树……。
1 /** 2 * Definition for a binary tree node. 3 * struct TreeNode { 4 * int val; 5 * TreeNode *left; 6 * TreeNode *right; 7 * TreeNode(int x) : val(x), left(NULL), right(NULL) {} 8 * }; 9 */10 class Solution {11 public:12 int kthSmallest(TreeNode* root, int k) {13 int cnt = 0;14 TreeNode *p = root;15 stackst;16 while (p != NULL || !st.empty()) {17 if (p != NULL) {18 st.push(p);19 p = p->left;20 } else {21 p = st.top();22 st.pop();23 if (++cnt == k) return p->val;24 p = p->right;25 }26 }27 }28 };