669. Trim a Binary Search Tree

• Difficulty: Easy

• Topics: Tree

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Problem:

Given a binary search tree and the lowest and highest boundaries as L and R, trim the tree so that all its elements lies in [L, R] (R >= L). You might need to change the root of the tree, so the result should return the new root of the trimmed binary search tree.

Example 1:

Input: 
    1
   / \
  0   2

  L = 1
  R = 2

Output: 
    1
      \
       2

Example 2:

Input: 
    3
   / \
  0   4
   \
    2
   /
  1

L = 1 R = 3

Output: 3 / 2
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Solutions:

/**
 * Definition for a binary tree node.
 * struct TreeNode {
 *     int val;
 *     TreeNode *left;
 *     TreeNode *right;
 *     TreeNode(int x) : val(x), left(NULL), right(NULL) {}
 * };
 */
class Solution {
public:
    TreeNode* trimBST(TreeNode* root, int L, int R) {
        if (root == nullptr)    return nullptr;
        if (root->val < L) {
            return trimBST(root->right, L, R);
        }
        if (root->val > R) {
            return trimBST(root->left, L, R);
        }

        root->left = trimBST(root->left, L,R);
        root->right = trimBST(root->right, L, R);
        return root;
    }
};