【树】450. 删除二叉搜索树中的节点 （BST）应用BST的三个性质（复习）

题目：

给定一个二叉搜索树的根节点 root 和一个值 key，删除二叉搜索树中的 key 对应的节点，并保证二叉搜索树的性质不变。返回二叉搜索树（有可能被更新）的根节点的引用。

一般来说，删除节点可分为两个步骤：

首先找到需要删除的节点；
如果找到了，删除它。

 

 

 解答：

class Solution {
  /*
  One step right and then always left
  */
  public int successor(TreeNode root) {
    root = root.right;
    while (root.left != null) root = root.left;
    return root.val;
  }

  /*
  One step left and then always right
  */
  public int predecessor(TreeNode root) {
    root = root.left;
    while (root.right != null) root = root.right;
    return root.val;
  }

  public TreeNode deleteNode(TreeNode root, int key) {
    if (root == null) return null;

    // delete from the right subtree
    if (key > root.val) root.right = deleteNode(root.right, key);
    // delete from the left subtree
    else if (key < root.val) root.left = deleteNode(root.left, key);
    // delete the current node
    else {
      // the node is a leaf
      if (root.left == null && root.right == null) root = null;
      // the node is not a leaf and has a right child
      else if (root.right != null) {
        root.val = successor(root);
        root.right = deleteNode(root.right, root.val);
      }
      // the node is not a leaf, has no right child, and has a left child    
      else {
        root.val = predecessor(root);
        root.left = deleteNode(root.left, root.val);
      }
    }
    return root;
  }
}

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