270. Closest Binary Search Tree Value
Given a non-empty binary search tree and a target value, find the value in the BST that is closest to the target.
Note:
- Given target value is a floating point.
- You are guaranteed to have only one unique value in the BST that is closest to the target.
1 Solution 1. Iteration 2 /** 3 * Definition for a binary tree node. 4 * public class TreeNode { 5 * int val; 6 * TreeNode left; 7 * TreeNode right; 8 * TreeNode(int x) { val = x; } 9 * } 10 */ 11 public class Solution { 12 public int closestValue(TreeNode root, double target) { 13 double diff = Double.MAX_VALUE; 14 int val = root.val; 15 16 while (root != null) { 17 if (diff > Math.abs(root.val - target)) { 18 val = root.val; 19 diff = Math.abs(root.val - target); 20 } 21 if (root.val > target) { 22 root = root.left; 23 } else { 24 root = root.right; 25 } 26 } 27 28 return val; 29 } 30 } 31 32 Solution 2. Recursion 33 public class Solution { 34 public int closestValue(TreeNode root, double target) { 35 int a = root.val; 36 TreeNode kid = target < a ? root.left : root.right; 37 if (kid == null) return a; 38 int b = closestValue(kid, target); 39 return Math.abs(a - target) < Math.abs(b - target) ? a : b; 40 } 41 }