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701. Insert into a Binary Search Tree

Description

You are given the root node of a binary search tree (BST) and a value to insert into the tree. Return the root node of the BST after the insertion. It is guaranteed that the new value does not exist in the original BST.

Notice that there may exist multiple valid ways for the insertion, as long as the tree remains a BST after insertion. You can return any of them.

 

Example 1:

Input: root = [4,2,7,1,3], val = 5
Output: [4,2,7,1,3,5]
Explanation: Another accepted tree is:

Example 2:

Input: root = [40,20,60,10,30,50,70], val = 25
Output: [40,20,60,10,30,50,70,null,null,25]

Example 3:

Input: root = [4,2,7,1,3,null,null,null,null,null,null], val = 5
Output: [4,2,7,1,3,5]

 

Constraints:

  • The number of nodes in the tree will be in the range [0, 104].
  • -108 <= Node.val <= 108
  • All the values Node.val are unique.
  • -108 <= val <= 108
  • It's guaranteed that val does not exist in the original BST.

Solutions

Solution 1: Recursion

Thinking

Insert a fresh value into a BST and return the new root. \(n \le 10^4\), so any correct insertion path is fine.

BST order pins down a unique empty slot: walk by comparison and hang a new node there; no rotation is required. An empty tree becomes that single node.

Recurse into the left or right child according to \(\textit{val}\), then attach the returned subtree. A chain still costs \(O(n)\) time and stack.

If the root node is null, we directly create a new node with the value \(\textit{val}\) and return it.

If the root node's value is greater than \(\textit{val}\), we recursively insert \(\textit{val}\) into the left subtree and update the root of the left subtree with the returned root node.

If the root node's value is less than \(\textit{val}\), we recursively insert \(\textit{val}\) into the right subtree and update the root of the right subtree with the returned root node.

The time complexity is \(O(n)\), and the space complexity is \(O(n)\). Here, \(n\) is the number of nodes in the binary tree.

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# Definition for a binary tree node.
# class TreeNode:
#     def __init__(self, val=0, left=None, right=None):
#         self.val = val
#         self.left = left
#         self.right = right
class Solution:
    def insertIntoBST(self, root: Optional[TreeNode], val: int) -> Optional[TreeNode]:
        if root is None:
            return TreeNode(val)
        if root.val > val:
            root.left = self.insertIntoBST(root.left, val)
        else:
            root.right = self.insertIntoBST(root.right, val)
        return root

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/**
 * Definition for a binary tree node.
 * public class TreeNode {
 *     int val;
 *     TreeNode left;
 *     TreeNode right;
 *     TreeNode() {}
 *     TreeNode(int val) { this.val = val; }
 *     TreeNode(int val, TreeNode left, TreeNode right) {
 *         this.val = val;
 *         this.left = left;
 *         this.right = right;
 *     }
 * }
 */
class Solution {
    public TreeNode insertIntoBST(TreeNode root, int val) {
        if (root == null) {
            return new TreeNode(val);
        }
        if (root.val > val) {
            root.left = insertIntoBST(root.left, val);
        } else {
            root.right = insertIntoBST(root.right, val);
        }
        return root;
    }
}

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/**
 * Definition for a binary tree node.
 * struct TreeNode {
 *     int val;
 *     TreeNode *left;
 *     TreeNode *right;
 *     TreeNode() : val(0), left(nullptr), right(nullptr) {}
 *     TreeNode(int x) : val(x), left(nullptr), right(nullptr) {}
 *     TreeNode(int x, TreeNode *left, TreeNode *right) : val(x), left(left), right(right) {}
 * };
 */
class Solution {
public:
    TreeNode* insertIntoBST(TreeNode* root, int val) {
        if (!root) {
            return new TreeNode(val);
        }
        if (root->val > val) {
            root->left = insertIntoBST(root->left, val);
        } else {
            root->right = insertIntoBST(root->right, val);
        }
        return root;
    }
};

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/**
 * Definition for a binary tree node.
 * type TreeNode struct {
 *     Val int
 *     Left *TreeNode
 *     Right *TreeNode
 * }
 */
func insertIntoBST(root *TreeNode, val int) *TreeNode {
    if root == nil {
        return &TreeNode{Val: val}
    }
    if root.Val > val {
        root.Left = insertIntoBST(root.Left, val)
    } else {
        root.Right = insertIntoBST(root.Right, val)
    }
    return root
}

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/**
 * Definition for a binary tree node.
 * class TreeNode {
 *     val: number
 *     left: TreeNode | null
 *     right: TreeNode | null
 *     constructor(val?: number, left?: TreeNode | null, right?: TreeNode | null) {
 *         this.val = (val===undefined ? 0 : val)
 *         this.left = (left===undefined ? null : left)
 *         this.right = (right===undefined ? null : right)
 *     }
 * }
 */

function insertIntoBST(root: TreeNode | null, val: number): TreeNode | null {
    if (!root) {
        return new TreeNode(val);
    }
    if (root.val > val) {
        root.left = insertIntoBST(root.left, val);
    } else {
        root.right = insertIntoBST(root.right, val);
    }
    return root;
}

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