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Construct Binary Tree from Preorder and Inorder Traversal

LeetCode https://leetcode.cn/problems/construct-binary-tree-from-preorder-and-inorder-traversal/

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Preorder10527151220
Inorder25710121520
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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 buildTree(int[] preorder, int[] inorder) {
      
        Map<Integer, Integer> map = new HashMap<>();
        for (int i = 0; i < inorder.length; i++) {
            map.put(inorder[i], i);
        }

        return buildTreeHelper(preorder, inorder, 0, inorder.length -1, 0, 
          preorder.length - 1, map);
    }

    private TreeNode buildTreeHelper(int[] preorder, int[] inorder,
     int inL, int inR, int preL, int preR, Map<Integer, Integer> map) {
        // base case
        if (inL > inR) {
            return null;
        }

        TreeNode root = new TreeNode(preorder[preL]);
        int size = map.get(preorder[preL]) - inL;
        root.left = buildTreeHelper(preorder, inorder, inL, inL + size -1, 
          preL + 1, preL + size, map);
        root.right = buildTreeHelper(preorder, inorder, inL + size + 1, inR, 
          preL + 1 + size, preR, map);
        
        return root;
    }
}

Complexity

  • Time = O(n)
  • Space = O(n)
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