g0401_0500.s0450_delete_node_in_a_bst

Class Solution

java.lang.Object

g0401_0500.s0450_delete_node_in_a_bst.Solution

public class Solution
extends Object

450 - Delete Node in a BST.

Medium

Given a root node reference of a BST and a key, delete the node with the given key in the BST. Return the root node reference (possibly updated) of the BST.

Basically, the deletion can be divided into two stages:

1. Search for a node to remove.
2. If the node is found, delete the node.

Example 1:

Input: root = [5,3,6,2,4,null,7], key = 3

Output: [5,4,6,2,null,null,7]

Explanation:

Given key to delete is 3. So we find the node with value 3 and delete it.
One valid answer is [5,4,6,2,null,null,7], shown in the above BST.
Please notice that another valid answer is [5,2,6,null,4,null,7] and it's also accepted.

Example 2:

Input: root = [5,3,6,2,4,null,7], key = 0

Output: [5,3,6,2,4,null,7]

Explanation: The tree does not contain a node with value = 0.

Example 3:

Input: root = [], key = 0

Output: []

Constraints:

• The number of nodes in the tree is in the range [0, 104].
• -105 <= Node.val <= 105
• Each node has a unique value.
• root is a valid binary search tree.
• -105 <= key <= 105

Follow up: Could you solve it with time complexity O(height of tree)?

Constructor Summary

Constructors

Constructor and Description
Solution()

Method Summary

Modifier and Type	Method and Description
TreeNode	deleteNode(TreeNode root, int key)

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

clone, equals, finalize, getClass, hashCode, notify, notifyAll, toString, wait, wait, wait

Constructor Detail

Solution

public Solution()

Method Detail

deleteNode

public TreeNode deleteNode(TreeNode root,
                           int key)