783_MinimumDistanceBetweenBSTNodes - a920604a/leetcode GitHub Wiki

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title: 783. Minimum Distance Between BST Nodes tags:
- backtracking categories: leetcode comments: false

problem

solution

/**
 * 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:
    void inorder(TreeNode *root, int& prev, int &diff){
        if(!root) return;
        
        inorder(root->left, prev, diff);
        if(prev == -1){
            prev = root->val;
        }
        else{
            diff = min(diff, root->val - prev);
            prev = root->val;
        }
        inorder(root->right, prev, diff);
    }
    int minDiffInBST(TreeNode* root) {
        int diff = INT_MAX, prev = -1;
        inorder(root, prev, diff);
        return diff;
    }
};