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701, Insert into a Binary Search Tree

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I Problem

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.

Related Topics

  • Tree
  • Binary Tree
  • Binary Search Tree

II Solution

#[derive(Debug, PartialEq, Eq)]
pub struct TreeNode {
    pub val: i32,
    pub left: Option<Rc<RefCell<TreeNode>>>,
    pub right: Option<Rc<RefCell<TreeNode>>>,
}

impl TreeNode {
    #[inline]
    pub fn new(val: i32) -> Self {
        TreeNode {
            val,
            left: None,
            right: None,
        }
    }
}

Approach 1: Recursion

pub fn insert_into_bst(root: Option<Rc<RefCell<TreeNode>>>, val: i32) -> Option<Rc<RefCell<TreeNode>>> {
    //Self::recur_helper_1(root, val
    Self::recur_helper_2(root, val)
}

fn recur_helper_1(root: Option<Rc<RefCell<TreeNode>>>, val: i32) -> Option<Rc<RefCell<TreeNode>>> {
    let new = Some(Rc::new(RefCell::new(TreeNode::new(val))));
    if root.is_none() {
        return new;
    }

    const TRAVERSAL: fn(Option<Rc<RefCell<TreeNode>>>, i32, Option<Rc<RefCell<TreeNode>>>) =
        |root, val, new| {
            if let Some(curr) = root {
                let curr_val = curr.borrow().val;

                if val > curr_val {
                    let right = curr.borrow().right.clone();
                    if right.is_some() {
                        TRAVERSAL(right, val, new);
                    } else {
                        curr.borrow_mut().right = new;
                    }
                } else {
                    let left = curr.borrow().left.clone();
                    if left.is_some() {
                        TRAVERSAL(left, val, new);
                    } else {
                        curr.borrow_mut().left = new;
                    }
                }
            }
        };
    TRAVERSAL(root.clone(), val, new);

    root
}

fn recur_helper_2(root: Option<Rc<RefCell<TreeNode>>>, val: i32) -> Option<Rc<RefCell<TreeNode>>> {
    const TRAVERSAL: fn(Option<Rc<RefCell<TreeNode>>>, i32) -> Option<Rc<RefCell<TreeNode>>> =
        |root, val| match root {
            None => Some(Rc::new(RefCell::new(TreeNode::new(val)))),
            Some(curr) => {
                let curr_val = curr.borrow().val;

                if val > curr_val {
                    let right = curr.borrow_mut().right.take();
                    curr.borrow_mut().right = TRAVERSAL(right, val);
                } else {
                    let left = curr.borrow_mut().left.take();
                    curr.borrow_mut().left = TRAVERSAL(left, val);
                }

                Some(curr)
            }
        };

    TRAVERSAL(root, val)
}

Approach 2: Iteration

pub fn insert_into_bst(root: Option<Rc<RefCell<TreeNode>>>, val: i32) -> Option<Rc<RefCell<TreeNode>>> {
    //Self::iter_helper_1(root, val)
    Self::iter_helper_2(root, val)
}

fn iter_helper_1(root: Option<Rc<RefCell<TreeNode>>>, val: i32) -> Option<Rc<RefCell<TreeNode>>> {
    let new = Some(Rc::new(RefCell::new(TreeNode::new(val))));
    if root.is_none() {
        return new;
    }

    let mut root_node = root.clone();
    while let Some(curr) = root_node {
        let curr_val = curr.borrow().val;

        let (next, is_right) = if val > curr_val {
            (curr.borrow().right.clone(), true)
        } else {
            (curr.borrow().left.clone(), false)
        };

        if next.is_some() {
            root_node = next;
        } else {
            if is_right {
                curr.borrow_mut().right = new;
            } else {
                curr.borrow_mut().left = new;
            }
            break;
        }
    }

    root
}

fn iter_helper_2(root: Option<Rc<RefCell<TreeNode>>>, val: i32) -> Option<Rc<RefCell<TreeNode>>> {
    let new = Some(Rc::new(RefCell::new(TreeNode::new(val))));
    if root.is_none() {
        return new;
    }

    let mut root_node = root.clone();
    while let Some(curr) = root_node {
        let curr_val = curr.borrow().val;

        if val > curr_val {
            let right = curr.borrow().right.clone();
            if right.is_some() {
                root_node = right;
            } else {
                curr.borrow_mut().right = new;
                break;
            }
        } else {
            let left = curr.borrow().left.clone();
            if left.is_some() {
                root_node = left;
            } else {
                curr.borrow_mut().left = new;
                break;
            }
        }
    }

    root
}