LeetCode-in-Cpp

98. Validate Binary Search Tree

Medium

Given the root of a binary tree, determine if it is a valid binary search tree (BST).

A valid BST is defined as follows:

Example 1:

Input: root = [2,1,3]

Output: true

Example 2:

Input: root = [5,1,4,null,null,3,6]

Output: false

Explanation: The root node’s value is 5 but its right child’s value is 4.

Constraints:

Solution

#include <climits>

/**
 * 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:
    bool isValidBST(TreeNode* root) {
        return solve(root, LONG_MIN, LONG_MAX);
    }

private:
    bool solve(TreeNode* root, long left, long right) {
        if (root == nullptr) {
            return true;
        }
        if (root->val <= left || root->val >= right) {
            return false;
        }
        return solve(root->left, left, root->val) && solve(root->right, root->val, right);
    }
};