Leetcode

Second Minimum Node In a Binary Tree

May 26, 2022 by aAshish

  • Time:O(n)
  • Space:O(h)

C++

 
class Solution {
 public:
  int findSecondMinimumValue(TreeNode* root) {
    if (!root)
      return -1;
    return findSecondMinimumValue(root, root->val);
  }

 private:
  int findSecondMinimumValue(TreeNode* root, int mini) {
    if (!root)
      return -1;
    if (root->val > mini)
      return root->val;

    const int leftMin = findSecondMinimumValue(root->left, mini);
    const int rightMin = findSecondMinimumValue(root->right, mini);

    if (leftMin == -1 || rightMin == -1)
      return max(leftMin, rightMin);
    return min(leftMin, rightMin);
  }
};

JAVA

 
class Solution {
  public int findSecondMinimumValue(TreeNode root) {
    if (root == null)
      return -1;
    return findSecondMinimumValue(root, root.val);
  }

  private int findSecondMinimumValue(TreeNode root, int min) {
    if (root == null)
      return -1;
    if (root.val > min)
      return root.val;

    final int leftMin = findSecondMinimumValue(root.left, min);
    final int rightMin = findSecondMinimumValue(root.right, min);

    if (leftMin == -1 || rightMin == -1)
      return Math.max(leftMin, rightMin);
    return Math.min(leftMin, rightMin);
  }
}