DIY: Lowest Common Ancestor of a Binary Tree
Solve the interview question "Lowest Common Ancestor of a Binary Tree" in this lesson.
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Problem statement
Given a binary tree, find the lowest common ancestor (LCA) of two given nodes in the tree.
Input
The first argument will be the root node of a binary tree. The second and third arguments will be two other nodes in the binary tree. The following is an example input:
3
/ \
9 20
/ \
15 7
input = [3, 15, 7]
Output
The output would be the value of the LCA node. For the above input, the output will be:
20
The node with the value 20
is the LCA of the nodes with the values 15
and 7
.
Coding exercise
For this coding exercise, you need to implement the function LCA(root, node1, node2)
, where root
is the root node of the binary tree. You need to find the LCA of node1
and node2
. The function should return the value of the LCA node.
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