Construct Binary Tree
Detailed guide and Python implementation for the 'Construct Binary Tree' problem.
Problem Statement
Given two integer arrays preorder and inorder where preorder is the preorder traversal of a binary tree and inorder is the inorder traversal of the same tree, construct and return the binary tree.
The tree should be returned as a level-order list. Implement a function buildTree(preorder: list, inorder: list) -> list.
- •1 <= preorder.length <= 3000
- •inorder.length == preorder.length
- •-3000 <= preorder[i], inorder[i] <= 3000
- •preorder and inorder consist of unique values
- •Each value of inorder also appears in preorder
- •preorder is guaranteed to be the preorder traversal of the tree
- •inorder is guaranteed to be the inorder traversal of the tree
Examples
[3,9,20,15,7], [9,3,15,20,7]
[3,9,20,None,None,15,7]
Preorder: root is 3. In inorder, 9 is to the left of 3 (left subtree) and [15,20,7] is to the right (right subtree). Recursively build: left subtree is just [9], right subtree has root 20 with children 15 and 7.
[-1], [-1]
[-1]
Single node tree.
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Edge Cases to Watch
- Empty input structures
- Single element inputs
- Large numerical bounds
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