108 - Convert Sorted Array to Binary Search Tree

2020/08/18

leetcode

Problem

Given an array where elements are sorted in ascending order, convert it to a height balanced BST.

For this problem, a height-balanced binary tree is defined as a binary tree in which the depth of the two subtrees of every node never differ by more than 1.

Example:

Given the sorted array: [-10,-3,0,5,9],

One possible answer is: [0,-3,9,-10,null,5], which represents the following height balanced BST:

      0
     / \
   -3   9
   /   /
 -10  5

Solution

class Solution:
    def sortedArrayToBST(self, nums: List[int]) -> TreeNode:
        if not nums:
            return None

        mid = len(nums)//2

        root = TreeNode(nums[mid])
        root.left = self.sortedArrayToBST(nums[:mid])
        root.right = self.sortedArrayToBST(nums[mid+1:])

        return root