For a Maximum Segment Tree, which each node has an extra value max to store the maximum value in this node's interval.
Implement a modify function with three parameter root, index and value to change the node's value with [start, end] = [index, index] to the new given value. Make sure after this change, every node in segment tree still has the max attribute with the correct value.
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Example
For segment tree:
[1, 4, max=3]
/ \
[1, 2, max=2] [3, 4, max=3]
/ \ / \
[1, 1, max=2], [2, 2, max=1], [3, 3, max=0], [4, 4, max=3]
if call modify(root, 2, 4), we can get:
[1, 4, max=4]
/ \
[1, 2, max=4] [3, 4, max=3]
/ \ / \
[1, 1, max=2], [2, 2, max=4], [3, 3, max=0], [4, 4, max=3]
or call modify(root, 4, 0), we can get:
[1, 4, max=2]
/ \
[1, 2, max=2] [3, 4, max=0]
/ \ / \
[1, 1, max=2], [2, 2, max=1], [3, 3, max=0], [4, 4, max=0]
Note
We suggest you finish problem Segment Tree Build and Segment Tree Query first.
Challenge
Do it in O(h) time, h is the height of the segment tree.
1 /**
2 * Definition of SegmentTreeNode:
3 * public class SegmentTreeNode {
4 * public int start, end, max;
5 * public SegmentTreeNode left, right;
6 * public SegmentTreeNode(int start, int end, int max) {
7 * this.start = start;
8 * this.end = end;
9 * this.max = max
10 * this.left = this.right = null;
11 * }
12 * }
13 */
14 public class Solution {
15 /**
16 *@param root, index, value: The root of segment tree and
17 *@ change the node's value with [index, index] to the new given value
18 *@return: void
19 */
20 public void modify(SegmentTreeNode root, int index, int value) {
21 // write your code here
22 if (root.start == root.end) {
23 root.max = value;
24 return;
25 }
26 int mid = (root.start + root.end)/2;
27 if (index <= mid) modify(root.left, index, value);
28 else modify(root.right, index, value);
29 root.max = Math.max(root.left.max, root.right.max);
30 }
31 }