Flatten Binary Tree to Linked List

Given a binary tree, flatten it to a linked list in-place.

For example,
Given

         1
        / \
       2   5
      / \   \
     3   4   6

 

The flattened tree should look like:

   1
    \
     2
      \
       3
        \
         4
          \
           5
            \
             6
/**
 * Definition for binary tree
 * struct TreeNode {
 *     int val;
 *     TreeNode *left;
 *     TreeNode *right;
 *     TreeNode(int x) : val(x), left(NULL), right(NULL) {}
 * };
 */
class Solution {
public:
    void flatten(TreeNode *root) {
        TreeNode*now = root;
        while (now)
        {
            if(now->left)
            {
                // Find current node's prenode that links to current node's right subtree
                TreeNode* pre = now->left;
                while(pre->right)
                {
                    pre = pre->right;
                }
                pre->right = now->right;
                // Use current node's left subtree to replace its right subtree(original right 
                // subtree is already linked by current node's prenode
                now->right = now->left;
                now->left = NULL;
            }
            now = now->right;
        }
    }
};

 

posted on 2014-12-03 20:32  code#swan  阅读(107)  评论(0)    收藏  举报

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