669. Trim a Binary Search Tree

669. Trim a Binary Search Tree

Given a binary search tree and the lowest and highest boundaries as L and R, trim the tree so that all its elements lies in [L, R] (R >= L). You might need to change the root of the tree, so the result should return the new root of the trimmed binary search tree.

Example 1:

Input: 
    1
   / \
  0   2

  L = 1
  R = 2

Output: 
    1
      \
       2

Example 2:

Input: 
    3
   / \
  0   4
   \
    2
   /
  1

  L = 1
  R = 3

Output: 
      3
     / 
   2   
  /
 1

大概就是二叉树的剪枝，需要把不在R~L范围内的结点删除，还考察了二叉搜索树的性质

好久没做过二叉树的题目了，以及忘得差不多了，做这题一点思路都没有。本来对于递归的理解就不好，还是这种类型的，自己最终是看了solution，理解了好久。

class Solution {
    public TreeNode trimBST(TreeNode root, int L, int R) {
        if (root == null) return root;
        if (root.val > R) return trimBST(root.left, L, R);
        if (root.val < L) return trimBST(root.right, L, R);

        root.left = trimBST(root.left, L, R);
        root.right = trimBST(root.right, L, R);
        return root;
    }
}