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intermediate · order 116

Lowest common ancestor

tree-lca-01Related book chapters: 19 (optional — this page is complete on its own)LCA

Slug: tree-lca-01 · Paired reading: Chapter 19

Prompt

fn lca(root: &Tree, p: i32, q: i32) -> Option<i32> — LCA values in a binary tree (not necessarily BST) by restructuring recursion: if both sides find a hit, current node is the answer.