http://www.lintcode.com/en/problem/subtree-with-maximum-average/
Given a binary tree, find the subtree with maximum average. Return the root of the subtree.
Example Given a binary tree:
1
/ \
-5 11
/ \ / \
1 2 4 -2
return the node 11.
解题:二叉树的一类题就是需要在二叉树的每个节点上存储一些信息,比如这道题就需要当前sum和size,好计算平均值。
/**
* Definition of TreeNode:
* public class TreeNode {
* public int val;
* public TreeNode left, right;
* public TreeNode(int val) {
* this.val = val;
* this.left = this.right = null;
* }
* }
*/
public class Solution {
private class ResultType {
public int sum, size;
public ResultType(int sum, int size) {
this.sum = sum;
this.size = size;
}
}
private TreeNode subtree = null;
private ResultType subtreeResult = null;
/**
* @param root the root of binary tree
* @return the root of the maximum average of subtree
*/
public TreeNode findSubtree2(TreeNode root) {
helper(root);
return subtree;
}
private ResultType helper(TreeNode root) {
if (root == null) {
return new ResultType(0, 0);
}
ResultType left = helper(root.left);
ResultType right = helper(root.right);
//current node sum and subtree size
ResultType result = new ResultType(
left.sum + right.sum + root.val,
left.size + right.size + 1
);
//update the average
//subtreeResult.sum / subtreeResult.size < result.sum / result.size
if (subtree == null ||
subtreeResult.sum * result.size < result.sum * subtreeResult.size
) {
subtree = root;
subtreeResult = result;
}
return result;
}
}