Kth Smallest Element in a BST

Given a binary search tree, write a function kthSmallest to find the kth smallest element in it. Note: You may assume k is always valid, 1 ≤ k ≤ BST’s total elements. Example 1: Input: root = [3,1,4,null,2], k = 1 3 / \ 1 4 \ 2 Output: 1 Example 2: Input: root = [5,3,6,2,4,null,null,1], k = 3 5 / \ 3 6 / \ 2 4 / 1 Output: 3 Follow up: What if the BST is modified (insert/delete operations) often and you need to find the kth smallest frequently? How would you optimize the kthSmallest routine? ...

May 18, 2020 · 1 min · volyx