Given the root of a binary search tree, and an integer k, return the kth smallest value (1-indexed) of all the values of the nodes in the tree.
Example 1:
Input: root = [3,1,4,null,2], k = 1
Output: 1
Example 2:
Input: root = [5,3,6,2,4,null,null,1], k = 3
Output: 3
- leverage on behaviour of dfs
- recurse to end of left child node
- then return the kth node
// BST - node.right < node < node.left
// kth smallest - need to find the smallest, then find the kth smallest on the way back
var kthSmallest = function (root, k) {
let count = 0;
let smallestK = null;
function walk(node) {
// base condition
if (!node) {
return 0;
}
// pre
// recurse
walk(node.left);
count++;
// console.log(`smallest ${count}: ${node.val}`)
if (count === k) {
smallestK = node.val;
}
walk(node.right);
// post
}
walk(root);
return smallestK;
};
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