Verify Preorder Sequence in Binary Search Tree
Given an array of numbers, verify whether it is the correct preorder traversal sequence of a binary search tree.
You may assume each number in the sequence is unique.
Follow up:
Could you do it using only constant space complexity?
Solution:
public class Solution {
public boolean verifyPreorder(int[] preorder) {
int low = Integer.MIN_VALUE;
Stack<Integer> path = new Stack();
for (int p : preorder) {
if (p < low)
return false;
// If the current value is larger, we are going to the right
// because of preorder, the numbers afterwards cannot be less
// than the ones in the stack
while (!path.empty() && p > path.peek())
low = path.pop();
path.push(p);
}
return true;
}
}