Segment Tree Build
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The structure of Segment Tree is a binary tree
which each node has two attributes start and end denote an segment / interval.
start and end are both integers, they should be assigned in following rules:
The root's start and end is given by build method.
The left child of node A has start=A.left, end=(A.left + A.right) / 2.
The right child of node A has start=(A.left + A.right) / 2 + 1, end=A.right.
if start equals to end, there will be no children for this node.
Implement a build method with two parameters start and end, so that we can create a corresponding segment tree with every node has the correct start and end value, return the root of this segment tree.
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Example
Given start=0, end=3. The segment tree will be:
[0, 3]
/ \
[0, 1] [2, 3]
/ \ / \
[0, 0] [1, 1] [2, 2] [3, 3]
Given start=1, end=6. The segment tree will be:
[1, 6]
/ \
[1, 3] [4, 6]
/ \ / \
[1, 2] [3,3] [4, 5] [6,6]
/ \ / \
[1,1] [2,2] [4,4] [5,5]
Clarification
Segment Tree (a.k.a Interval Tree) is an advanced data structure which can support queries like:
which of these intervals contain a given point
which of these points are in a given interval
See wiki: Segment Tree Interval Tree
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- Segment Tree
public class Solution {
/**
*@param start, end: Denote an segment / interval
*@return: The root of Segment Tree
*/
public SegmentTreeNode build(int start, int end) {
// write your code here
if (start > end) {
return null;
}
if (start == end) {
return new SegmentTreeNode(start, end);
}
SegmentTreeNode root = new SegmentTreeNode(start, end);
root.left = build(start, (start + end) /2);
root.right = build((start + end) / 2 + 1, end);
return root;
}
}