Lowest Common Ancestor in an Inserted BST
Problem statement
Build a binary search tree by inserting the distinct values of insertionOrder from left to right. For each insertion, values smaller than the current node go left and larger values go right.
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ProExamples
Example 1
insertionOrder = [6,2,8,0,4,7,9,3,5]p = 2q = 8return = 6The two nodes lie on opposite sides of the root, so 6 is their lowest common ancestor.
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