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LeetCode #700: Search in a Binary Search Tree

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LeetCode #700: Search in a Binary Search Tree:

Recursive:

python
# Definition for a binary tree node.
# class TreeNode:
#     def __init__(self, val=0, left=None, right=None):
#         self.val = val
#         self.left = left
#         self.right = right
class Solution:
    def searchBST(self, root: Optional[TreeNode], val: int) -> Optional[TreeNode]:
        if not root:
            return None

        if root.val == val:
            return root
        elif root.val < val:
            return self.searchBST(root.right, val)
        else:
            return self.searchBST(root.left, val)

Iterative:

python
# Definition for a binary tree node.
# class TreeNode:
#     def __init__(self, val=0, left=None, right=None):
#         self.val = val
#         self.left = left
#         self.right = right
class Solution:
    def searchBST(self, root: Optional[TreeNode], val: int) -> Optional[TreeNode]:
        while root:
            if root.val == val:
                return root
            elif root.val < val:
                root = root.right
            else:
                root = root.left

        return None