Construct binary tree from preorder and inorder traversal

# 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 buildTree(self, preorder: List[int], inorder: List[int]) -> Optional[TreeNode]:
        if not preorder or not inorder:
            return None # Leaf node

        root_val = preorder[0]
        root = TreeNode(root_val)

        idx = inorder.index(root_val)

        in_left = inorder[:idx]
        in_right = inorder[idx + 1:]

        pre_left = preorder[1:len(in_left) + 1]
        pre_right = preorder[len(in_left) + 1:]

        root.left = self.buildTree(pre_left, in_left)
        root.right = self.buildTree(pre_right, in_right)

        return root

Construct Binary Tree from Preorder and Inorder Traversal

Difficulty: Medium


Given two integer arrays preorder and inorder where preorder is the preorder traversal of a binary tree and inorder is the inorder traversal of the same tree, construct and return the binary tree.

 

Example 1:

Input: preorder = [3,9,20,15,7], inorder = [9,3,15,20,7]
Output: [3,9,20,null,null,15,7]

Example 2:

Input: preorder = [-1], inorder = [-1]
Output: [-1]

 

Constraints:

  • 1 <= preorder.length <= 3000
  • inorder.length == preorder.length
  • -3000 <= preorder[i], inorder[i] <= 3000
  • preorder and inorder consist of unique values.
  • Each value of inorder also appears in preorder.
  • preorder is guaranteed to be the preorder traversal of the tree.
  • inorder is guaranteed to be the inorder traversal of the tree.