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105. Construct Binary Tree from Preorder and Inorder Traversal

https://leetcode.com/problems/construct-binary-tree-from-preorder-and-inorder-traversal/

js
/**
 * Definition for a binary tree node.
 * function TreeNode(val) {
 *     this.val = val;
 *     this.left = this.right = null;
 * }
 */
/**
 * @param {number[]} preorder
 * @param {number[]} inorder
 * @return {TreeNode}
 */
function buildTree(preorder, inorder) {
  if (!preorder.length) {
    return null
  }

  const root = new TreeNode(preorder[0])
  const index = inorder.indexOf(preorder[0])
  root.left = buildTree(preorder.slice(1, 1 + index), inorder.slice(0, index))
  root.right = buildTree(preorder.slice(1 + index), inorder.slice(index + 1))

  return root
}
py
# Definition for a binary tree node.
# class TreeNode(object):
#     def __init__(self, x):
#         self.val = x
#         self.left = None
#         self.right = None


class Solution(object):

    def buildTree(self, preorder, inorder):
        """
        :type preorder: List[int]
        :type inorder: List[int]
        :rtype: TreeNode
        """
        if not preorder:
            return None

        root = TreeNode(preorder[0])
        index = inorder.index(preorder[0])
        root.left = self.buildTree(preorder[1:1 + index], inorder[:index])
        root.right = self.buildTree(preorder[1 + index:], inorder[index + 1:])
        return root
go
/**
 * Definition for a binary tree node.
 * type TreeNode struct {
 *     Val int
 *     Left *TreeNode
 *     Right *TreeNode
 * }
 */
func buildTree(preorder []int, inorder []int) *TreeNode {
	if len(preorder) == 0 {
		return nil
	}

	root := &TreeNode{Val: preorder[0]}

	idx := 0
	for i, val := range inorder {
		if val == preorder[0] {
			idx = i
			break
		}
	}

	root.Left = buildTree(preorder[1:1+idx], inorder[:idx])
	root.Right = buildTree(preorder[1+idx:], inorder[idx+1:])

	return root
}