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Construct Binary Tree from Inorder and Postorder Traversal

Problem

Given inorder and postorder traversal of a tree, construct the binary tree.

Note

You may assume that duplicates do not exist in the tree.

Solution

The last element in postorder is the root, find it in inorder, then the left elements are in left branch, and right elements are in right branch, solve this recursively. For example, the example found in wikipedia

In-order: A, B, C, D, E, F, G, H, I
Post-order: A, C, E, D, B, H, I, G, F

The root is the last of postorder: F. Find it in inorder: ABCDE F GHI, so ABCDE are in left branch, GHI are in right branch.

If you are using Arrays.copyOfRange(arr, from, to), remember from is inclusive and to is exclusive...

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