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700 Search in a Binary Search Tree

You are given the root of a binary search tree (BST) and an integer val.

Find the node in the BST that the node's value equals val and return the subtree rooted with that node. If such a node does not exist, return null.

Example 1:

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Input: root = [4,2,7,1,3], val = 2
Output: [2,1,3]

Example 2:

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Input: root = [4,2,7,1,3], val = 5
Output: []

Solution:

/**
 * Definition for a binary tree node.
 * public class TreeNode {
 *     int val;
 *     TreeNode left;
 *     TreeNode right;
 *     TreeNode() {}
 *     TreeNode(int val) { this.val = val; }
 *     TreeNode(int val, TreeNode left, TreeNode right) {
 *         this.val = val;
 *         this.left = left;
 *         this.right = right;
 *     }
 * }
 */
class Solution {
    public TreeNode searchBST(TreeNode root, int val) {
        if (root == null){
            return null;
        }

        if (root.val == val){
            return root;
        }

        if (root.val < val){
            return searchBST(root.right, val);
        }

        return searchBST(root.left, val);
    }
}
// TC: O(logn) O(n)
// SC: O(n)