236 - Lowest Common Ancestor of a Binary Tree.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 lowestCommonAncestor(self, root, p, q):
        """
        :type root: TreeNode
        :type p: TreeNode
        :type q: TreeNode
        :rtype: TreeNode
        """
        if root is None:
            return None
        if p == root or q == root:
            return root
        left = self.lowestCommonAncestor(root.left,p,q)
        right = self.lowestCommonAncestor(root.right,p,q)
        if not left and not right:
            return None
        if left and not right:
            return left
        if right and not left:
            return right
        return root