Lowest Common Ancestor of A Binary Tree

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/**
 * Definition for a binary tree node.
 * struct TreeNode {
 *     int val;
 *     TreeNode *left;
 *     TreeNode *right;
 *     TreeNode(int x) : val(x), left(NULL), right(NULL) {}
 * };
 */
class Solution {
public:
    TreeNode* lowestCommonAncestor(TreeNode* root, TreeNode* p, TreeNode* q) {
        if(root == NULL)
        {
            return NULL;
        }

        if(root == p || root == q)
        {
            return root;
        }

        TreeNode* left = lowestCommonAncestor(root->left, p, q);
        TreeNode* right = lowestCommonAncestor(root->right, p, q);

        if(left == NULL && right == NULL)
        {
            return NULL;
        }
        if(left != NULL && right != NULL)
        {
            return root;
        }
        if(left == NULL)
        {
            return right;
        }
        else
        {
            return left;
        }
    }
};

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