Create Balanced Binary Search Tree from Sorted linked list

Question

What\'s the best way to create a balanced binary search tree from a sorted singly linked list?

Answer 1

A slightly improved implementation from @1337c0d3r in my blog.

// create a balanced BST using @len elements starting from @head & move @head forward by @len
TreeNode *sortedListToBSTHelper(ListNode *&head, int len) {
    if (0 == len)   return NULL;

    auto left = sortedListToBSTHelper(head, len / 2);
    auto root = new TreeNode(head->val);
    root->left = left;
    head = head->next;
    root->right = sortedListToBSTHelper(head, (len - 1) / 2);
    return root;
}

TreeNode *sortedListToBST(ListNode *head) {
    int n = length(head);
    return sortedListToBSTHelper(head, n);
}