/** * Example: * var ti = TreeNode(5) * var v = ti.`val` * Definition for a binary tree node. * class TreeNode(var `val`: Int) { * var left: TreeNode? = null * var right: TreeNode? = null * } */ class Solution { private data class SpecialRange(val min: Int? = null, val max: Int? = null) { fun check(x: Int): Boolean = (min == null || x > min) && (max == null || x < max) } private fun isValidBST( root: TreeNode?, range: SpecialRange, ): Boolean = when (root) { null -> true else -> range.check(root.`val`) && isValidBST(root.left, range.copy(max = root.`val`)) && isValidBST(root.right, range.copy(min = root.`val`)) } fun isValidBST(root: TreeNode?): Boolean = isValidBST(root, SpecialRange()) }