Construct Binary Search Tree from Preorder Traversal
<p>Given an array of integers preorder, which represents the <strong>preorder traversal</strong> of a BST (i.e., <strong>binary search tree</strong>), construct the tree and return <em>its root</em>.</p>

<p>It is <strong>guaranteed</strong> that there is always possible to find a binary search tree with the given requirements for the given test cases.</p>

<p>A <strong>binary search tree</strong> is a binary tree where for every node, any descendant of <code>Node.left</code> has a value <strong>strictly less than</strong> <code>Node.val</code>, and any descendant of <code>Node.right</code> has a value <strong>strictly greater than</strong> <code>Node.val</code>.</p>

<p>A <strong>preorder traversal</strong> of a binary tree displays the value of the node first, then traverses <code>Node.left</code>, then traverses <code>Node.right</code>.</p>

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<p><strong class="example">Example 1:</strong></p>
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<strong>Input:</strong> preorder = [8,5,1,7,10,12]
<strong>Output:</strong> [8,5,10,1,7,null,12]
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<p><strong class="example">Example 2:</strong></p>

<pre>
<strong>Input:</strong> preorder = [1,3]
<strong>Output:</strong> [1,null,3]
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<p>&nbsp;</p>
<p><strong>Constraints:</strong></p>

<ul>
	<li><code>1 &lt;= preorder.length &lt;= 100</code></li>
	<li><code>1 &lt;= preorder[i] &lt;= 1000</code></li>
	<li>All the values of <code>preorder</code> are <strong>unique</strong>.</li>
</ul>
Stack; Tree; Binary Search Tree; Array; Binary Tree; Monotonic Stack
/**
 * Definition for a binary tree node.
 * struct TreeNode {
 *     int val;
 *     TreeNode *left;
 *     TreeNode *right;
 *     TreeNode() : val(0), left(nullptr), right(nullptr) {}
 *     TreeNode(int x) : val(x), left(nullptr), right(nullptr) {}
 *     TreeNode(int x, TreeNode *left, TreeNode *right) : val(x), left(left), right(right) {}
 * };
 */
class Solution {
public:
    TreeNode* bstFromPreorder(vector<int>& preorder) {
        auto dfs = [&](this auto&& dfs, int i, int j) -> TreeNode* {
            if (i > j) {
                return nullptr;
            }
            TreeNode* root = new TreeNode(preorder[i]);
            int l = i + 1, r = j + 1;
            while (l < r) {
                int mid = (l + r) >> 1;
                if (preorder[mid] > preorder[i]) {
                    r = mid;
                } else {
                    l = mid + 1;
                }
            }
            root->left = dfs(i + 1, l - 1);
            root->right = dfs(l, j);
            return root;
        };
        return dfs(0, preorder.size() - 1);
    }
};
