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LeetCode 98, Medium. Topics: Tree, Depth-First Search, Binary Search Tree, Binary Tree. View on LeetCode. Generate this problem as a practice environment: tested reference solution, 12 parametrized pytest cases, and a playground notebook:

Problem

Given the root of a binary tree, determine if it is a valid binary search tree (BST). A valid BST is defined as follows:
  • The left subtree of a node contains only nodes with keys strictly less than the node’s key.
  • The right subtree of a node contains only nodes with keys strictly greater than the node’s key.
  • Both the left and right subtrees must also be binary search trees.

Examples

Example 1
Example 2
Explanation: The root node’s value is 5 but its right child’s value is 4.

Constraints

  • The number of nodes in the tree is in the range [1, 10^4].
  • -2^31 <= Node.val <= 2^31 - 1

Solution

Reference implementation from solution.py on GitHub, full suite in test_solution.py:

Complexity

Tags

Grind 75, Grind, Blind 75, NeetCode 150, NeetCode 250, NeetCode All, AlgoMaster 75.
Last modified on August 25, 2026