783. Minimum Distance Between BST Nodes

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/**
* 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:
void inorder(TreeNode *root, int& prev, int &diff){
if(!root) return;

inorder(root->left, prev, diff);
if(prev == -1){
prev = root->val;
}
else{
diff = min(diff, root->val - prev);
prev = root->val;
}
inorder(root->right, prev, diff);
}
int minDiffInBST(TreeNode* root) {
int diff = INT_MAX, prev = -1;
inorder(root, prev, diff);
return diff;
}
};