From 99c35b25c446694feee71644d0c381cda512d0ef Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: YOUNGJIN NA <120540450+ppxyn1@users.noreply.github.com>
Date: Sat, 31 Jan 2026 17:18:37 +0900
Subject: [PATCH 1/3] [:solved] #249

---
 .../ppxyn1.py                                 | 23 +++++++++++++++++++
 1 file changed, 23 insertions(+)
 create mode 100644 lowest-common-ancestor-of-a-binary-search-tree/ppxyn1.py

diff --git a/lowest-common-ancestor-of-a-binary-search-tree/ppxyn1.py b/lowest-common-ancestor-of-a-binary-search-tree/ppxyn1.py
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..7357bdeab4
--- /dev/null
+++ b/lowest-common-ancestor-of-a-binary-search-tree/ppxyn1.py
@@ -0,0 +1,23 @@
+# Definition for a binary tree node.
+# class TreeNode:
+#     def __init__(self, x):
+#         self.val = x
+#         self.left = None
+#         self.right = None
+
+# idea: BST property
+# Time Complexity : O(long n)
+class Solution:
+    def lowestCommonAncestor(self, root: 'TreeNode', p: 'TreeNode', q: 'TreeNode') -> 'TreeNode':
+        cur = root
+        while cur:
+            if p.val > cur.val and q.val > cur.val:
+                cur = cur.right
+            elif p.val < cur.val and q.val < cur.val:
+                cur = cur.left
+            else:
+                return cur
+            
+
+
+

From 570cca07cdf5e6ede8c06fdefe434167f0fdcfc9 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: YOUNGJIN NA <120540450+ppxyn1@users.noreply.github.com>
Date: Sun, 1 Feb 2026 15:50:10 +0900
Subject: [PATCH 2/3] [:solved] #252

---
 kth-smallest-element-in-a-bst/ppxyn1.py | 31 +++++++++++++++++++++++++
 1 file changed, 31 insertions(+)
 create mode 100644 kth-smallest-element-in-a-bst/ppxyn1.py

diff --git a/kth-smallest-element-in-a-bst/ppxyn1.py b/kth-smallest-element-in-a-bst/ppxyn1.py
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..9991e54e80
--- /dev/null
+++ b/kth-smallest-element-in-a-bst/ppxyn1.py
@@ -0,0 +1,31 @@
+# Definition for a binary tree node.
+# class TreeNode:
+#     def __init__(self, val=0, left=None, right=None):
+#         self.val = val
+#         self.left = left
+#         self.right = right
+
+#idea : DFS (inorder)
+#Time Complexity: O(n)
+
+class Solution:
+    def kthSmallest(self, root: Optional[TreeNode], k: int) -> int:
+        stack = []
+        cnt = 0
+        curr = root 
+        if not curr:
+            return
+
+        while curr or stack:
+                stack.append(curr)
+                curr = curr.left 
+            curr = stack.pop()
+            cnt += 1
+
+            if cnt == k:
+                return curr.val
+            
+            curr = curr.right 
+
+
+

From 8ad7c1788c42d4c783f3353fb594a8ed980ce57f Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: YOUNGJIN NA <120540450+ppxyn1@users.noreply.github.com>
Date: Sun, 1 Feb 2026 15:50:51 +0900
Subject: [PATCH 3/3] [:fixed]

---
 kth-smallest-element-in-a-bst/ppxyn1.py | 3 +--
 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 2 deletions(-)

diff --git a/kth-smallest-element-in-a-bst/ppxyn1.py b/kth-smallest-element-in-a-bst/ppxyn1.py
index 9991e54e80..0baf399124 100644
--- a/kth-smallest-element-in-a-bst/ppxyn1.py
+++ b/kth-smallest-element-in-a-bst/ppxyn1.py
@@ -17,6 +17,7 @@ def kthSmallest(self, root: Optional[TreeNode], k: int) -> int:
             return
 
         while curr or stack:
+            while curr:
                 stack.append(curr)
                 curr = curr.left 
             curr = stack.pop()
@@ -27,5 +28,3 @@ def kthSmallest(self, root: Optional[TreeNode], k: int) -> int:
             
             curr = curr.right 
 
-
-