一个 BST 的前序遍历就是一个有序数组. 因此这道题其实只需要返回前序遍历的第 K 个值. 代码如下:

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# 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
class Solution:
def kthSmallest(self, root: Optional[TreeNode], k: int) -> int:
stack = [root]
curr = root.left
while True:
if curr:
stack.append(curr)
curr = curr.left
elif stack:
curr = stack.pop()
k -= 1
if k == 0:
return curr.val
curr = curr.right
else:
break
return 0