###### tags: `LeetCode` `Recursion` `Tree` `Medium`
# LeetCode #701 [Insert into a Binary Search Tree](https://leetcode.com/problems/insert-into-a-binary-search-tree/)
### (Medium)
```
/**
* 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* insertIntoBST(TreeNode* root, int val) {
if(!root)return new TreeNode(val);
insert(root, val);
return root;
}
TreeNode* insert(TreeNode* node, int val){
if(!node)return new TreeNode(val);
if(node->val>val)node->left=insert(node->left, val);
else if(node->val<val)node->right=insert(node->right, val);
return node;
}
};
```