###### tags: `LeetCode` `Recursion` `Tree` `Easy`
# LeetCode #700 [Search in a Binary Search Tree](https://leetcode.com/problems/search-in-a-binary-search-tree/)
### (Easy)
```
/**
* 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* searchBST(TreeNode* root, int val) {
return search(root, val);
}
TreeNode* search(TreeNode* node, int val){
if(!node)return nullptr;
if(node->val==val)return node;
else if(node->val<val)return search(node->right, val);
else if(node->val>val)return search(node->left, val);
return nullptr;
}
};
```