Kth Ancestor a Tree Node using Binary Lifting technique

Author: Naman Yadav

algorithms/graphs/kth-ancestor-of-a-tree-node.cpp

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+//Kth Ancestor of a treenode using Binary Lifting. If kth ancestor does not exist, return -1. Implemented in C++17
+// author : github.com/yadavnaman
+#include <bits/stdc++.h>
+using namespace std;
+
+class TreeAncestor {
+    
+public:
+    vector< vector<int> >dp; // dp[i][node] : node's 2^i parent
+    int n;
+    TreeAncestor(int m, vector<int>& parent) {
+        n = m;
+        dp.resize(20,vector<int> (m,-1));
+        for(int node = 0 ; node < parent.size(); ++node){
+            dp[0][node] = parent[node];
+        }
+        // 2^i parent
+        for(int i = 1; i< 20; ++i) {
+            for(int node = 0 ; node < parent.size(); ++node) {
+                int node_par = dp[i-1][node];
+                if(node_par != -1){
+                    dp[i][node] = dp[i-1][node_par];
+                }
+            }
+        }
+        
+    }
+    
+    int getKthAncestor(int node, int k) {
+        for(int i = 0; i < 20; ++i) {
+            if(k & (1<<i)) {
+                node = dp[i][node];
+                if(node == -1){
+                    return -1;
+                }
+            }
+        }
+        return node;
+    }
+};
+
+int main() {
+    int m,k,node;
+    cin >> m >> k;
+    vector<int> par(m);
+    for(int i = 0; i < m; ++i){
+        cin>>par[i];
+    }
+    cin >> node;
+    TreeAncestor* obj = new TreeAncestor(m,par);
+    cout << obj->getKthAncestor(node,k) <<"\n";
+}