Sort a linked list in O(n log n) time using constant space complexity.
Example 1:
Input: 4->2->1->3
Output: 1->2->3->4
Example 2:
Input: -1->5->3->4->0
Output: -1->0->3->4->5
思路:merge sort Linked List, jame bone,找到middle point的前一个,然后把list 劈开;
/**
* Definition for singly-linked list.
* public class ListNode {
* int val;
* ListNode next;
* ListNode() {}
* ListNode(int val) { this.val = val; }
* ListNode(int val, ListNode next) { this.val = val; this.next = next; }
* }
*/
class Solution {
public ListNode sortList(ListNode head) {
if(head == null || head.next == null) {
return head;
}
ListNode l1 = head;
ListNode prehead = findMiddlePre(head);
ListNode l2 = prehead.next;
prehead.next = null;
l1 = sortList(l1);
l2 = sortList(l2);
return mergeTwoSortedList(l1, l2);
}
private ListNode findMiddlePre(ListNode node) {
ListNode slow = node;
ListNode fast = node;
while(fast != null && fast.next != null && fast.next.next != null) {
slow = slow.next;
fast = fast.next.next;
}
return slow;
}
private ListNode mergeTwoSortedList(ListNode l1, ListNode l2) {
ListNode dummpy = new ListNode(-1);
ListNode cur = dummpy;
while(l1 != null && l2 != null) {
if(l1.val < l2.val) {
cur.next = l1;
l1 = l1.next;
cur = cur.next;
} else {
cur.next = l2;
l2 = l2.next;
cur = cur.next;
}
}
if(l1 != null) {
cur.next = l1;
}
if(l2 != null) {
cur.next = l2;
}
return dummpy.next;
}
}