Sort a linked list in O(n log n) time using constant space complexity.
这道题跟Insertion Sort List类似,要求我们用O(nlogn)算法对链表进行排序,但是并没有要求用哪一种排序算法,我们可以使用归并排序,快速排序,堆排序等满足要求的方法来实现。对于这道题比较容易想到的是归并排序,因为我们已经做过Merge Two Sorted Lists,这是归并排序的一个subroutine。剩下我们需要做的就是每次找到中点,然后对于左右进行递归,最后用Merge Two Sorted Lists把他们合并起来。代码如下:
public ListNode sortList(ListNode head) {
return mergeSort(head);
}
private ListNode mergeSort(ListNode head)
{
if(head == null || head.next == null)
return head;
ListNode walker = head;
ListNode runner = head;
while(runner.next!=null && runner.next.next!=null)
{
walker = walker.next;
runner = runner.next.next;
}
ListNode head2 = walker.next;
walker.next = null;
ListNode head1 = head;
head1 = mergeSort(head1);
head2 = mergeSort(head2);
return merge(head1, head2);
}
private ListNode merge(ListNode head1, ListNode head2)
{
ListNode helper = new ListNode(0);
helper.next = head1;
ListNode pre = helper;
while(head1!=null && head2!=null)
{
if(head1.val<head2.val)
{
head1 = head1.next;
}
else
{
ListNode next = head2.next;
head2.next = pre.next;
pre.next = head2;
head2 = next;
}
pre = pre.next;
}
if(head2!=null)
{
pre.next = head2;
}
return helper.next;
}
walker.next = null; -->为了下次的分割,
pre = pre.next; --> 为了找到拼接的位置
链表的拼接, 先记住后面的节点, 先拼接后面的节点, 不然不好表示
ListNode next = head2.next; head2.next = pre.next; pre.next = head2;