Sort a linked list in O(n log n) time using constant space complexity.
这道要求O(1)空间复杂度,这是比较难的地方。
常用的merge sort都是O(LogN)的(因为call stack)
我在评论区看到的高票答案都不是O(logN)的。
当然我搜了一下也找到确实是O(1)空间复杂度的解法,不过不容易找都被淹没了。
我这里帖一下我的。
主要思路还是merge sort,但是是bottom up 的merge sort.
用while loop从下往上找,用一个变量step来控制merge size.
初始化step为1, 每次把step * 2 直接step >= list的 size。
思路还是比较直接的。
challenging的地方在于如何写的漂亮简单。
我帖了一下我的代码, 欢迎交流。
我leetcode论坛的帖子在此,
https://leetcode.com/problems/sort-list/discuss/239384/Java-Real-O(1)-space-No-recursion-only-iterative-merge-sort-with-full-comments
public ListNode sortList(ListNode head) {
int step = 1;
ListNode dummyHead = new ListNode(0);
dummyHead.next = head;
int size = getSize(head);
while (step < size) {
dummyHead.next = splitAndMergeAtK(dummyHead.next, step);
step *= 2;
}
return dummyHead.next;
}
private ListNode splitAndMergeAtK(ListNode head, int K) {
// iterative merge for every 2 size K segment,
ListNode dummyHead = new ListNode(0);
ListNode cur = dummyHead;
while (head != null) {
ListNode[] headTail1 = getK(head, K); // Get a segment of size K
head = headTail1[1].next;
headTail1[1].next = null;
if (head == null) {
cur.next = headTail1[0];
return dummyHead.next;
}
ListNode[] headTail2 = getK(head, K); // Get another segment of size K
head = headTail2[1].next;
headTail2[1].next = null;
ListNode[] mergedHeadTail = mergeK(headTail1[0], headTail2[0]); //merge two segments
cur.next = mergedHeadTail[0]; // hook up
cur = mergedHeadTail[1];
}
return dummyHead.next;
}
private ListNode[] getK(ListNode head, int K) { // get a segment of size K
ListNode[] ans = new ListNode[2]; //head must not be null;
ans[0] = head;
for (int i = 0; i < K; i++) {
ans[1] = head;
head = head.next;
if (head == null) break;
}
return ans;
}
private ListNode[] mergeK(ListNode head1, ListNode head2) {
ListNode dummyHead = new ListNode(0);
ListNode cur = dummyHead;
while (head1 != null && head2 != null) {
if (head1.val <= head2.val) {
cur.next = head1;
head1 = head1.next;
} else {
cur.next = head2;
head2 = head2.next;
}
cur = cur.next;
cur.next = null;
}
cur.next = head1 != null ? head1 : head2;
while (cur.next != null) {
cur = cur.next;
}
return new ListNode[]{dummyHead.next, cur};
}
private int getSize(ListNode head) {
int count = 0;
while (head != null) {
count++;
head = head.next;
}
return count;
}