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花花酱 LeetCode 2181. Merge Nodes in Between Zeros

You are given the head of a linked list, which contains a series of integers separated by 0‘s. The beginning and end of the linked list will have Node.val == 0.

For every two consecutive 0‘s, merge all the nodes lying in between them into a single node whose value is the sum of all the merged nodes. The modified list should not contain any 0‘s.

Return the head of the modified linked list.

Example 1:

Input: head = [0,3,1,0,4,5,2,0]
Output: [4,11]
Explanation: 
The above figure represents the given linked list. The modified list contains
- The sum of the nodes marked in green: 3 + 1 = 4.
- The sum of the nodes marked in red: 4 + 5 + 2 = 11.

Example 2:

Input: head = [0,1,0,3,0,2,2,0]
Output: [1,3,4]
Explanation: 
The above figure represents the given linked list. The modified list contains
- The sum of the nodes marked in green: 1 = 1.
- The sum of the nodes marked in red: 3 = 3.
- The sum of the nodes marked in yellow: 2 + 2 = 4.

Constraints:

  • The number of nodes in the list is in the range [3, 2 * 105].
  • 0 <= Node.val <= 1000
  • There are no two consecutive nodes with Node.val == 0.
  • The beginning and end of the linked list have Node.val == 0.

Solution: List

Skip the first zero, replace every zero node with the sum of values of its previous nodes.

Time complexity: O(n)
Space complexity: O(1)

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花花酱 LeetCode 2130. Maximum Twin Sum of a Linked List

In a linked list of size n, where n is even, the ith node (0-indexed) of the linked list is known as the twin of the (n-1-i)th node, if 0 <= i <= (n / 2) - 1.

  • For example, if n = 4, then node 0 is the twin of node 3, and node 1 is the twin of node 2. These are the only nodes with twins for n = 4.

The twin sum is defined as the sum of a node and its twin.

Given the head of a linked list with even length, return the maximum twin sum of the linked list.

Example 1:

Input: head = [5,4,2,1]
Output: 6
Explanation:
Nodes 0 and 1 are the twins of nodes 3 and 2, respectively. All have twin sum = 6.
There are no other nodes with twins in the linked list.
Thus, the maximum twin sum of the linked list is 6. 

Example 2:

Input: head = [4,2,2,3]
Output: 7
Explanation:
The nodes with twins present in this linked list are:
- Node 0 is the twin of node 3 having a twin sum of 4 + 3 = 7.
- Node 1 is the twin of node 2 having a twin sum of 2 + 2 = 4.
Thus, the maximum twin sum of the linked list is max(7, 4) = 7. 

Example 3:

Input: head = [1,100000]
Output: 100001
Explanation:
There is only one node with a twin in the linked list having twin sum of 1 + 100000 = 100001.

Constraints:

  • The number of nodes in the list is an even integer in the range [2, 105].
  • 1 <= Node.val <= 105

Solution: Two Pointers + Reverse List

Use fast slow pointers to find the middle point and reverse the second half.

Time complexity: O(n)
Space complexity: O(1)

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花花酱 LeetCode 2095. Delete the Middle Node of a Linked List

You are given the head of a linked list. Delete the middle node, and return the head of the modified linked list.

The middle node of a linked list of size n is the āŒŠn / 2āŒ‹th node from the start using 0-based indexing, where āŒŠxāŒ‹ denotes the largest integer less than or equal to x.

  • For n = 1234, and 5, the middle nodes are 0112, and 2, respectively.

Example 1:

Input: head = [1,3,4,7,1,2,6]
Output: [1,3,4,1,2,6]
Explanation:
The above figure represents the given linked list. The indices of the nodes are written below.
Since n = 7, node 3 with value 7 is the middle node, which is marked in red.
We return the new list after removing this node. 

Example 2:

Input: head = [1,2,3,4]
Output: [1,2,4]
Explanation:
The above figure represents the given linked list.
For n = 4, node 2 with value 3 is the middle node, which is marked in red.

Example 3:

Input: head = [2,1]
Output: [2]
Explanation:
The above figure represents the given linked list.
For n = 2, node 1 with value 1 is the middle node, which is marked in red.
Node 0 with value 2 is the only node remaining after removing node 1.

Constraints:

  • The number of nodes in the list is in the range [1, 105].
  • 1 <= Node.val <= 105

Solution: Fast / Slow pointers

Use fast / slow pointers to find the previous node of the middle one, then skip the middle one.

prev.next = prev.next.next

Time complexity: O(n)
Space complexity: O(1)

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花花酱 LeetCode 143. Reorder List

You are given the head of a singly linked-list. The list can be represented as:

L0 ā†’ L1 ā†’ ā€¦ ā†’ Ln - 1 ā†’ Ln

Reorder the list to be on the following form:

L0 ā†’ Ln ā†’ L1 ā†’ Ln - 1 ā†’ L2 ā†’ Ln - 2 ā†’ ā€¦

You may not modify the values in the list’s nodes. Only nodes themselves may be changed.

Example 1:

Input: head = [1,2,3,4]
Output: [1,4,2,3]

Example 2:

Input: head = [1,2,3,4,5]
Output: [1,5,2,4,3]

Constraints:

  • The number of nodes in the list is in the range [1, 5 * 104].
  • 1 <= Node.val <= 1000

Solution: Three steps

Step 1: Find mid node that splits the list into two halves.
Step 2: Reverse the second half
Step 3: Merge two lists

Time complexity: O(n)
Space complexity: O(1)

C++

花花酱 LeetCode 147. Insertion Sort List

Given the head of a singly linked list, sort the list using insertion sort, and return the sorted list’s head.

The steps of the insertion sort algorithm:

  1. Insertion sort iterates, consuming one input element each repetition and growing a sorted output list.
  2. At each iteration, insertion sort removes one element from the input data, finds the location it belongs within the sorted list and inserts it there.
  3. It repeats until no input elements remain.

The following is a graphical example of the insertion sort algorithm. The partially sorted list (black) initially contains only the first element in the list. One element (red) is removed from the input data and inserted in-place into the sorted list with each iteration.

Example 1:

Input: head = [4,2,1,3]
Output: [1,2,3,4]

Example 2:

Input: head = [-1,5,3,4,0]
Output: [-1,0,3,4,5]

Constraints:

  • The number of nodes in the list is in the range [1, 5000].
  • -5000 <= Node.val <= 5000

Solution: Scan from head

For each node, scan from head of the list to find the insertion position in O(n), and adjust pointers.

Time complexity: O(n2)
Space complexity: O(1)

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