Sort a linked list in O(n log n) time using constant space complexity.
/**
* Definition for singly-linked list.
* public class ListNode {
* int val;
* ListNode next;
* ListNode(int x) { val = x; }
* }
*/
public class Solution {
public ListNode sortList(ListNode head) {
if(head == null || head.next == null) return head;
ListNode slow = head;
ListNode fast = head;
while(fast.next != null && fast.next.next != null){
slow = slow.next;
fast = fast.next.next;
}
ListNode list2 = slow.next;
slow.next = null;
head = sortList(head);
list2 = sortList(list2);
return merge(head, list2);
}
private ListNode merge(ListNode list1, ListNode list2) {
if(list1 == null) return list2;
if(list2 == null) return list1;
ListNode newHead = new ListNode(0);
ListNode last = newHead;
last = newHead;
while(list1 != null && list2 != null){
if(list1.val < list2.val){
last.next = list1;
list1 = list1.next;
}else{
last.next = list2;
list2 = list2.next;
}
last = last.next;
}
if(list1 != null) last.next = list1;
else if(list2 != null) last.next = list2;
return newHead.next;
}
}