148. Sort List

 https://leetcode.com/problems/sort-list/

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
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/**
* 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) {
// Base case => terminate
if (head == null || head.next == null) {
return head;
}
ListNode prev = null;
ListNode slow = head;
ListNode fast = head;
while (fast != null && fast.next != null) {
prev = slow;
slow = slow.next;
fast = fast.next.next;
}
prev.next = null;
ListNode l1 = sortList(head);
ListNode l2 = sortList(slow);
return merge(l1, l2);
}
private ListNode merge(ListNode l1, ListNode l2) {
ListNode curr = new ListNode(-1);
ListNode ans = curr;
while (l1 != null && l2 != null) {
if (l1.val < l2.val) {
curr.next = l1;
l1 = l1.next;
} else {
curr.next = l2;
l2 = l2.next;
}
curr = curr.next;
}
if (l1 != null) {
curr.next = l1;
}
if (l2 != null) {
curr.next = l2;
}
return ans.next;
}
}