Reverse Linked List

Question

  • leetcode: Reverse Linked List | LeetCode OJ
  • lintcode: (35) Reverse Linked List

    1. Reverse a linked list.
        1. Example
      1. For linked list 1->2->3, the reversed linked list is 3->2->1
        1. Challenge
      2. Reverse it in-place and in one-pass

題解1 - 非遞迴

聯想到同樣也可能需要翻轉的數組,在數組中由於可以利用下標隨機訪問,翻轉時使用下標即可完成。而在單向鏈表中,僅僅只知道頭節點,而且只能單向往前走,故需另尋出路。分析由1->2->3變為3->2->1的過程,由於是單向鏈表,故只能由1開始遍曆,1和2最開始的位置是1->2,最後變為2->1,故從這裡開始尋找突破口,探討如何交換1和2的節點。
1. temp = head->next;
2. head->next = prev;
3. prev = head;
4. head = temp;

要點在於維護兩個指針變量prev和head, 翻轉相鄰兩個節點之前保存下一節點的值,分析如下圖所示:
Reverse Linked List
1. 保存head下一節點
2. 將head所指向的下一節點改為prev
3. 將prev替換為head,波浪式前進
4. 將第一步保存的下一節點替換為head,用於下一次循環

Python

  1. # Definition for singly-linked list.
    2. # class ListNode:
    3. #     def __init__(self, x):
    4. #         self.val = x
    5. #         self.next = None
    6.   7. class Solution:
    8.     # @param {ListNode} head
    9.     # @return {ListNode}
    10.     def reverseList(self, head):
    11.         prev = None
    12.         curr = head
    13.         while curr is not None:
    14.             temp = curr.next
    15.             curr.next = prev
    16.             prev = curr
    17.             curr = temp
    18.         # fix head
    19.         head = prev
    20.   21.         return head

C++

  1. /**
    2.  * Definition for singly-linked list.
    3.  * struct ListNode {
    4.  *     int val;
    5.  *     ListNode *next;
    6.  *     ListNode(int x) : val(x), next(NULL) {}
    7.  * };
    8.  */
    9. class Solution {
    10. public:
    11.     ListNode* reverse(ListNode* head) {
    12.         ListNode *prev = NULL;
    13.         ListNode *curr = head;
    14.         while (curr != NULL) {
    15.             ListNode *temp = curr->next;
    16.             curr->next = prev;
    17.             prev = curr;
    18.             curr = temp;
    19.         }
    20.         // fix head
    21.         head = prev;
    22.   23.         return head;
    24.     }
    25. };

Java

  1. /**
    2.  * Definition for singly-linked list.
    3.  * public class ListNode {
    4.  *     int val;
    5.  *     ListNode next;
    6.  *     ListNode(int x) { val = x; }
    7.  * }
    8.  */
    9. public class Solution {
    10.     public ListNode reverseList(ListNode head) {
    11.         ListNode prev = null;
    12.         ListNode curr = head;
    13.         while (curr != null) {
    14.             ListNode temp = curr.next;
    15.             curr.next = prev;
    16.             prev = curr;
    17.             curr = temp;
    18.         }
    19.         // fix head
    20.         head = prev;
    21.   22.         return head;
    23.     }
    24. }

源碼分析

題解中基本分析完畢,代碼中的prev賦值操作精煉,值得借鑒。

複雜度分析

遍歷一次鏈表,時間複雜度為 O(n), 使用了輔助變數,空間複雜度 O(1).

題解2 - 遞迴

遞迴的終止步分三種情況討論:
1. 原鏈表為空,直接返回空鏈表即可。
2. 原鏈表僅有一個元素,返回該元素。
3. 原鏈表有兩個以上元素,由於是單向鏈表,故翻轉需要自尾部向首部逆推。

由尾部向首部逆推時大致步驟為先翻轉當前節點和下一節點,然後將當前節點指向的下一節點置空(否則會出現死循環和新生成的鏈表尾節點不指向空),如此遞迴到頭節點為止。新鏈表的頭節點在整個遞迴過程中一直沒有變化,逐層向上返回。

Python

  1. """
    2. Definition of ListNode
    3.   4. class ListNode(object):
    5.   6.     def __init__(self, val, next=None):
    7.         self.val = val
    8.         self.next = next
    9. """
    10. class Solution:
    11.     """
    12.     @param head: The first node of the linked list.
    13.     @return: You should return the head of the reversed linked list.
    14.                   Reverse it in-place.
    15.     """
    16.     def reverse(self, head):
    17.         # case1: empty list
    18.         if head is None:
    19.             return head
    20.         # case2: only one element list
    21.         if head.next is None:
    22.             return head
    23.         # case3: reverse from the rest after head
    24.         newHead = self.reverse(head.next)
    25.         # reverse between head and head->next
    26.         head.next.next = head
    27.         # unlink list from the rest
    28.         head.next = None
    29.   30.         return newHead

C++

  1. /**
    2.  * Definition of ListNode
    3.  *
    4.  * class ListNode {
    5.  * public:
    6.  *     int val;
    7.  *     ListNode *next;
    8.  *
    9.  *     ListNode(int val) {
    10.  *         this->val = val;
    11.  *         this->next = NULL;
    12.  *     }
    13.  * }
    14.  */
    15. class Solution {
    16. public:
    17.     /**
    18.      * @param head: The first node of linked list.
    19.      * @return: The new head of reversed linked list.
    20.      */
    21.     ListNode *reverse(ListNode *head) {
    22.         // case1: empty list
    23.         if (head == NULL) return head;
    24.         // case2: only one element list
    25.         if (head->next == NULL) return head;
    26.         // case3: reverse from the rest after head
    27.         ListNode *newHead = reverse(head->next);
    28.         // reverse between head and head->next
    29.         head->next->next = head;
    30.         // unlink list from the rest
    31.         head->next = NULL;
    32.   33.         return newHead;
    34.     }
    35. };

Java

  1. /**
    2.  * Definition for singly-linked list.
    3.  * public class ListNode {
    4.  *     int val;
    5.  *     ListNode next;
    6.  *     ListNode(int x) { val = x; }
    7.  * }
    8.  */
    9. public class Solution {
    10.     public ListNode reverse(ListNode head) {
    11.         // case1: empty list
    12.         if (head == null) return head;
    13.         // case2: only one element list
    14.         if (head.next == null) return head;
    15.         // case3: reverse from the rest after head
    16.         ListNode newHead = reverse(head.next);
    17.         // reverse between head and head->next
    18.         head.next.next = head;
    19.         // unlink list from the rest
    20.         head.next = null;
    21.   22.         return newHead;
    23.     }
    24. }

源碼分析

case1 和 case2 可以合在一起考慮,case3 返回的為新鏈表的頭節點,整個遞迴過程中保持不變。

複雜度分析

遞迴嵌套層數為 O(n), 時間複雜度為 O(n), 空間(不含函數堆疊空間)複雜度為 O(1).

Reference

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