Sort List

LeetCode https://leetcode.cn/problems/sort-list/

/**
 * 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; }
 * }
 */
public class Solution {     
           
    private ListNode findMiddle(ListNode head) {
        ListNode slow = head, fast = head.next;
        while (fast != null && fast.next != null) {
            fast = fast.next.next;
            slow = slow.next;
        }
        return slow;
    }    

    private ListNode merge(ListNode head1, ListNode head2) {
        ListNode dummy = new ListNode(0);
        ListNode tail = dummy;
        while (head1 != null && head2 != null) {
            if (head1.val < head2.val) {
                tail.next = head1;
                head1 = head1.next;
            } else {
                tail.next = head2;
                head2 = head2.next;
            }
            tail = tail.next;
        }
        if (head1 != null) {
            tail.next = head1;
        } else {
            tail.next = head2;
        }

        return dummy.next;
    }

    public ListNode sortList(ListNode head) {
        if (head == null || head.next == null) {
            return head;
        }

        ListNode mid = findMiddle(head);

        ListNode right = sortList(mid.next);
        mid.next = null;
        ListNode left = sortList(head);

        return merge(left, right);
    }
}

Complexity

• Time = O(nlogn)
• Space = O(logn)