Complexity and the spatial complexity of constant grade, are sorted linked list in O (n log n) time.
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
/** * Definition for singly-linked list. * struct ListNode { * int val; * ListNode *next; * ListNode(int x) : val(x), next(NULL) {} * }; */ class Solution { public: ListNode* sortList(ListNode* head) { if (!head || !head->next) return head; ListNode *slow = head, *fast = head, *pre = head; while (fast && fast->next) { pre = slow; slow = slow->next; fast = fast->next->next; } pre->next = NULL; return merge(sortList(head), sortList(slow)); } ListNode* merge(ListNode* l1, ListNode* l2) { ListNode *dummy = new ListNode(-1); ListNode *cur = dummy; while (l1 && l2) { if (l1->val < l2->val) { cur->next = l1; l1 = l1->next; } else { cur->next = l2; l2 = l2->next; } cur = cur->next; } if (l1) cur->next = l1; if (l2) cur->next = l2; return dummy->next; } };