LeetCode-in-Cpp

24. Swap Nodes in Pairs

Medium

Given a linked list, swap every two adjacent nodes and return its head. You must solve the problem without modifying the values in the list’s nodes (i.e., only nodes themselves may be changed.)

Example 1:

Input: head = [1,2,3,4]

Output: [2,1,4,3]

Example 2:

Input: head = []

Output: []

Example 3:

Input: head = [1]

Output: [1]

Constraints:

Solution

/**
 * Definition for singly-linked list.
 * struct ListNode {
 *     int val;
 *     ListNode *next;
 *     ListNode() : val(0), next(nullptr) {}
 *     ListNode(int x) : val(x), next(nullptr) {}
 *     ListNode(int x, ListNode *next) : val(x), next(next) {}
 * };
 */
class Solution {
public:
    ListNode* swapPairs(ListNode* head) {
        if (head == nullptr) {
            return nullptr;
        }
        int len = getLength(head);
        return reverse(head, len);
    }

private:
    int getLength(ListNode* curr) {
        int cnt = 0;
        while (curr != nullptr) {
            cnt++;
            curr = curr->next;
        }
        return cnt;
    }

    ListNode* reverse(ListNode* head, int len) {
        // base case
        if (len < 2) {
            return head;
        }
        ListNode* curr = head;
        ListNode* prev = nullptr;
        ListNode* next = nullptr;
        for (int i = 0; i < 2; i++) {
            // reverse linked list code
            next = curr->next;
            curr->next = prev;
            prev = curr;
            curr = next;
        }
        head->next = reverse(curr, len - 2);
        return prev;
    }
};