[Linked List]Sort List

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Sort a linked list in O(n log n) time using constant space complexity.

 (E) Merge Two Sorted Lists (M) Sort Colors (M) Insertion Sort List

 

递归版本，代码比较好理解，并不符合题目要求，题目要求常量的空间

/**
 * Definition for singly-linked list.
 * struct ListNode {
 *     int val;
 *     ListNode *next;
 *     ListNode(int x) : val(x), next(NULL) {}
 * };
 */
class Solution {
public:
    ListNode* mergeSortList(ListNode* head1,ListNode* head2)
    {
        if(head1==NULL){
            return head2;
        }
        if(head2==NULL){
            return head1;
        }
        ListNode* newHead = head1->val < head2->val ?  head1:head2;
        newHead->next = head1->val < head2->val ? mergeSortList(head1->next,head2):mergeSortList(head1,head2->next);
        return newHead;
    }
    int getListLength(ListNode *head)
    {
        int cnt = 0;
        while(head){
            cnt++;
            head = head->next;
        }
        return cnt;
    }
    ListNode* sortList(ListNode* head) {
        int len = getListLength(head);
        if(len<=1){
            return head;
        }
        int cnt = len/2;
        ListNode* p = head,*pre=NULL;
        while(cnt--){
            pre = p;
            p = p->next;
        }
        ListNode* head2 = p;
        pre->next = NULL;
        ListNode* head1 = sortList(head);
        head2 = sortList(head2);
        return mergeSortList(head1,head2);
    }
};

Next challenges: (M) Insertion Sort List