25. Reverse Nodes in k-Group

1. Description

Given the head of a linked list, reverse the nodes of the list k at a time, and return the modified list.
k is a positive integer and is less than or equal to the length of the linked list. If the number of nodes is not a multiple of k then left-out nodes, in the end, should remain as it is.
You may not alter the values in the list’s nodes, only nodes themselves may be changed.

2. Example

Example 1

Example 1
Input: head = [1,2,3,4,5], k = 2
Output: [2,1,4,3,5]

Example 2

Example 2
Input: head = [1,2,3,4,5], k = 3
Output: [3,2,1,4,5]

3. Constraints

  • The number of nodes in the list is n.
  • 1 <= k <= n <= 5000
  • 0 <= Node.val <= 1000

4. Solutions

Linked List

n is the number of nodes in head
Time complexity: O(n)
Space complexity: O(1)

class Solution {
public:
    ListNode *reverseKGroup(ListNode *head, int k) {
        ListNode dummy(0, head);

        auto iter = &dummy;
        while (true) {
            ListNode *prev = iter, *current = iter->next, *next = nullptr;
            ListNode *backup_prev = prev, *backup_current = current;
            for (int i = 0; i < k && iter != nullptr; ++i) {
                iter = iter->next;
            }

            if (iter == nullptr) {
                break;
            }

            for (int i = 0; i < k; ++i) {
                next = current->next;
                current->next = prev;
                prev = current;
                current = next;
            }

            iter = backup_current;
            backup_prev->next = prev;
            backup_current->next = current;
        }

        return dummy.next;
    }
};
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