25. Reverse Nodes in k-Group

1. Description

Given a linked list, reverse the nodes of a linked list k at a time and return its 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.

2. Follow Up

  • Could you solve the problem in O(1) extra memory space?
  • You may not alter the values in the list’s nodes, only nodes itself may be changed.

3. Example

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

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

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

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

4. Constraints

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

5. Solutions

My Accepted Solution(Follow Up)

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

Like 206. Reverse Linked List, we just need to reverse nodes every k nodes.

class Solution {
public:
    // ListNode* reverseKGroup(ListNode* head, int k)
    ListNode* reverseKGroup(ListNode *m_head, int k) {
        auto guardHead = new ListNode();

        auto left = m_head, right = m_head, head = guardHead, last = m_head;
        while (m_head != nullptr) {
            for (int i = 1; i < k && right != nullptr; i++) {
                right = right->next;
            }

            if (right != nullptr) {
                head->next = right;
                head = left;

                auto iter = left->next, prev = left, nextGroup = right->next;
    
                for (int i = 1; i < k; i++) {
                    auto temp = iter->next;
                    iter->next = prev;
                    prev = iter;
                    iter = temp;
                }

                left->next = nullptr;
                last = left = right = m_head = nextGroup;
            } else {
                head->next = left;
                break;
            }
        }

        return guardHead->next;
    }
};
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