2487. Remove Nodes From Linked List

problem

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/**
* 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 * reverse(ListNode *head)
{
if(!head || !head->next) return head;
// iteratively
ListNode * pre = nullptr, *cur = head;
while(cur->next)
{
ListNode *post = cur->next;
cur->next = pre;
pre = cur;
cur = post;
}
cur->next = pre;
return cur;

}

void traverse(ListNode *head){
while(head->next){
cout<<head->val<<" ";
head=head->next;
}
cout<<head->val<<" "<<endl;
}
ListNode * greater(ListNode * head){
if(!head || !head->next) return head;
ListNode *newhead = head, *next = newhead->next;
while(next){
if(next->val < newhead->val) next=next->next;
else{
newhead->next = next;
newhead=newhead->next;
next=next->next;

}
}
newhead->next = next;
return head;

}
ListNode* removeNodes(ListNode* head) {
// from right hand , the linked list is greater.
head = reverse(head);
traverse(head);
// cout<<"done reverse"<<endl;
head = greater(head);
// traverse(head);
// cout<<"done greater"<<endl;
return reverse(head);



}
};

analysis

  • time complexity O(n)
  • space complexity O(1)