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Formatted question description: https://leetcode.ca/all/1669.html

Question

You are given two linked lists: list1 and list2 of sizes n and m respectively. Remove list1’s nodes from the ath node to the bth node, and put list2 in their place. The blue edges and nodes in the following figure incidate the result:

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Build the result list and return its head.

Example 1:

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Input: list1 = [0,1,2,3,4,5], a = 3, b = 4, list2 = [1000000,1000001,1000002] Output: [0,1,2,1000000,1000001,1000002,5] Explanation: We remove the nodes 3 and 4 and put the entire list2 in their place. The blue edges and nodes in the above figure indicate the result.

Example 2:

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Input: list1 = [0,1,2,3,4,5,6], a = 2, b = 5, list2 = [1000000,1000001,1000002,1000003,1000004] Output: [0,1,1000000,1000001,1000002,1000003,1000004,6] Explanation: The blue edges and nodes in the above figure indicate the result.

Algorithm

给定两个链表l1和l2,要求将l1的下标为a ∼ b的节点删除,并且将l2插在中间。返回新链表头。题目保证a和b下标都合法。 先找到l1下标为a − 1的节点,然后找到下标为b + 1的节点,接着将l2接到a − 1节点后面,再找到l2的尾节点,连到b + 1节点前面。代码如下:

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  • /**
     * Definition for singly-linked list.
     * public class ListNode {
     *     int val;
     *     ListNode next;
     *     ListNode() {}
     *     ListNode(int val) { this.val = val; }
     *     ListNode(int val, ListNode next) { this.val = val; this.next = next; }
     * }
     */
    class Solution {
        public ListNode mergeInBetween(ListNode list1, int a, int b, ListNode list2) {
            ListNode start2 = list2, end2 = list2;
            while (end2.next != null)
                end2 = end2.next;
            ListNode insertStart = list1, insertEnd = list1;
            for (int i = 1; i < a; i++)
                insertStart = insertStart.next;
            for (int i = 0; i <= b; i++)
                insertEnd = insertEnd.next;
            insertStart.next = start2;
            end2.next = insertEnd;
            return list1;
        }
    }
    
    ############
    
    /**
     * Definition for singly-linked list.
     * public class ListNode {
     *     int val;
     *     ListNode next;
     *     ListNode() {}
     *     ListNode(int val) { this.val = val; }
     *     ListNode(int val, ListNode next) { this.val = val; this.next = next; }
     * }
     */
    class Solution {
        public ListNode mergeInBetween(ListNode list1, int a, int b, ListNode list2) {
            ListNode p = list1, q = list1;
            while (--a > 0) {
                p = p.next;
            }
            while (b-- > 0) {
                q = q.next;
            }
            p.next = list2;
            while (p.next != null) {
                p = p.next;
            }
            p.next = q.next;
            q.next = null;
            return list1;
        }
    }
    
  • // OJ: https://leetcode.com/problems/merge-in-between-linked-lists/
    // Time: O(N)
    // Space: O(1)
    class Solution {
    public:
        ListNode* mergeInBetween(ListNode* A, int a, int b, ListNode* B) {
            ListNode *q = A, *p = NULL;
            for (int i = 0; i < b; ++i) {
                if (i == a - 1) p = q;
                q = q->next;
            }
            p->next = B;
            while (B->next) B = B->next;
            B->next = q->next;
            return A;
        }
    };
    
  • # Definition for singly-linked list.
    # class ListNode:
    #     def __init__(self, val=0, next=None):
    #         self.val = val
    #         self.next = next
    class Solution:
        def mergeInBetween(
            self, list1: ListNode, a: int, b: int, list2: ListNode
        ) -> ListNode:
            p = q = list1
            for _ in range(a - 1):
                p = p.next
            for _ in range(b):
                q = q.next
            p.next = list2
            while p.next:
                p = p.next
            p.next = q.next
            q.next = None
            return list1
    
    ############
    
    # 1669. Merge In Between Linked Lists
    # https://leetcode.com/problems/merge-in-between-linked-lists/
    
    # Definition for singly-linked list.
    # class ListNode:
    #     def __init__(self, val=0, next=None):
    #         self.val = val
    #         self.next = next
    class Solution:
        def mergeInBetween(self, list1: ListNode, a: int, b: int, list2: ListNode) -> ListNode:
            
            
            res = head = curr = ListNode()
            curr.next = list1
            
            l = -1
            
            while curr:
                if l == a:
                    head = curr.next
    
                if l == b:
                    c = list2
                    while c.next:
                        c = c.next
                    curr = curr.next
                    while curr:
                        c.next = curr
                        curr = curr.next
                        c = c.next
    
                    break
    
                curr = curr.next
                l += 1
                
            l = -1
            temp = res
            while temp and l+1 != a:
                temp = temp.next
                l += 1
            
            temp.next = list2
            
            return res.next
    
    
  • /**
     * Definition for singly-linked list.
     * type ListNode struct {
     *     Val int
     *     Next *ListNode
     * }
     */
    func mergeInBetween(list1 *ListNode, a int, b int, list2 *ListNode) *ListNode {
    	p, q := list1, list1
    	for ; a > 1; a-- {
    		p = p.Next
    	}
    	for ; b > 0; b-- {
    		q = q.Next
    	}
    	p.Next = list2
    	for p.Next != nil {
    		p = p.Next
    	}
    	p.Next = q.Next
    	q.Next = nil
    	return list1
    }
    
  • /**
     * Definition for singly-linked list.
     * class ListNode {
     *     val: number
     *     next: ListNode | null
     *     constructor(val?: number, next?: ListNode | null) {
     *         this.val = (val===undefined ? 0 : val)
     *         this.next = (next===undefined ? null : next)
     *     }
     * }
     */
    
    function mergeInBetween(
        list1: ListNode | null,
        a: number,
        b: number,
        list2: ListNode | null,
    ): ListNode | null {
        let p = list1;
        let q = list1;
        while (--a > 0) {
            p = p.next;
        }
        while (b-- > 0) {
            q = q.next;
        }
        p.next = list2;
        while (p.next) {
            p = p.next;
        }
        p.next = q.next;
        q.next = null;
        return list1;
    }
    
    
  • /**
     * Definition for singly-linked list.
     * public class ListNode {
     *     public int val;
     *     public ListNode next;
     *     public ListNode(int val=0, ListNode next=null) {
     *         this.val = val;
     *         this.next = next;
     *     }
     * }
     */
    public class Solution {
        public ListNode MergeInBetween(ListNode list1, int a, int b, ListNode list2) {
            ListNode p = list1, q = list1;
            while (--a > 0) {
                p = p.next;
            }
            while (b-- > 0) {
                q = q.next;
            }
            p.next = list2;
            while (p.next != null) {
                p = p.next;
            }
            p.next = q.next;
            q.next = null;
            return list1;
        }
    }
    

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