MAY-16 2020 Challenge

16. Odd Even Linked List

Given a singly linked list, group all odd nodes together followed by the even nodes. Please note here we are talking about the node number and not the value in the nodes.

You should try to do it in place. The program should run in O(1) space complexity and O(nodes) time complexity.

Example 1:

Input: 1->2->3->4->5->NULL
Output: 1->3->5->2->4->NULL

Example 2:

Input: 2->1->3->5->6->4->7->NULL
Output: 2->3->6->7->1->5->4->NULL

Note:

• The relative order inside both the even and odd groups should remain as it was in the input.
• The first node is considered odd, the second node even and so on ...

Solution in Java :

class Solution 

{

public ListNode oddEvenList(ListNode head) {

    if(head == null) 

        return head;

    ListNode result = head;

    ListNode p1 = head;

    ListNode p2 = head.next;

    ListNode connectNode = head.next;

    while(p1 != null && p2 != null){

            ListNode t = p2.next;

            if(t == null)

                break;

            p1.next = p2.next;

            p1 = p1.next;

            p2.next = p1.next;

            p2 = p2.next;

    }

    p1.next = connectNode;

    return result;

}

}