24. Swap Nodes in Pairs

Description

Given a linked list, swap every two adjacent nodes and return its head. You must solve the problem without modifying the values in the list's nodes (i.e., only nodes themselves may be changed.)

 

Example 1:

Input: head = [1,2,3,4]

Output: [2,1,4,3]

Explanation:

Example 2:

Input: head = []

Output: []

Example 3:

Input: head = [1]

Output: [1]

Example 4:

Input: head = [1,2,3]

Output: [2,1,3]

 

Constraints:

• The number of nodes in the list is in the range [0, 100].
• 0 <= Node.val <= 100

Solutions

Solution 1: Recursion

We can implement swapping two nodes in the linked list through recursion.

The termination condition of recursion is that there are no nodes in the linked list, or there is only one node in the linked list. At this time, swapping cannot be performed, so we directly return this node.

Otherwise, we recursively swap the linked list $head.next.next$, and let the swapped head node be $t$. Then we let $p$ be the next node of $head$, and let $p$ point to $head$, and $head$ point to $t$, finally return $p$.

The time complexity is $O(n)$, and the space complexity is $O(n)$. Here, $n$ is the length of the linked list.

Python3JavaC++GoTypeScriptRustJavaScriptRuby

# Definition for singly-linked list.
# class ListNode:
#     def __init__(self, val=0, next=None):
#         self.val = val
#         self.next = next
class Solution:
    def swapPairs(self, head: Optional[ListNode]) -> Optional[ListNode]:
        if head is None or head.next is None:
            return head
        t = self.swapPairs(head.next.next)
        p = head.next
        p.next = head
        head.next = t
        return p

/**
 * 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 swapPairs(ListNode head) {
        if (head == null || head.next == null) {
            return head;
        }
        ListNode t = swapPairs(head.next.next);
        ListNode p = head.next;
        p.next = head;
        head.next = t;
        return p;
    }
}

/**
 * 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* swapPairs(ListNode* head) {
        if (!head || !head->next) {
            return head;
        }
        ListNode* t = swapPairs(head->next->next);
        ListNode* p = head->next;
        p->next = head;
        head->next = t;
        return p;
    }
};

/**
 * Definition for singly-linked list.
 * type ListNode struct {
 *     Val int
 *     Next *ListNode
 * }
 */
func swapPairs(head *ListNode) *ListNode {
    if head == nil || head.Next == nil {
        return head
    }
    t := swapPairs(head.Next.Next)
    p := head.Next
    p.Next = head
    head.Next = t
    return p
}

/**
 * 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 swapPairs(head: ListNode | null): ListNode | null {
    if (!head || !head.next) {
        return head;
    }
    const t = swapPairs(head.next.next);
    const p = head.next;
    p.next = head;
    head.next = t;
    return p;
}

// Definition for singly-linked list.
// #[derive(PartialEq, Eq, Clone, Debug)]
// pub struct ListNode {
//   pub val: i32,
//   pub next: Option<Box<ListNode>>
// }
//
// impl ListNode {
//   #[inline]
//   fn new(val: i32) -> Self {
//     ListNode {
//