1669. Merge In Between Linked Lists

Description

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 indicate the result:

Build the result list and return its head.

 

Example 1:

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:

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.

 

Constraints:

  • 3 <= list1.length <= 104
  • 1 <= a <= b < list1.length - 1
  • 1 <= list2.length <= 104

Solutions

Solution 1

Python Code
 1
 2
 3
 4
 5
 6
 7
 8
 9
10
11
12
13
14
15
16
17
18
19
20
# 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

Java Code
 1
 2
 3
 4
 5
 6
 7
 8
 9
10
11
12
13
14
15
16
17
18
19
20
21
22
23
24
25
26
27
28
/**
 * 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;
    }
}

C++ Code
 1
 2
 3
 4
 5
 6
 7
 8
 9
10
11
12
13
14
15
16
17
18
19
20
21
22
23
24
25
26
27
28
29
/**
 * 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* mergeInBetween(ListNode* list1, int a, int b, ListNode* list2) {
        auto p = list1, q = list1;
        while (--a) {
            p = p->next;
        }
        while (b--) {
            q = q->next;
        }
        p->next = list2;
        while (p->next) {
            p = p->next;
        }
        p->next = q->next;
        q->next = nullptr;
        return list1;
    }
};

Go Code
 1
 2
 3
 4
 5
 6
 7
 8
 9
10
11
12
13
14
15
16
17
18
19
20
21
22
23
/**
 * 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
}

TypeScript Code
 1
 2
 3
 4
 5
 6
 7
 8
 9
10
11
12
13
14
15
16
17
18
19
20
21
22
23
24
25
26
27
28
29
30
31
32
33
34
/**
 * 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;
}

C# Code
 1
 2
 3
 4
 5
 6
 7
 8
 9
10
11
12
13
14
15
16
17
18
19
20
21
22
23
24
25
26
27
28
29
/**
 * 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;
    }
}