0025-reverse-nodes-in-k-group.java

/**
 * 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; }
 * }
 */

//This recursive approach is super intuitive taken from leetcode discuss.

// Time Complexity: O(n)
// Extra Space Complexity: O(n)

class Solution1 {

    public ListNode reverseKGroup(ListNode head, int k) {
        ListNode cur = head;
        int count = 0;
        while (cur != null && count != k) {
            cur = cur.next;
            count++;
        }
        if (count == k) {
            cur = reverseKGroup(cur, k);
            while (count-- > 0) {
                ListNode temp = head.next;
                head.next = cur;
                cur = head;
                head = temp;
            }
            head = cur;
        }
        return head;
    }
}

// An iterative approach

// Time Complexity: O(n)
// Extra Space Complexity: O(1)

class Solution2 {

    public ListNode reverseKGroup(ListNode head, int k) {
        ListNode dummy = new ListNode(0, head);
        ListNode curr = head;
        ListNode prev = dummy;
        ListNode temp = null;

        int count = k;

        while (curr != null) {
            if (count > 1) {
                temp = prev.next;
                prev.next = curr.next;
                curr.next = curr.next.next;
                prev.next.next = temp;

                count--;
            } else {
                prev = curr;
                curr = curr.next;

                ListNode end = curr;

                for (int i = 0; i < k; ++i) {
                    if (end == null) {
                        return dummy.next;
                    }
                    end = end.next;
                }
                count = k;
            }
        }

        return dummy.next;
    }
}