Given a singly linked list, return a random node's value from the linked list. Each node must have the same probability of being chosen.
Follow up:
What if the linked list is extremely large and its length is unknown to you? Could you solve this efficiently without using extra space?
Example:
// Init a singly linked list [1,2,3]. ListNode head = new ListNode(1); head.next = new ListNode(2); head.next.next = new ListNode(3); Solution solution = new Solution(head); // getRandom() should return either 1, 2, or 3 randomly. Each element should have equal probability of returning. solution.getRandom();
一种简单的解法:用一个count变量,记录链表的大小,取(0~size-1)的随机值,循环遍历取出对应的值。
ListNode head;
int size;
public Solution(ListNode head) {
this.head = head;
ListNode pointer = head;
while(pointer != null){
size++;
pointer = pointer.next;
}
}
/** Returns a random node's value. */
public int getRandom() {
ListNode pointer = head;
int rand = new Random().nextInt(size);//why 0~n-1步
while(rand>0){
pointer = pointer.next;
rand--;
}
return pointer.val;
}
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