1, Separate the link list into 2 part.
2, recursion to the end.
3, Merge the list
易错点: 1. 判断循环结束 , 要用 while (fast.next != null && fast.next.next != null)
2. slow.next = null, 一点要断开原来的链表, 否则容易有循环
/**
* Definition for singly-linked list.
* class ListNode {
* int val;
* ListNode next;
* ListNode(int x) {
* val = x;
* next = null;
* }
* }
*/
public class Solution {
public ListNode sortList(ListNode head) {
if(head == null || head.next == null)
return head;
ListNode slow = head;
ListNode fast = head;
while(fast.next != null && fast.next.next != null){// Really important, because if the link list is less than 3 nodes, fast is the slow.next;
slow = slow.next;
fast = fast.next.next;
}
fast = slow.next;
slow.next = null;
slow = sortList(head);
fast = sortList(fast);
return merge(slow, fast);
}
private ListNode merge(ListNode l1, ListNode l2){
ListNode newHead = new ListNode(0);
ListNode cur = newHead;
while(l1 != null && l2 != null){
if(l1.val < l2.val){
cur.next = l1;
l1 = l1.next;
}else{
cur.next = l2;
l2 = l2.next;
}
cur = cur.next;
cur.next = null;
}
if(l1 == null){
cur.next = l2;
}else{
cur.next = l1;
}
return newHead.next;
}
}