double cmp(ListNode *p ,ListNode *q)
{return (p->keyVal - q->keyVal);}
ListNode* mergeSortList(ListNode *head)
{
ListNode *p, *q, *tail, *e;
int nstep = 1;
int nmerges = 0;
int i;
int psize, qsize;
if (head == NULL || head->next == NULL)
{return head;}
while (1)
{
p = head;
tail = NULL;
nmerges = 0;
while (p)
{ nmerges++; q = p; psize = 0;
for (i = 0; i < nstep; i++){
psize++;
q = q->next;
if (q == NULL)break;
}
qsize = nstep;
while (psize >0 || (qsize >0 && q))
{
if (psize == 0 ){e = q; q = q->next; qsize--;}
elseif (q == NULL || qsize == 0){e = p; p = p->next; psize--;}
elseif (cmp(p,q) <= 0){e = p; p = p->next; psize--;}
else{e = q; q = q->next; qsize--;}
if (tail != NULL){tail->next = e;}
else{head = e;}
tail = e;
}
p = q;
}
tail->next = NULL;
if (nmerges <= 1){return head;}
else{nstep <<= 1;}
}
}
思路分析:
链表排序最好使用归并排序算法。堆排序、快速排序这些在数组排序时性能非常好的算法,在链表只能“顺序访问”的魔咒下无法施展能力,但是归并排序却如鱼得水,非但保持了它O(nlogn)的时间复杂度,而且它在数组排序中广受诟病的空间复杂度在链表排序中也从O(n)降到了O(1),真是好得不得了啊,哈哈。以上程序是递推法的程序,另外值得一说的是看看那个时间复杂度,是不是有点眼熟?对,这就是分治法的时间复杂度,归并排序又是divide and conquer。