力扣148-排序链表

class Solution {
public:
    ListNode* sortList(ListNode* head) {
        ListNode dummyHead(0);
        dummyHead.next = head;
        auto p = head;
        int length = 0;
        while (p) {
            ++length;
            p = p->next;
        }
        
        for (int size = 1; size < length; size <<= 1) {
            auto cur = dummyHead.next;
            auto tail = &dummyHead;
            
            while (cur) {
                auto left = cur;
                auto right = cut(left, size); // left->@->@ right->@->@->@...
                cur = cut(right, size); // left->@->@ right->@->@  cur->@->...
                
                tail->next = merge(left, right);
                while (tail->next) {
                    tail = tail->next;
                }
            }
        }
        return dummyHead.next;
    }
    
    ListNode* cut(ListNode* head, int n) {
        auto p = head;
        while (--n && p) {
            p = p->next;
        }
        
        if (!p) return nullptr;
        
        auto next = p->next;
        p->next = nullptr;
        return next;
    }
    
    ListNode* merge(ListNode* l1, ListNode* l2) {
        ListNode dummyHead(0);
        auto p = &dummyHead;
        while (l1 && l2) {
            if (l1->val < l2->val) {
                p->next = l1;
                p = l1;
                l1 = l1->next;       
            } else {
                p->next = l2;
                p = l2;
                l2 = l2->next;
            }
        }
        p->next = l1 ? l1 : l2;
        return dummyHead.next;
    }
};


作者：ivan_allen
链接：https://leetcode-cn.com/problems/sort-list/solution/148-pai-xu-lian-biao-bottom-to-up-o1-kong-jian-by-/
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注：这里tail的作用是链接整条分割的节点（使得分割并排序的链表串起来），以方便后面增加分割间距时可以使用排列后的链表。

                while (tail->next) {
                    tail = tail->next;
                }