题目描述:
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();
这个题最弱智的想法就是放在一个数组或list中,然后获得随机数,最后直接get即可。
leetcode并没有对内存做出检测,所以下面的做法也是可以的:
List<Integer> list=new ArrayList<Integer>();
public Solution382(ListNode head) {
while(head!=null){
list.add(head.val);
head=head.next;
}
}
/** Returns a random node's value. */
public int getRandom() {
int random=(int)(Math.random()*list.size());
return list.get(random);
}
正常的做法应该得到随机数之后,然后就直接在链表中取就行了:
public class Solution {
int size;
ListNode list;
/** @param head The linked list's head.
Note that the head is guaranteed to be not null, so it contains at least one node. */
public Solution(ListNode head) {
size = 0;
ListNode tmp = head;
list = head;
while(tmp != null) {
tmp = tmp.next;
size++;
}
}
/** Returns a random node's value. */
public int getRandom() {
if (list == null) {
return 0;
}
int rand = (int)(Math.random()*size);
ListNode tmp = list;
while(rand > 0 && tmp != null) {
tmp = tmp.next;
rand--;
}
return tmp.val;
}
}