148. Sort List

Sort a linked list in O(n log n) time using constant space complexity.

这里采用merge sort。每次把linked list用slow和fast分成两段，再进行merge。代码如下：

/**
 * Definition for singly-linked list.
 * public class ListNode {
 *     int val;
 *     ListNode next;
 *     ListNode(int x) { val = x; }
 * }
 */
public class Solution {
    public ListNode sortList(ListNode head) {
        if (head == null || head.next == null) {
            return head;
        }
        ListNode prev = head, slow = head, fast = head;
        while (fast != null && fast.next != null) {
            prev = slow;
            slow = slow.next;
            fast = fast.next.next;
        }
        prev.next = null;
        ListNode l1 = sortList(head);
        ListNode l2 = sortList(slow);
        return merge(l1, l2);
    }
    
    private ListNode merge(ListNode l1, ListNode l2) {
        ListNode l = new ListNode(0);
        ListNode p = l;
        while (l1 != null && l2 != null) {
            if (l1.val < l2.val) {
                p.next = l1;
                l1 = l1.next;
            } else {
                p.next = l2;
                l2 = l2.next;
            }
            p = p.next;
        }
        if (l1 == null) {
            p.next = l2;
        }
        if (l2 == null) {
            p.next = l1;
        }
        return l.next;
    }
}