Rotate List

Question

• leetcode: Rotate List | LeetCode OJ
• lintcode: (170) Rotate List

Problem Statement

Given a list, rotate the list to the right by k places, where k is non- negative.

Example

Given 1->2->3->4->5 and k = 2, return 4->5->1->2->3.

题解

旋转链表，链表类问题通常需要找到需要处理节点处的前一个节点。因此我们只需要找到旋转节点和最后一个节点即可。需要注意的细节是 k 有可能比链表长度还要大，此时需要取模，另一个 corner case 则是链表长度和 k 等长。

• reference

# Definition for singly-linked list.
# class ListNode:
#     def __init__(self, x):
#         self.val = x
#         self.next = None

class Solution:
    # @param head, a ListNode
    # @param k, an integer
    # @return a ListNode
    def rotateRight(self, head, k):
        if k == 0:
            return head
        if head == None:
            return head
        dummy = ListNode(0)
        dummy.next = head
        p = dummy
        count = 0
        while p.next:
            p = p.next
            count += 1
        p.next = dummy.next
        step = count - ( k % count )
        for i in range(0, step):
            p = p.next
        head = p.next
        p.next = None
        return head