Solution: Swap Nodes in Pairs

Problem Statement

Given a singly linked list, swap every two adjacent nodes and return the head of the modified list.

If the total number of nodes in the list is odd, the last node remains in place. Every node in the linked list contains a single integer value.

Examples

Input: [1, 2, 3, 4]
Output: [2, 1, 4, 3]
Justification: Pairs (1,2) and (3,4) are swapped.
Input: [7, 8, 9, 10, 11]
Output: [8, 7, 10, 9, 11]
Justification: Pairs (7,8) and (9,10) are swapped. 11 remains in its place as it has no adjacent node to swap with.

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Anand Nageshwar Kumar

· 2 years ago

public ListNode swapPairs(ListNode head) {
        if(head == null || head.Next == null)
        return head;

        var temp = head.Next;
        head.Next = swapPairs(head.Next.Next);
        temp.Next = head;

        return temp;
    
    }

Farouk Elabady

· 2 years ago

In this solution I swapped the values instead of the references which is simpler , It may not be the correct approach to get familiar with LinkedList

Solution {

	public ListNode swapPairs(ListNode head) {
		// TODO: Write your code hereu
		ListNode current = head;
		while(current != null && current.next != null) {
			int t = current.val;
			current.val = current.next.val;
			current.next.val = t;
			current = current.next.next;
		}
		return head;
	}
}

Davide Pugliese

· 2 years ago

// class ListNode {
//     int val;
//     ListNode next;
//     ListNode() {}
//     ListNode(int val) { this.val = val; }
//     ListNode(int val, ListNode next) { this.val = val; this.next = next; }
// }

class Solution {
    public ListNode swapPairs(ListNode head) {
        ListNode p =  head;
        ListNode dummy = new ListNode(-1);
        ListNode t = dummy;
        ListNode prev = head;
    
        for (int i = 0; p != null; i++, prev = p, p = p.next) {
            if (i % 2 != 0) {
                t.next = new ListNode(p.val);
                t = t.next;
                t.next = new ListNode(prev.val);
                t = t.next;
            } else if (p.next == null) {
               t.next = new ListNode(p.val);
               t = t.next; 
            }

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gabbygabbylexy

· a year ago

public class Solution {
    public ListNode swapPairs(ListNode head) {
        // TODO: Write your code here
        if (head == null || head.Next == null)
            return head;

        var dummy = new ListNode(0);
        dummy.Next = head;
        var current = dummy;

        while (current.Next != null && current.Next.Next != null) {
            var first = current.Next;
            var second = current.Next.Next;
            current.Next = second;
            first.Next = second.Next;
            second.Next = first;
            current = first;
        }

        return dummy.Next;
    }
}