​https://leetcode.com/problems/sort-list/​​​
​​​http://www.acmerblog.com/leetcode-sort-list-5982.html​

归并排序

package bigo;

class ListNode{
int val;
ListNode next;

ListNode(int x) { val = x; }
}


public class link_sort {

private static ListNode merge(ListNode list1, ListNode list2){
if(list1 == null) return list2;
if(list2 == null) return list1;

ListNode newHead = new ListNode(0);

ListNode last = newHead;
while(list1 != null && list2 != null){
if(list1.val < list2.val){
last.next = list1;
list1 = list1.next;
}else{
last.next = list2;
list2 = list2.next;
}

last = last.next;
}
if(list1 != null)
last.next = list1;
else if(list2 != null)
last.next = list2;

return newHead.next;

}

private static ListNode sortList(ListNode head){
if(head == null || head.next == null) return head;

ListNode slow = head;
ListNode fast = head;

while(fast.next != null && fast.next.next != null){
slow = slow.next;
fast = fast.next.next;
}
//经过上面的移动后, slow 就到了中间了 。 因为fast每次移动两步,slow每次移动一步。

ListNode list2 = slow.next;
slow.next = null;
//将链表分成两条。 head 和 list2

head = sortList(head);
list2 = sortList(list2);

return merge(head, list2);


}

public static void main(String [] arg){
ListNode l1 = new ListNode(8);
ListNode l2 = new ListNode(7);
ListNode l3 = new ListNode(5);
ListNode l4 = new ListNode(4);
ListNode l5 = new ListNode(1);

l1.next = l2;
l2.next = l3;
l3.next = l4;
l4.next = l5;

l1 = sortList(l1);

while(l1 != null){
System.out.println(l1.val + " ");
l1 = l1.next;
}

}


}