Type like pro

Index

Reverse k nodes in linked list

Reverse k nodes in linked list

Problem

Reverse every k nodes in a linked list and return the head appropriately.

Solution

We will use a reverse function which reverses k nodes from head and return kth node as head. We will use this function recursively to reverse every k nodes.

Code

public class ReverseKNodes
{
 public static void main(String[] args)
 {
  int[] arr =
  { 4, 5, 3, 6, 8, 3, 5, 7, 3, 7, 9, 4, 6 };
  Node head = createLinkedList(arr);
  printLinkedList(head);
  head = reverse(head, 4);
  printLinkedList(head);
 }

 static Node reverse(Node head, int k)
 {
  Node current = head;
  Node next = null;
  Node prev = null;
  int count = 0;

  while (current != null && count < k)
  {
   next = current.next;
   current.next = prev;
   prev = current;
   current = next;
   count++;
  }

  if (next != null)
  {
   head.next = reverse(next, k);
  }
  return prev;
 }

 private static void printLinkedList(Node head)
 {
  while (head != null)
  {
   System.out.print(head.value + "->");
   head = head.next;
  }
  System.out.println();
 }

 private static Node createLinkedList(int[] arr)
 {
  Node head = null;
  Node current = null;
  for (int element : arr)
  {
   if (head == null)
   {
    head = new Node(element);
    current = head;
   } else
   {
    current.next = new Node(element);
    current = current.next;
   }
  }
  return head;
 }

 static class Node
 {
  public Node next;
  public int value;

  public Node(int value)
  {
   this.value = value;
  }
 }

}