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1765. Merge In Between Linked Lists

Linked List

Problem - Merge In Between Linked Lists

Medium

You are given two linked lists: list1 and list2 of sizes n and m respectively.

Remove list1's nodes from the ath node to the bth node, and put list2 in their place.

The blue edges and nodes in the following figure indicate the result:

Build the result list and return its head.

 

Example 1:

Input: list1 = [10,1,13,6,9,5], a = 3, b = 4, list2 = [1000000,1000001,1000002]
Output: [10,1,13,1000000,1000001,1000002,5]
Explanation: We remove the nodes 3 and 4 and put the entire list2 in their place. The blue edges and nodes in the above figure indicate the result.

Example 2:

Input: list1 = [0,1,2,3,4,5,6], a = 2, b = 5, list2 = [1000000,1000001,1000002,1000003,1000004]
Output: [0,1,1000000,1000001,1000002,1000003,1000004,6]
Explanation: The blue edges and nodes in the above figure indicate the result.

 

Constraints:

  • 3 <= list1.length <= 104
  • 1 <= a <= b < list1.length - 1
  • 1 <= list2.length <= 104

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# Definition for singly-linked list.
# class ListNode:
#     def __init__(self, val=0, next=None):
#         self.val = val
#         self.next = next
class Solution:
    def mergeInBetween(self, list1: ListNode, a: int, b: int, list2: ListNode) -> ListNode:
        val1 = val2 = list1
        for _ in range(a - 1):
            val1 = val1.next

        for _ in range(b):
            val2 = val2.next

        val1.next = list2
        while val1.next:
            val1 = val1.next

        val1.next = val2.next
        val2.next = None

        return list1

Submission Stats:

  • Runtime: 201 ms (30.08%)
  • Memory: 22.7 MB (64.63%)