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Solution: Reverse a LinkedList
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Problem Statement

Given the head of a Singly LinkedList, reverse the LinkedList. Write a function to return the new head of the reversed LinkedList.

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Constraints:

  • The number of nodes in the list is the range [0, 5000].
  • -5000 <= Node.val <= 5000

Solution

To reverse a LinkedList, we need to reverse one node at a time. We will start with a variable current which will initially point to the head of the LinkedList and a variable previous which will point to the previous node that we have processed; initially previous will point to null.

In a stepwise manner, we will reverse the current node by pointing it to the previous before moving on to the next node. Also, we will update the previous to always point to the previous node that we have processed. Here is the visual representation of our algorithm:

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Code

Here is what our algorithm will look like:

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Time Complexity

The time complexity of our algorithm will be O(N) where ‘N’ is the total number of nodes in the LinkedList.

Space Complexity

We only used constant space, therefore, the space complexity of our algorithm is O(1).