Reverse a Linked List in groups of given size

Reverse a Linked List in groups of given size June 14, 2010 Given a linked list, write a function to reverse every k nodes (where k is an input to the function). Example: Inputs: 1->2->3->4->5->6->7->8->NULL and k = 3 Output: 3->2->1->6->5->4->8->7->NULL. Inputs: 1->2->3->4->5->6->7->80->NULL and k = 5 Output: 5->4->3->2->1->8->7->6->NULL. Algorithm: reverse(head, k) 1) Reverse the first sub-list of size k. While reversing keep track of the next node and previous node. Let the pointer to the next node be next and pointer to the previous node be prev. See this post for reversing a linked list. 2) head->next = reverse(next, k) /* Recursively call for rest of the list and link the two sub-lists */ 3) return prev /* prev becomes the new head of the list (see the diagrams of iterative method of this post) */ view source print? #include #include /* Link list node */ struct node { int data; struct node* next; }; /* Reverses the linked list in groups of size k and returns the pointer to the new head node */ struct node *reverse (struct node *head, int k) { struct node* current = head; struct node* next; struct node* prev = NULL; int count = 0; /*reverse first k nodes of the linked list */ while (current != NULL && count <> { next = current->next; current->next = prev; prev = current; current = next; count++; } /* next is now a pointer to (k+1)th node Recursively call for the list starting from current. And make rest of the list as next of first node */ if(next != NULL) { head->next = reverse(next, k); } /* prev is new head of the input list */ return prev; } /* UTILITY FUNCTIONS */ /* Function to push a node */ void push(struct node** head_ref, int new_data) { /* allocate node */ struct node* new_node = (struct node*) malloc(sizeof(struct node)); /* put in the data */ new_node->data = new_data; /* link the old list off the new node */ new_node->next = (*head_ref); /* move the head to point to the new node */ (*head_ref) = new_node; } /* Function to print linked list */ void printList(struct node *node) { while(node != NULL) { printf("%d ", node->data); node = node->next; } } /* Drier program to test above function*/ int main(void) { /* Start with the empty list */ struct node* head = NULL; /* Created Linked list is 1->2->3->4->5->6->7->8 */ push(&head, 8); push(&head, 7); push(&head, 6); push(&head, 5); push(&head, 4); push(&head, 3); push(&head, 2); push(&head, 1); printf("\n Given linked list \n"); printList(head); head = reverse(head, 3); printf("\n Reversed Linked list \n"); printList(head); getchar(); } return(0); Time Complexity: O(n) where n is the number of nodes in the given list.