public static bool AreEqual(Node n1, Node n2)
{
if(n1 == null && n2 == null)
{
return true;
}
if(n1 == null || n2 == null)
{
return false;
}
while(n1 != null && n2 != null)
{
if(n1.Data != n2.Data)
{
return false;
}
n1 = n1.Next;
n2 = n2.Next;
}
if ((n1 == null && n2 == null) == false)
{
return false;
}
return true;
}
public static int GetLength(Node node)
{
int length = 0;
while(node != null)
{
length++;
node = node.Next;
}
return length;
}
public bool Test()
{
bool result = true;
// Test Case: null
Node n = null;
RemoveDuplicates(n);
result &= n == null;
// Test Case: One element
n = new Node(1);
RemoveDuplicates(n);
result &= n.Data == 1 && n.Next == null;
// Test Case: n elements with same value should result in 1
var a1 = new int[]
{
1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1
};
n = Node.CreateLinkedList(a1);
RemoveDuplicates(n);
result &= n.Data == 1 && n.Next == null;
// No dupes
var a2 = new int[]
{
1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 0, 9, 8
};
n = Node.CreateLinkedList(a2);
RemoveDuplicates(n);
result &= Node.GetLength(n) == 10;
// Another test case with random data and a dupe at beginnnig and end
var a3 = new int[]
{
1, 2, 1, 3, 2, 1, 3, 5, 4, 6, 7, 6, 6, 1, 3, 4, 7
};
n = Node.CreateLinkedList(a3);
RemoveDuplicates_HashTable(n);
result &= Node.GetLength(n) == 7;
return result;
}
public static Node CreateLinkedList(int[] array)
{
if(array == null || array.Length == 0)
{
return null;
}
Node head = new Node(array[0]);
Node cursor = head;
for(int i = 1; i < array.Length; i++)
{
cursor.Next = new Node(array[i]);
cursor = cursor.Next;
}
return head;
}
private Node FindKthToLastRecursive(Node node, int k)
{
int i = 0;
return FindKthToLast(node, k, ref i);
}
private Node FindKthToLast(Node current, int k, ref int i)
{
if(current == null)
{
return null;
}
var result = FindKthToLast(current.Next, k, ref i);
i++;
if(i == k)
{
return current;
}
return result;
}
private Node FindKthToLast(Node head, int k)
{
Node p1 = head, p2 = head;
if(head == null)
{
return null;
}
// Move p2 by k elements
int i = 0;
while(p2 != null && i < k)
{
p2 = p2.Next;
i++;
}
// If p2 is already null, then k is actually longer than the list, so return null
// The only exception is when the linked list is exactly the size of k, in which case
// p2 becomes null after the k iterations but we should still return p1, so if 'i' is still
// less than k, we know that list is definitely shorter than k
if(i < k)
{
return null;
}
while(p2 != null)
{
p2 = p2.Next;
p1 = p1.Next;
}
return p1;
}
public bool Test()
{
bool result = true;
// Test Case: null
int x = 3;
Node node = null;
Node pNode = PartitionInPlace(node, x);
result &= pNode == null;
// Test Case: x is around the middle
var array = new int[]
{
1, 2, 4, 3, 4, 2, 4, 1
};
node = Node.CreateLinkedList(array);
pNode = PartitionInPlace(node, x);
result &= IsPartitioned(pNode, x);
// Test Case: All values are lower than x
x = 5;
node = Node.CreateLinkedList(array);
pNode = PartitionInPlace(node, x);
result &= IsPartitioned(pNode, x);
// Test Case: All values are greater than or equal to x
x = 1;
node = Node.CreateLinkedList(array);
pNode = PartitionInPlace(node, x);
result &= IsPartitioned(pNode, x);
// Test Case: One element that is lower than x
node = new Node(0);
pNode = PartitionInPlace(node, x);
result &= IsPartitioned(pNode, x);
// Test Case: One element that is greater than x
node = new Node(2);
pNode = PartitionInPlace(node, x);
result &= IsPartitioned(pNode, x);
return result;
}
private Node PartitionInPlace(Node node, int pivot)
{
// Create new virtual pivot node
Node pivotNode = new Node(pivot);
// Create new virtual head node.
// For the case when the first node is greater than or equal to pivot
Node headNode = new Node();
headNode.Next = node;
Node next = node, beforeLeft = headNode, beforeRight = null;
while(next != null)
{
next = next.Next;
node.Next = null;
if(node.Data < pivot)
{
beforeLeft.Next = node;
beforeLeft = beforeLeft.Next;
beforeLeft.Next = pivotNode;
}
else
{
if(beforeRight == null)
{
beforeRight.Next = beforeRight = node;
}
else
{
beforeRight.Next = node;
beforeRight = beforeRight.Next;
}
}
node = next;
}
// Remove the pivot node
beforeLeft.Next = pivotNode.Next;
// Extra node at head is auto-removed since there is no reference to it outside this method.
return headNode.Next;
}
// This solution is taken from https://github.com/gaylemcd/ctci/blob/master/c-sharp/Chapter02/Q02_4.cs
// It fails if the input list doesn't contain the pivot value
private Node Partition4(Node listHead, int pivot)
{
Node leftSubList = null;
Node rightSubList = null;
Node rightSubListHead = null;
Node pivotNode = null;
var currentNode = listHead;
while (currentNode != null)
{
var nextNode = currentNode.Next;
currentNode.Next = null;
if (currentNode.Data < pivot)
{
leftSubList = leftSubList == null
? currentNode
: leftSubList = leftSubList.Next = currentNode;
}
else if (currentNode.Data > pivot)
{
rightSubList = rightSubList == null
? rightSubListHead = currentNode
: rightSubList = rightSubList.Next = currentNode;
}
else
{
pivotNode = currentNode;
}
currentNode = nextNode;
}
pivotNode.Next = rightSubListHead;
rightSubListHead = pivotNode;
leftSubList.Next = rightSubListHead;
return listHead;
}
// This solution is taken from https://github.com/gaylemcd/ctci/blob/master/c-sharp/Chapter02/Q02_4.cs
Node Partition2(Node node, int pivot)
{
Node beforeStart = null;
Node afterStart = null;
/* Partition list */
while (node != null)
{
var next = node.Next;
if (node.Data < pivot)
{
/* Insert node into start of before list */
node.Next = beforeStart;
beforeStart = node;
}
else
{
/* Insert node into front of after list */
node.Next = afterStart;
afterStart = node;
}
node = next;
}
/* Merge before list and after list */
if (beforeStart == null)
{
return afterStart;
}
var head = beforeStart;
while (beforeStart.Next != null)
{
beforeStart = beforeStart.Next;
}
beforeStart.Next = afterStart;
return head;
}
// This solution is taken from https://github.com/gaylemcd/ctci/blob/master/c-sharp/Chapter02/Q02_4.cs
Node Partition(Node node, int pivot)
{
Node beforeStart = null;
Node beforeEnd = null;
Node afterStart = null;
Node afterEnd = null;
/* Partition list */
while (node != null)
{
var next = node.Next;
node.Next = null;
if (node.Data < pivot)
{
if (beforeStart == null)
{
beforeStart = node;
beforeEnd = beforeStart;
}
else
{
beforeEnd.Next = node;
beforeEnd = node;
}
}
else
{
if (afterStart == null)
{
afterStart = node;
afterEnd = afterStart;
}
else
{
afterEnd.Next = node;
afterEnd = node;
}
}
node = next;
}
/* Merge before list and after list */
if (beforeStart == null)
{
return afterStart;
}
beforeEnd.Next = afterStart;
return beforeStart;
}
private bool IsPartitioned(Node node, int x)
{
if(node == null)
{
return true;
}
// Move past all the nodes that are less than x
while(node != null && node.Data < x)
{
node = node.Next;
}
// Move past all the nodes that are greater than or equal to x
while(node != null && node.Data >= x)
{
node = node.Next;
}
if(node == null)
{
return true;
}
return false;
}
private void RemoveDuplicates(Node head)
{
Node a = head;
Node b;
while(a != null)
{
b = a;
while(b.Next != null)
{
Node c = b.Next;
if(c != null && c.Data == a.Data)
{
b.Next = c.Next;
}
else
{
b = b.Next;
}
}
a = a.Next;
}
}
private Node PartitionNewCopy(Node head, int x)
{
Node beforeFirst = null, beforeLast = null, afterFirst = null, temp = null;
while(head != null)
{
if(head.Data < x)
{
temp = beforeLast;
beforeLast = new Node(head.Data);
if(temp != null)
{
temp.Next = beforeLast;
}
else
{
beforeFirst = beforeLast;
}
}
else
{
temp = afterFirst;
afterFirst = new Node(head.Data);
afterFirst.Next = temp;
}
head = head.Next;
}
if(beforeLast == null)
{
return afterFirst;
}
else
{
beforeLast.Next = afterFirst;
return beforeFirst;
}
}
public static void PrintList(Node node)
{
while(node != null)
{
Console.Write("{0}\t", node.Data);
node = node.Next;
}
Console.WriteLine();
}
private void RemoveDuplicates_HashTable(Node head)
{
if(head == null || head.Next == null)
{
return;
}
Node current = head.Next, previous = head;
HashSet<int> hashSet = new HashSet<int>();
hashSet.Add(head.Data);
while(current != null)
{
// Found a duplicate
if(hashSet.Contains(current.Data))
{
previous.Next = current.Next;
}
else
{
hashSet.Add(current.Data);
previous = current;
}
current = current.Next;
}
}
