Swapping Nodes in a Linked List

IF
AlgoAxiomStaff Engineers
JSTS
Medium20 mins

You are given the head of a linked list, and an integer k.

Return the head of the linked list after swapping the values of the kth node from the beginning and the kth node from the end (the list is 1-indexed).

Examples

Example 1:

Input: head = [1,2,3,4,5], k = 2

Output: [1,4,3,2,5]

Explanation: The 2nd node from the beginning (value 2) and the 2nd node from the end (value 4) are swapped.

Example 2:

Input: head = [7,9,6,6,7,8,3,0,9,5], k = 5

Output: [7,9,6,6,8,7,3,0,9,5]

Explanation: The 5th node from the beginning (value 7) and the 5th node from the end (value 8) are swapped.

Example 3:

Input: head = [1], k = 1

Output: [1]

Explanation: Only one node — nothing to swap.

Constraints

  • The number of nodes in the list is n
  • 1 <= k <= n <= 10⁵
  • 0 <= Node.val <= 100
Source: In-Place Manipulation of a Linked List pattern — AlgoAxiom
JavaScript
Test Case 1
root = [1, 2, 3]
Test Case 2
root = [1, 2, 3, 4, 5]
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