Day 75 of 100 Days LeetCode Challenge

LeetCode Challenge #2181. Merge Nodes in Between Zeros

You are given the head of a linked list, which contains a series of integers separated by 0‘s. The beginning and end of the linked list will have Node.val == 0.

For every two consecutive 0‘s, merge all the nodes lying in between them into a single node whose value is the sum of all the merged nodes. The modified list should not contain any 0‘s.

Return the head of the modified linked list.

 

Example 1:

ex1 1

Input: head = [0,3,1,0,4,5,2,0]
Output: [4,11]
Explanation: 
The above figure represents the given linked list. The modified list contains
- The sum of the nodes marked in green: 3 + 1 = 4.
- The sum of the nodes marked in red: 4 + 5 + 2 = 11.

Example 2:

ex2 1

Input: head = [0,1,0,3,0,2,2,0]
Output: [1,3,4]
Explanation: 
The above figure represents the given linked list. The modified list contains
- The sum of the nodes marked in green: 1 = 1.
- The sum of the nodes marked in red: 3 = 3.
- The sum of the nodes marked in yellow: 2 + 2 = 4.

 

Constraints:

  • The number of nodes in the list is in the range [3, 2 * 105].
  • 0 <= Node.val <= 1000
  • There are no two consecutive nodes with Node.val == 0.
  • The beginning and end of the linked list have Node.val == 0.
Video Solution
Java Solution
				
					class Solution {
    public ListNode mergeNodes(ListNode head) {
        ListNode dummy = new ListNode(-1);
        ListNode ans = dummy ;
        ListNode curr = head.next;
        int sum = 0 ;
        while(curr!=null){

            if(curr.val !=0){
                sum += curr.val;
            }else{
                ListNode temp = new ListNode(sum);
                dummy.next = temp ;
                dummy = dummy.next;
                sum = 0 ;
            }
            curr = curr.next;
        }
    return ans.next;
    }
}
				
			

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