Given two linked lists that represent two large positive numbers. Subtract the smaller number from the larger one and return the difference as a linked list. Note that the input lists may be in any order, but we always need to subtract smaller from the larger ones. It may be assumed that there are no extra leading zeros in input lists. 文章转载自GeeksForGeeks
示例:
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Input: l1 = 1 -> 0 -> 0 -> NULL, l2 = 1 -> NULL Output: 0->9->9->NULL Explanation: Number represented as lists are 100and1, so 100 - 1 is 099
Input: l1 = 7-> 8 -> 6 -> NULL, l2 = 7 -> 8 -> 9NULL Output: 3->NULL Explanation: Number represented as lists are 786and789, so 789 - 786 is 3, as the smaller value is subtracted from the larger one.
思路:
Calculate sizes of given two linked lists.
If sizes are not the same, then append zeros in the smaller linked list.
If the size is the same, then follow the below steps:
Find the smaller valued linked list.
One by one subtract nodes of the smaller-sized linked list from the larger size. Keep track of borrow while subtracting.
// C++ program to subtract smaller valued list from // larger valued list and return result as a list. #include<bits/stdc++.h> usingnamespace std;
// A linked List Node structNode { int data; structNode* next; };
// A utility which creates Node. Node* newNode(int data) { Node* temp = new Node; temp->data = data; temp->next = NULL; return temp; }
/* A utility function to get length of linked list */ intgetLength(Node* Node) { int size = 0; while (Node != NULL) { Node = Node->next; size++; } return size; }
/* A Utility that padds zeros in front of the Node, with the given diff */ Node* paddZeros(Node* sNode, int diff) { if (sNode == NULL) returnNULL;
/* Subtract LinkedList Helper is a recursive function, move till the last Node, and subtract the digits and create the Node and return the Node. If d1 < d2, we borrow the number from previous digit. */ Node* subtractLinkedListHelper(Node* l1, Node* l2, bool& borrow) { if (l1 == NULL && l2 == NULL && borrow == 0) returnNULL;
int d1 = l1->data; int d2 = l2->data; int sub = 0;
/* if you have given the value to next digit then reduce the d1 by 1 */ if (borrow) { d1--; borrow = false; }
/* If d1 < d2, then borrow the number from previous digit. Add 10 to d1 and set borrow = true; */ if (d1 < d2) { borrow = true; d1 = d1 + 10; }
/* subtract the digits */ sub = d1 - d2;
/* Create a Node with sub value */ Node* current = newNode(sub);
/* Set the Next pointer as Previous */ current->next = previous;
return current; }
/* This API subtracts two linked lists and returns the linked list which shall have the subtracted result. */ Node* subtractLinkedList(Node* l1, Node* l2) { // Base Case. if (l1 == NULL && l2 == NULL) returnNULL;
// In either of the case, get the lengths of both // Linked list. int len1 = getLength(l1); int len2 = getLength(l2);
Node *lNode = NULL, *sNode = NULL;
Node* temp1 = l1; Node* temp2 = l2;
// If lengths differ, calculate the smaller Node // and padd zeros for smaller Node and ensure both // larger Node and smaller Node has equal length. if (len1 != len2) { lNode = len1 > len2 ? l1 : l2; sNode = len1 > len2 ? l2 : l1; sNode = paddZeros(sNode, abs(len1 - len2)); }
else { // If both list lengths are equal, then calculate // the larger and smaller list. If 5-6-7 & 5-6-8 // are linked list, then walk through linked list // at last Node as 7 < 8, larger Node is 5-6-8 // and smaller Node is 5-6-7. while (l1 && l2) { if (l1->data != l2->data) { lNode = l1->data > l2->data ? temp1 : temp2; sNode = l1->data > l2->data ? temp2 : temp1; break; } l1 = l1->next; l2 = l2->next; } } // If both lNode and sNode still have NULL value, // then this means that the value of both of the given linked lists // is the same and hence we can directly return a node with value 0. if(lNode==NULL&&sNode==NULL) { returnnewNode(0); } // After calculating larger and smaller Node, call // subtractLinkedListHelper which returns the subtracted // linked list. bool borrow = false; returnsubtractLinkedListHelper(lNode, sNode, borrow); }
/* A utility function to print linked list */ voidprintList(struct Node* Node) { while (Node != NULL) { printf("%d ", Node->data); Node = Node->next; } printf("\n"); }
// Driver program to test above functions intmain() { Node* head1 = newNode(1); head1->next = newNode(0); head1->next->next = newNode(0);