Given the head of a linked list, we repeatedly delete consecutive sequences of nodes that sum to 0 until there are no such sequences.After doing so, return the head of the final linked list. You may return any such answer.
Question
Given the head of a linked list, we repeatedly delete consecutive sequences of nodes that sum to 0 until there are no such sequences.After doing so, return the head of the final linked list. You may return any such answer.
Solution
Sure, I can help with that. Here is a Python solution using a dictionary to keep track of the cumulative sum of the nodes.
class ListNode:
def __init__(self, x):
self.val = x
self.next = None
def removeZeroSumSublists(head):
dummy = ListNode(0)
dummy.next = head
cum = 0
seen = {0: dummy}
node = dummy
while node:
cum += node.val
seen[cum] = node
node = node.next
node = dummy
cum = 0
while node:
cum += node.val
if cum in seen:
node.next = seen[cum].next
node = node.next
return dummy.next
Here's how it works:
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We initialize a dummy node with value 0 and set it as the previous node of the head. This is to handle the case where the entire linked list needs to be deleted.
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We initialize a dictionary
seento keep track of the cumulative sum of the nodes. The key is the cumulative sum and the value is the node. -
We
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