Sorting a linked list in C

Question

I\'m trying to sort a linked list by finding the largest value, deleting it from its position, and then inserting it at the top of the list.

The difficulty I\'m runn

Answer 1

Here is my attempt to sort a singly linked list using QuickSort algorithm. If you know n then run time will be O(n log n). Check if this helps.

#include "malloc.h"

typedef struct node {
    struct node *next;
    int val;
} node;

bool insert_node(struct node **head, int val)
{
    struct node *elem;
    elem = (struct node *)malloc(sizeof(struct node));
    if (!elem)
        return false;
    elem->val = val;
    elem->next = *head;
    *head = elem;
    return true;
}

int get_lval(struct node *head, int l)
{
    while(head && l) {
        head = head->next;
        l--;
    }
    if (head != NULL)
        return head->val;
    else
        return -1;
}

void swap(struct node *head, int i, int j)
{
    struct node *tmp = head;
    int tmpival;
    int tmpjval;
    int ti = i;
    while(tmp && i) {
        i--;
        tmp = tmp->next;
    }
    tmpival = tmp->val;
    tmp = head;
    while(tmp && j) {
        j--;
        tmp = tmp->next;
    }
    tmpjval = tmp->val;
    tmp->val = tmpival;
    tmp = head;
    i = ti;
    while(tmp && i) {
        i--;
        tmp = tmp->next;
    }
    tmp->val = tmpjval;
}


struct node *Quick_Sort_List(struct node *head, int l, int r)
{
    int i, j;
    int jval;
    int pivot;
    i = l + 1;
    if (l + 1 < r) {
        pivot = get_lval(head, l);
        printf("Pivot = %d\n", pivot);
        for (j = l + 1; j <= r; j++) {
            jval = get_lval(head, j);
            if (jval < pivot && jval != -1) {
                swap(head, i, j);
                i++;
            }
        }
        swap(head, i - 1, l);
        Quick_Sort_List(head, l, i);
        Quick_Sort_List(head, i, r);
    }
    return head;
}

struct node *Sort_linkedlist(struct node *head)
{
    struct node *tmp = head;
    // Using Quick sort.
    int n = 0;

    while (tmp) {
        n++;
        tmp = tmp->next;
    }
    printf("n = %d\n", n);
    head = Quick_Sort_List(head, 0, n);
    return head;
}

void print_list(struct node *head)
{
    while(head) {
        printf("%d->", head->val);
        head = head->next;
    }
    printf("\n");
}

int _tmain(int argc, _TCHAR* argv[])
{
    struct node *head = NULL;
    struct node *shead = NULL;

    insert_node(&head, 10);
    insert_node(&head, 12);
    insert_node(&head, 9);
    insert_node(&head, 11);
    insert_node(&head, 7);
    insert_node(&head, 1);
    insert_node(&head, 3);
    insert_node(&head, 8);
    insert_node(&head, 5);
    insert_node(&head, 2);
    insert_node(&head, 4);
    insert_node(&head, 6);
    print_list(head);

    shead = Sort_linkedlist(head);
    print_list(shead);

    return 0;
}