Reverse every k nodes of a linked list

Question

I am preparing for a technical interview and I am stuck at writing this program to reverse every k nodes of a linked list.

For example

1->2->3         


        

Answer 1

Yeah, I have never been a fan of recursion, so here is my shot at it using iteration:

  public Node reverse(Node head, int k) {
       Node st = head;
       if(head == null) {
         return null;
       }

       Node newHead = reverseList(st, k);
       st = st.next;  

       while(st != null) {
         reverseList(st, k);
         st = st.next;
       } 

       return newHead

  }


 private Node reverseList(Node head, int k) {

      Node prev = null;
      Node curr = head;
      Node next = head.next;

      while(next != null && k != 1){
       curr.next = prev;
       prev = curr;
       curr = next;
       next = next.next;
       --k;
      }
      curr.next = prev;

      // head is the new tail now.
      head.next = next;

      // tail is the new head now.
      return curr;
 }