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VMware Interview Question

Reverse a linked list.

Interview Answer

Anonymous

Feb 25, 2015

reverse( Node * ptr , Node * previous) { Node * temp; if(ptr->next == NULL) { ptr->next = previous; return ptr; } else { temp = reverse(ptr->next, ptr); ptr->next = previous; return temp; } } reversedHead = reverse(head, NULL); Now for a non-recursive solution. Node * reverse( Node * ptr ) { Node * temp; Node * previous = NULL; while(ptr != NULL) { temp = ptr->next; ptr->next = previous; previous = ptr; ptr = temp; } return previous; }