PU Add Two Numbers

Jan 01, 1970

You are given two non-empty linked lists representing two non-negative integers. The digits are stored in reverse order and each of their nodes contain a single digit. Add the two numbers and return it as a linked list.

  • You may assume the two numbers do not contain any leading zero, except the number 0 itself.

Example:

  • Input: 2 -> 4 -> 3 + 5 -> 6 -> 4
  • Output: 7 -> 0 -> 8

C Solution:

/**
 * Definition for singly-linked list.
 * struct ListNode {
 *     int val;
 *     struct ListNode *next;
 * };
 */
struct ListNode* addTwoNumbers(struct ListNode* l1, struct ListNode* l2) {
    struct ListNode dummy, *tail = &dummy;
    int carry = 0;
    while (l1 || l2 || carry) {
        if (l1) {
            carry += l1->val;
            l1 = l1->next;
        }
        if (l2) {
            carry += l2->val;
            l2 = l2->next;
        }
        tail->next = malloc(sizeof(struct ListNode));
        tail->next->val = carry % 10;
        tail = tail->next;
        carry /= 10;

    }
    tail->next = 0;
    return dummy.next;
}

Python Solution:

# Definition for singly-linked list.
# class ListNode(object):
#     def __init__(self, x):
#         self.val = x
#         self.next = None

class Solution(object):
    def addTwoNumbers(self, l1, l2):
        """
        :type l1: ListNode
        :type l2: ListNode
        :rtype: ListNode
        """
        head = dummy = ListNode(0)
        carry = 0
        while l1 or l2 or carry:
            if l1:
                carry += l1.val
                l1 = l1.next
            if l2:
                carry += l2.val
                l2 = l2.next
            head.next = head = ListNode(carry % 10)
            carry //= 10
        return dummy.next

Summary:

  1. 19ms, 39.69%
  2. I need to remember the new list's head and I need to track the list's tail, then a dummy head like this is perfect.

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