- Difficulty: Medium
- Tags: LeetCode, Medium, Reservoir Sampling, Linked List, Math, Randomized, leetcode-382, O(n), O(1)
Problem
Given a singly linked list, return a random node's value from the linked list. Each node must have the same probability of being chosen.
Implement the Solution
class:
Solution(ListNode head)
Initializes the object with the head of the singly-linked listhead
.int getRandom()
Chooses a node randomly from the list and returns its value. All the nodes of the list should be equally likely to be chosen.
Example 1:
Input ["Solution", "getRandom", "getRandom", "getRandom", "getRandom", "getRandom"] [[[1, 2, 3]], [], [], [], [], []] Output [null, 1, 3, 2, 2, 3] Explanation Solution solution = new Solution([1, 2, 3]); solution.getRandom(); // return 1 solution.getRandom(); // return 3 solution.getRandom(); // return 2 solution.getRandom(); // return 2 solution.getRandom(); // return 3 // getRandom() should return either 1, 2, or 3 randomly. Each element should have equal probability of returning.
Constraints:
- The number of nodes in the linked list will be in the range
[1, 104]
. -104 <= Node.val <= 104
- At most
104
calls will be made togetRandom
.
Follow up:
- What if the linked list is extremely large and its length is unknown to you?
- Could you solve this efficiently without using extra space?