2181. Merge Nodes in Between Zeros
Medium
You are given the
head
of a linked list, which contains a series of integers separated by 0
's. The beginning and end of the linked list will have Node.val == 0
.For every two consecutive
0
's, merge all the nodes lying in between them into a single node whose value is the sum of all the merged nodes. The modified list should not contain any 0
's.Return the
head
of the modified linked list.Example 1:

Input: head = [0,3,1,0,4,5,2,0]
Output:
[4,11]
Explanation:
The above figure represents the given linked list. The modified list contains
- The sum of the nodes marked in green: 3 + 1 = 4.
- The sum of the nodes marked in red: 4 + 5 + 2 = 11.
Example 2:

Input: head = [0,1,0,3,0,2,2,0]
Output:
[1,3,4]
Explanation:
The above figure represents the given linked list. The modified list contains
- The sum of the nodes marked in green: 1 = 1.
- The sum of the nodes marked in red: 3 = 3.
- The sum of the nodes marked in yellow: 2 + 2 = 4.
Constraints:
- The number of nodes in the list is in the range
[3, 2 * 105]
. 0 <= Node.val <= 1000
- There are no two consecutive nodes with
Node.val == 0
. - The beginning and end of the linked list have
Node.val == 0
.



Runtime: 332 ms, faster than 100%
Memory Usage: 15.2 MB, less than 84.69%
/**
* Definition for singly-linked list.
* type ListNode struct {
* Val int
* Next *ListNode
* }
*/
func mergeNodes(head *ListNode) *ListNode {
cur, pre := head.Next, head
for cur.Next != nil {
if cur.Val == 0 {
pre.Next = cur
pre = cur
}
pre.Val += cur.Val
cur = cur.Next
}
pre.Next = nil
return head
}