Palindrome Linked List
easyLinked List+10 XPTime limit 2s
Does the linked list read the same from head to tail as from tail to head?
List format. A linked list is given as two lines: its length n, then its n values from head to tail (the second line is empty when n = 0). When you print a list, print its values on one line separated by spaces, or the word empty if it has no nodes.
Input: one list (n ≥ 1).
Output: true or false.
Constraints: 1 ≤ n ≤ 10⁵, 0 ≤ value ≤ 9.
Challenge: copying the values into an array is easy. The interview version wants O(1) extra memory: find the middle (slow/fast pointers), reverse the second half, compare the halves — and restore the list afterwards.
Sample input 1
4 1 2 2 1
Sample output 1
true
Sample input 2
2 1 2
Sample output 2
false
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