Sort List

/**
 * Definition for singly-linked list.
 * struct ListNode {
 *     int val;
 *     ListNode *next;
 *     ListNode(int x) : val(x), next(NULL) {}
 * };
 */
class Solution {
public:
    ListNode *sortList(ListNode *head) {
    if (head == NULL || head->next == NULL)
        return head;

    // find the middle place
    ListNode *p1 = head;
    ListNode *p2 = head->next;
    while(p2 && p2->next) {
        p1 = p1->next;
        p2 = p2->next->next;
    }
    p2 = p1->next;
    p1->next = NULL;

    return mergeList(sortList(head), sortList(p2));
}

ListNode *mergeList(ListNode* pHead1, ListNode* pHead2) {
    if (NULL == pHead1)
        return pHead2;
    else if (NULL == pHead2)
        return pHead1;

    ListNode* pMergedHead = NULL;

    if(pHead1->val < pHead2->val)
    {
        pMergedHead = pHead1;
        pMergedHead->next = mergeList(pHead1->next, pHead2);
    }
    else
    {
        pMergedHead = pHead2;
        pMergedHead->next = mergeList(pHead1, pHead2->next);
    }

    return pMergedHead;
}
};