Programming Praxis

We have today an exercise for students who work with linked lists:

Given a linked list and an integer k, swap the two list items that are at distance k from the beginning of the list and distance k from the end of the list. Be sure to consider the case where the k cross, so that the item k from the beginning of the list is after the item k from the end of the list. For instance, given the list (1 2 3 4 5 6 7) and k = 2, you should return the list (1 6 3 4 5 2 7), and likewise if k = 6. The solution must run in O(n) time, where n is the length of the list.

Your task is to write the list-swapping code described above. When you are finished, you are welcome to read or run a suggested solution, or to post your own solution or discuss the exercise in the comments below.

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