<h2><a href="https://leetcode.com/problems/sort-list/">148. Sort List</a></h2><h3>Medium</h3><hr><div><p>Given the <code>head</code> of a linked list, return <em>the list after sorting it in <strong>ascending order</strong></em>.</p>

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<p><strong class="example">Example 1:</strong></p>
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<pre><strong>Input:</strong> head = [4,2,1,3]
<strong>Output:</strong> [1,2,3,4]
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<p><strong class="example">Example 2:</strong></p>
<img alt="" src="https://assets.leetcode.com/uploads/2020/09/14/sort_list_2.jpg" style="width: 550px; height: 184px;">
<pre><strong>Input:</strong> head = [-1,5,3,4,0]
<strong>Output:</strong> [-1,0,3,4,5]
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<p><strong class="example">Example 3:</strong></p>

<pre><strong>Input:</strong> head = []
<strong>Output:</strong> []
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<p><strong>Constraints:</strong></p>

<ul>
	<li>The number of nodes in the list is in the range <code>[0, 5 * 10<sup>4</sup>]</code>.</li>
	<li><code>-10<sup>5</sup> &lt;= Node.val &lt;= 10<sup>5</sup></code></li>
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<p><strong>Follow up:</strong> Can you sort the linked list in <code>O(n logn)</code> time and <code>O(1)</code> memory (i.e. constant space)?</p>
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