Given a linked list, remove the nth node from the end of list and return its head.
For example,
Given linked list: 1->2->3->4->5, and n = 2. After removing the second node from the end, the linked list becomes 1->2->3->5.
Note:
Given n will always be valid.
Try to do this in one pass.
/**
* Definition for singly-linked list.
* struct ListNode {
* int val;
* ListNode *next;
* ListNode(int x) : val(x), next(NULL) {}
* };
*/
class Solution {
public:
ListNode *removeNthFromEnd(ListNode *head, int n) {
if (head == NULL) return head;
ListNode* first = head, *second = head;
while (n > 1 && first != NULL) first = first->next, n--;
if (n > 1 || first == NULL) return head;
if (first->next == NULL) {
ListNode* newhead = head->next;
delete head;
return newhead;
}
ListNode* prev;
while (first->next != NULL) {
prev = second;
first = first->next;
second = second->next;
}
prev->next = second->next;
delete second;
return head;
}
};