- 删除链表的倒数第N个节点
题目:
给定一个链表,删除链表的倒数第 n 个节点,并且返回链表的头结点。
示例:
给定一个链表: 1->2->3->4->5, 和 n = 2.
当删除了倒数第二个节点后,链表变为 1->2->3->5.
解答:
(1)两趟遍历:
第一趟遍历获取链表的长度,然后通过长度length与n之差确定删除的是正数第几个节点,然后第二趟将对应节点删除,这里需要考虑length与n相等的情况,即删除的节点为第一个节点的情况,此时按照之前的逻辑,move=length-n=0,节点不会被删除,所以此时当length=n时,直接返回first.next即可。
# Definition for singly-linked list.
# class ListNode:
# def __init__(self, x):
# self.val = x
# self.next = None
class Solution:
def removeNthFromEnd(self, head: ListNode, n: int) -> ListNode:
dummy = ListNode(0)
dummy.next = head
first = head
length = 0
while first:
length += 1
first = first.next
move = length - n
first = head
if length==n:
return first.next
while move:
move -= 1
dummy = dummy.next
dummy.next = dummy.next.next
return head
(2)一趟遍历
一趟遍历的思想是分别创建快慢指针,快的指针先比慢指针移动n,然后将快慢指针同时移动,当快指针移动到最后即fastnode.next = null时,此时慢指针的所在位置即为倒数第n个节点,然后用slownode.next = slownode.next.next将对应节点删掉即可。但仍需考虑当删除节点为第一个节点时,快节点移动n补时已经移动到链表外,如[1,2,3,4,5],初始为1,移动5步已经移动到了链表外,所以此时直接返回head.next即可。
# Definition for singly-linked list.
# class ListNode:
# def __init__(self, x):
# self.val = x
# self.next = None
class Solution:
def removeNthFromEnd(self, head: ListNode, n: int) -> ListNode:
fastnode = head
slownode = head
for i in range(n):
fastnode = fastnode.next
if not fastnode:
return head.next
while fastnode.next:
fastnode = fastnode.next
slownode = slownode.next
slownode.next = slownode.next.next
return head