309. 19. Remove Nth Node From End of List[Medium]
Description
Given a linked list, remove the nth node from the end of list and return its head.
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.
Solution
挺简单的一道题。删除链表哦中倒数第n个数,要求只能遍历一次,所以不能先遍历一次看共有多少个元素再重新遍历到size-n。
用两个指针,一个指针先走n步,此时如果把尾看成头,则相当于走到了倒数第n+1个数的位置。另一个指针从这时候开始,两个指针同时移动,当第一个指针移动到尾节点的时候,第二个指针的next就是要被删除的节点。
需要注意的是,如果第一个指针走完n步已经到尾节点,说明删除的就是head,返回head->next即可。
Complexity analysis
O(n)
Code
/**
* 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 -> next == NULL || head == NULL)
return NULL;
ListNode* p = head;
for (int i = 0; i < n; i++) {
p = p -> next;
}
if (p == NULL)
return head -> next;
else {
ListNode* q = head;
while(p->next != NULL) {
q = q -> next;
p = p -> next;
}
ListNode* temp = q -> next;
q -> next = temp -> next;
delete temp;
}
return head;
}
};