Given a linked list, remove then-th 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.
Follow up:
Could you do this in one pass?
Solution
Count length of the list then subtract N and when iterate through the list up to that new length.
public ListNode removeNthFromEnd(ListNode head, int n) {
ListNode dummy = new ListNode(0);
dummy.next = head;
int length = 0;
ListNode first = head;
while (first != null) {
length++;
first = first.next;
}
length -= n;
first = dummy;
while (length > 0) {
length--;
first = first.next;
}
first.next = first.next.next;
return dummy.next;
}
Find first "slow" element. Then iterate from the first one and update the second one. Then move remove a node.
public ListNode removeNthFromEnd(ListNode head, int n) {
ListNode dummy = new ListNode(0);
dummy.next = head;
ListNode first = dummy;
ListNode second = dummy;
// Advances first pointer so that the gap between first and second is n nodes apart
for (int i = 1; i <= n + 1; i++) {
first = first.next;
}
// Move first to the end, maintaining the gap
while (first != null) {
first = first.next;
second = second.next;
}
second.next = second.next.next;
return dummy.next;
}