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.
思路:快指针首先移动N步,之后慢指针和快指针同时移动,当快指针走到末尾时,慢指针指向的正好是要删除的元素。
/**
* Definition for singly-linked list.
* public class ListNode {
* int val;
* ListNode next;
* ListNode(int x) { val = x; }
* }
*/
public class Solution {
public ListNode removeNthFromEnd(ListNode head, int n) {
if (head == null) {
return null;
}
ListNode p1 = head; // quick pointer
ListNode p2 = head; // slow pointer
ListNode p3 = p2; // before slow pointer
ListNode result = p2;
for (int i = 0; i < n - 1; i++) {
p1 = p1.next;
}
if (p1.next == null) {
return head.next;
}
while (p1.next != null) {
p1 = p1.next;
p3 = p2;
p2 = p2.next;
}
p3.next = p2.next;
return result;
}
}