Given a sorted linked list, delete all duplicates such that each element appear only once.
For example,
Given 1->1->2
, return 1->2
.
Given 1->1->2->3->3
, return 1->2->3
.
Analysis:
The idea is to use two pointer to scan, compare and remove the duplicates from the start to end.
if p1.val == p2.val, p2 = p2.next
else p1.next = p2, p1 = p1.next, p2 = p2.next
c++
ListNode *deleteDuplicates(ListNode *head) {
if(head==NULL||head->next==NULL) return head;
ListNode *p1 = head;
ListNode *p2 = head->next;
while(p2!=NULL){
if(p1->val == p2->val){
p2 = p2->next;
}
else{
p1->next = p2;
p2 = p2->next;
p1 = p1->next;
}
}
p1->next = p2;
return head;
}
Java
public ListNode deleteDuplicates(ListNode head) {
// IMPORTANT: Please reset any member data you declared, as
// the same Solution instance will be reused for each test case.
ListNode n1=head;
while(n1 != null && n1.next !=null){
if(n1.val == n1.next.val){
n1.next = n1.next.next;
}
else
n1 = n1.next;
}
return head;
}