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.
一刷
题解: 快慢指针
Time Complexity - O(n), Space Complexity - O(1)。
public class Solution {
public ListNode removeNthFromEnd(ListNode head, int n) {
ListNode fast = head;
ListNode slow = head;
while(n>0){
if(fast == null) return null;
fast = fast.next;
n--;
}
//when fast == null, slow is to remove
if(fast == null){
head = head.next;
return head;
}
while(fast.next!=null){
fast = fast.next;
slow = slow.next;
}
//slow next is to remove
slow.next = slow.next.next;
return head;
}
}
二刷:
如何避免空指针的情况:用dummy node, 所有节点从dummy node开始。第二,利用快慢指针,快指针先往前移动n+1个位置。
然后快慢都往前移动直到快指针移动到null(避免调用fast.next). 那么slow的下一位的就是要被移除的点(slow一定不为null)
/**
* 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) {
ListNode start = new ListNode(0);
ListNode slow = start, fast = start;
slow.next = head;
while(n>=0){
fast = fast.next;
n--;
}
while(fast!=null){
fast = fast.next;
slow = slow.next;
}
slow.next = slow.next.next;
return start.next;
}
}